Harnessing Cognitive Diversity

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We’ve long been introducing participants in our Strategic Doing trainings to the idea that harnessing cognitive diversity can be a team’s superpower. I just returned from Suzhou, China, where the…

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Good news

Hurst Fire burning January 2025

Finding Hope in the Midst of Challenges It feels like a week when many of us are sorely in need of some good news. In countless arenas, there’s not much…

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Calling Captain Obvious?

Captain's hat

Here’s a question for which we don’t need to be calling Captain Obvious – if you wanted to get advice on how teams work, who would you ask? More specifically,…

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Unpacking shared leadership

If you’ve been to a Strategic Doing training, you’ve probably heard the idea that it provides an avenue for shared leadership on a team. What does that look like, and…

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What do we know?

encylopedias on a shelf

Encyclopedias had an important place in my childhood home. Many of the things I wanted to know and asked my parents about got the response, “Go look it up!” Often…

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The Lab: By the Numbers

In mid-2019, we began making plans to move the Lab from Purdue University, which had incubated an amazing era of growth. We’ve been at the University of North Alabama for…

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