Posts by Liz Nilsen
Invite 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…
Read MoreWhy experiments are part of agile strategy
Experiments make people nervous, at least outside of a science lab. They feel too risky to have a place in the serious business of strategy development and implementation. But in…
Read MoreAppreciative Inquiry in Action
A few weeks ago I got the chance to see Appreciative Inquiry in action in Atlanta, as I joined the Spelman College faculty for a mini Strategic Doing session. Spelman,…
Read MoreJumping Curves
In our Strategic Doing trainings and in the book, one of the core concepts is the idea of “jumping curves.” Individual organisms, technologies, and economies all obey the principle of the S-Curve
Read MoreStrategic Doing vs. Strategic Planning
Learn the difference between strategic planning and Strategic Doing and how to incorporate Strategic Doing into your organization’s planning processes.
Read MoreHelping teams become teams
How do teams become teams? Last week a friend shared a remarkable video of the moment when a luna moth emerges from its cocoon. As a brand-new moth, it’s ugly,…
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