5 Ways to Be an Agile Leader

Leadership can feel like an endless journey in putting out fires: circumstances can change at a moment’s notice. Here are 5 ways to be an agile leader: Use cognitive diversity…

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Strategic Doing Rule 11: Do it Again!

Recently a leader of a Strategic Doing Workshop called about how they have finished their first Pathfinder Project and want to know what to do next? A Strategic Doing Workshop is usually a 3-hour session in which one or more teams has a guided conversation and identify opportunities based on their assets, choose one opportunity to focus on first, sketch out a pathfinder project, and agree on next steps—including what each person will do and when they’ll regather.

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Helping teams become teams

luna moth on branch

How do teams become teams? Last week a friend shared a remarkable video of the moment when a luna moth emerges from its cocoon. As a brand-new moth, it’s ugly,…

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Strategic Doing Under the Hood

This graphic takes you under the hood of how an agile strategy process works within open networks, teams, and collaborations, including the development of ecosystems. Here are the key points: 

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Collaboration is a Process

In completing the research for my dissertation, it surprised me that the most insightful work on collaboration was published in 1990. Written by Michael Schrage, the book carries the surprising…

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