Posts by Ed Morrison
Strategy is….
Strategy is like software. If you can’t get your ideas off the whiteboard, they have little value. If you can’t test your thinking with practical experiments, you will never learn.…
Read MoreBreaking the Grip of Silos
In a world in which networks create knowledge and value, leadership involves designing and guiding these networks. In most hierarchical organizations, the task involves breaking the grip of silos by…
Read MoreFostering Collaboration on a Local Level
Jacob Moses and I explore how city leaders can grow their economies by fostering collaboration on a local level, including how to find existing assets in your community, how to…
Read MorePodcast for Economic and Community Developers
A few weeks ago, I spent some time with Dennis Fraise of Develop This!, a podcast for economic and community developers. In this first podcast, I start by providing some…
Read MoreThree Hurdles to Digital Transformation
To transform our organizations and economies to higher levels of productivity, prosperity and sustainability, we need to design new systems from the assets of the old. That requires collaboration, a…
Read MoreAgile Strategy and Workforce Development: A Podcast
How do you design and guide complex transformations for workforce development? This podcast explores how workforce development professionals can learn a new set of skills to design and manage complex…
Read MoreInsights: Why Strategic Doing Beats Strategic Planning
A few weeks ago, I had a great conversation with Aga Bajer, of Culture Lab. In this interview, Aga and I discuss: The value of practice and discipline versus skimming…
Read MoreLab’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…
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…
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…
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