Recent Blog Posts
Leadership in a crisis: Think coherence
Here’s an exceptionally good article on leadership in a crisis. We've seen this emerging trend for some time: in an era of growing complexity, coherence is more important than vision....
New Times, New Skills, New Platforms – New Course!
Who would have imagined a few months ago that (for many of us) all of our work would happen from in front of screens in our homes? That's where we...
Seeing Our Economy with New Eyes
The coronavirus can teach us a lot about the true nature of our economy. The most important lesson: for decades, we've fundamentally misunderstood how our economy works. Our economic policy...
Universities Need a Redesign
Our universities need a redesign. The good news: the changes are not dramatic, and they can be managed. The bad news: those that do not change will be disrupted. Christensen...
Understanding Agility in Business: Use the S Curve
We continue to define the term "strategic agility" more rigorously. Following an S-Curve framework, there are 5 critical strategic focus areas an enterprise must manage. (I corrected the image. You...
Meanwhile, in Shanghai…
Who knew? Our book is in some fine company in Shanghai. We are listed as the Number 4 most popular business book by Shanghai Daily. Our favorite on the list:...
Strategy is….
Strategy is like software. If you can't get your ideas off the whiteboard, they have little value. If you can't test your thinking with practical experiments, you will never learn....
2019 AURP Leadership Roundtable
If you've landed here after attending the 2019 AURP Leadership Roundtable in Atlanta on November 5, 2019, welcome! Here are a few ways to learn more about Strategic Diversity powered...
Breaking the Grip of Silos
In a world in which networks create knowledge and value, leadership involves designing and guiding these networks. In most hierarchical organizations, the task involves breaking the grip of silos by...
Graduate Course: Collaborative Leadership & Agile Strategy
SPRING 2020: ENGT 507 CRN 15817 | Mondays 6-8:50pm | KNOY B029 About the course Collaborative Leadership and Agile Strategy (ENGT 507) is offered both online and on the Purdue...
Fostering Collaboration on a Local Level
Jacob Moses and I explore how city leaders can grow their economies by fostering collaboration on a local level, including how to find existing assets in your community, how to...
Podcast for Economic and Community Developers
A few weeks ago, I spent some time with Dennis Fraise of Develop This!, a podcast for economic and community developers. In this first podcast, I start by providing some...
