Archive for July 2018
Lab’s First MOOC: 1,800+ Participants from 124 Countries
In an experiment with FutureLearn, Purdue’s online partner, the Lab has launched a three-week introductory course on agile strategy. The course provides participants with an introduction to the concepts of agile strategy and why new approaches to strategy are needed. Strategy in open, loosely connected networks relies on a different dynamic than traditional strategic planning.…
Read MoreIntroducing Cognitive Diversity to Purdue Students
Purdue students have a difficult time with team assignments. Too often, unproductive members of the team drag down productivity and increase the frustration of other members. Until now, Purdue faculty have not had a systematic approach to providing students with the skills to manage complex collaborations. The AEM-Cube(TM) – developed by our European colleagues at Human…
Read MoreConnecting with North Carolina State College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
We’ve spent time at at North Carolina State with Rich Linton, the dean of their College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. We began to explore how our work in agile strategy and cognitive diversity in teams could assist the College of Agriculture with two important initiatives that they are undertaking. The first involves North Carolina…
Read MoreLouisiana Child and Maternal Health
On July 9, the Lab spent a day in Alexandria, Louisiana tackling the difficult challenges of child and maternal health. This workshop highlights a growing area of interest among public health workers in the agile strategy work we are developing at Purdue. Louisiana’s Bureau of Family Health is housed within the Office of Public Health’s Center…
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