Posts by Ed Morrison
Wicked Problems Require a Different Approach
Have you ever picked up the wrong tool to do a job? Perhaps a screwdriver too big or pliers too small? That’s happening every day in our organizations, as leaders reach for the wrong tools to address the challenges they face. Let me explain.
Read MoreStrategic Doing in IT Project Management
abductive logic: creating new value from existing assets. You don’t tell people to collaborate. (Well, you can, but it won’t work.)
Read MoreInsights into Collaboration & Innovating Networks
The central question: How do we do strategy in networks?
Read MoreDeveloping Entrepreneurial & Innovation Ecosystems
Developing entrepreneurial and innovation ecosystems matters to regenerate our economies. But too few civic and political leaders know why this step is so important. What’s worse, they don’t know how…
Read MoreCreating a Safe Place
Strategic conversations answer the two key questions of strategy. Where are we going? How will we get there? These conversations require a psychologically safe space.
Read MoreDifference between Goals and Outcomes
Yesterday, a colleague asked why we don’t use the term “goals” with Strategic Doing. Instead, we focus on outcomes that we can measure. What’s the difference? The drawing below explains.…
Read MoreStrategic 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:
Read MoreInsights from Ecuador: Moving to Network Thinking
Networks — collaborations, open innovation, clusters, ecosystems — drive an economy forward. Yet, many of today’s leaders are lagging behind. It’s understandable. They developed their skills in an Industrial Age,…
Read MoreAaron Beck and Strategic Doing
Aaron Beck, the father of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) died this week. He had a powerful influence on the development of #strategicdoing. This strategy practice is designed to create a collective,…
Read MoreCollaboration 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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