Archive for February 2018
Visualizing Cognitive Diversity in Teams & Organizations
The last few days we’ve been working closely with our colleagues at Human Insight Ltd to measure and visualize “strategic diversity,” or cognitive diversity in the context of strategic transformation. Complex…
Read MoreNew Choice!
Ever tried to explain something to someone only to be met with a blank stare? Or maybe you’ve been on the receiving end, listening to an instructor or hearing a…
Read MoreNeed to Communicate Complex Ideas? Introducing CommPlexity
Many of us work not only work with complex ideas, we need to explain them to others in clear, compelling ways. We’re rolling out a new offering to help. The…
Read MoreGraduate Course in Agile Strategy and Collaborative Leadership
The course brings together theories and insights from a variety of disciplines including engineering, management, psychology, and social science. Increasingly, leaders are being called upon to apply their expertise in…
Read MorePop-Up Class: Agile Strategy in Engineering
Several undergraduate and graduate engineering students have approached the Lab about learning the disciplines of agile strategy. To address these requests we are designing a pop-up class, based on our…
Read MoreAgile Strategy Lab in The Netherlands
The Lab has established a partnership in The Hague, where we do training. Our next training is scheduled for April. Meanwhile, participants in our last training are moving along the…
Read MoreNew Initiative: Agile Innovation
Both markets and technologies are changing rapidly. Finding new markets for existing technologies and new technologies for existing markets is often a complex challenge. Agile Innovation is the latest solution…
Read MoreConnecting with Canada’s Engineering Change Lab
The Agile Lab is participating in the work of the Engineering Change Lab based in Canada. Launched in 2015, the Engineering Change Lab is focused on “unlocking the higher potential…
Read MoreResearch: How Change Happens in Engineering Education
Engineering departments are complex systems. To transform them, we need teams. The most productive of these teams follow a discipline to design and guide their conversations. These conversations lead to…
Read MoreTraining Purdue Pharmacists
This week, we worked with 150 Purdue Pharmacy students. We used Strategic Doing to help them learn the deep skills of collaboration. Increasingly pharmacists are called upon to help address complex community…
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