Posts by Liz Nilsen
What do we know?
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…
Read MoreTalking about ecosystems in Nevada
I spent last week talking about ecosystems in Nevada, although I’m not sure we ever used that word. Taking the Temperature of Nevada’s Business Environment Rather, we were taking the…
Read MoreIs Strategic Doing efficient?
Is Strategic Doing efficient? More to the point, should it be, and if so, in what ways? I’ve found myself asking this in the last few weeks as I digested…
Read MoreThe 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…
Read MorePicking the Right Agile Strategy Tools
Have you ever watched a renovation show and headed right to the home improvement store when the credits rolled? It’s easy to be sucked in by what seems to be…
Read MoreInvite in the aard-VARK
The very first project of the Agile Strategy Lab – back when we were at Purdue – was overhauling its educational offering: Strategic Doing practitioner training. Strategic Doing had been…
Read MoreMaintaining long-term motivation
The Sisyphean Challenge of Team Leadership Maybe you remember Sisyphus from mythology – the guy who had to push the boulder uphill, only to have it tumble down as he…
Read MorePlugging the “ingenuity gap”
A few years ago, there was a growing buzz about the “ingenuity gap.” The question posed by author Thomas Homer-Dixon was whether the world’s problems have outstripped our ability as…
Read MoreRevisiting S-Curves
Rethinking S-Curves has been on my mind lately. One of the most enjoyable parts of my work at the Agile Strategy Lab is working with Strategic Doing practitioners who are…
Read More5 Ways to Be an Agile Leader
Leadership can feel like an endless journey in putting out fires: circumstances can change at a moment’s notice. Here are 5 ways to be an agile leader: Use cognitive diversity…
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