Posts by Ed Morrison
Helping the Kauffman Foundation move entrepreneurial research
We’ve been working with the Kauffman Foundation, as they begin moving their investments in entrepreneurship research to the next level. Specifically, the foundation is looking to: Strengthen translational research in…
Read MoreTeaching high school students the deep skills of collaboration
Over the last few week’s we’ve worked with two high schools: Applied Technical High School in, Bergen County, NJ and the Purdue Polytechnic High School in Indianapolis. In both cases, faculty…
Read MoreLab conducts an agile strategy workshop at the Deshpande Symposium
The Lab conducted an introduction to Strategic Doing workshop at the 6th Annual Deshpande Symposium for Innovation & Entrepreneurship in Higher Education held June 12-14, 2017 in Lowell, Massachusetts. Here’s a summary…
Read MoreThe core team in Flint continues to rebuild neighborhoods using Strategic Doing
Several years ago, a colleague at Michigan State University, Bob Brown, asked us to question: could Strategic at doing help us reduce the teenage homicide rate in Flint? Since that…
Read MoreRedefining Community Development in the Age of Networks
The traditional approach to developing prosperous communities assumes that communities are mechanical systems. When they fail, when there is a breakdown, we must have a problem that needs to be…
Read MoreLab expands partnership with Rowan Cabarrus Community College (NC)
It’s all about networks. A year ago, we conducted a Strategic Doing training at Rowan Cabarrus Community College (RCCC), north of Charlotte. We conducted the training at the invitation of…
Read MoreThe regeneration of Kokomo began with Strategic Doing
Recently, the Christian Science Monitor carried a story about Kokomo’s rebirth. the article explores how citizens in Kokomo are bringing back the city through collaboration. “We are the poster child…
Read MoreMeeting Grand Challenges at Indiana University
Some time ago, the Agile Lab got a call from our colleagues at Indiana University. They wanted us to help form faculty teams to submit proposals to the IU Grand…
Read MoreManaging Agile Innovation and Collaboration in Complex Environments
We are always on the lookout for new collaboration platforms that could integrate the knowledge and workflows of agile strategy. Over a year ago, we found one with a Scottish…
Read MoreConnecting to the Whistler Center for Carbohydrate Research
The Whistler Center for Carbohydrate Research has become one of the centers on campus that has embraced agile strategy has a way to build faculty industry collaborations more quickly. This…
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