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Assets, again

One of the more challenging habits of agile leadership (though, they all are, at varying levels) is that of looking first to the assets around you. It's hard because it...
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Agility and resilience

Photo courtesy Wikimedia Commons It's the most wonderful time of the year...if you're a meteorologist. For most of the rest of us this week, we're bombarded with words like "MONSTER...
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Book Watch: The Score – Rethinking Gamification, Metrics, and Strategy

I'm living dangerously this week: writing about a book I haven't yet read. But this conversation with author (and philosophy professor) Thi Nguyen so caught my attention I can't help...
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Three weird tricks – Rule/Skill #10

This is the final post in our 14 week series on the 4 questions and 10 rules of Strategic Doing. Thanks for joining us on this journey, if you're here...
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Plan ahead – Rule/Skill #9

This is post number 13 in our 14 week series on the 4 questions and 10 rules of Strategic Doing. Be sure to take a moment to get into the...
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What’s our 30/30? …Welcome to the future – Question #4

This is week 12 of our 14-week series about the 4 Questions and 10 Rules of Strategic Doing outlined in our original blog from 2023. We've arrived at the last...
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…And…action! – Rule/ Skill #8

This is post #11 of our 14 week series on the 10 Questions and 4 Rules of Strategic Doing. (Start with the first post.) In writing this post on the...
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Be a mad scientist – Rule/Skill #7

This is the tenth post in our 14-week series exploring the 4 Questions and 10 Rules of Strategic Doing, first outlined in this October 2023 blog post. Make sure to ask "What...
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What will we do? – Question #3

This is the third question of the 4 Questions and 10 Rules of Strategic Doing outlined in this 2023 blog post. If you haven't read through the whole series yet,...

Pulling a rabbit out of the hat – Rule/Skill #6

This post is one of a series on the 10 rules/skills and 4 questions of Strategic Doing and agile leadership. Catch up by learning how to find your "Big Easy"...
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Into the Matrix – Rule/Skill #5

This is the seventh post in our 14-week series exploring the 4 Questions and 10 Rules of Strategic Doing, first outlined in this October 2023 blog post. We're at the...
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What should we do? – Question #2

The second of the "four big questions" in our ongoing 4 Questions and 10 Rules of Strategic Doing series. Catch up with the first big question here. Modern Suzhou -...
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A miracle occurs here – Rule/Skill #4

This is the fifth post in our 14-week series exploring the 4 Questions and 10 Rules of Strategic Doing, first outlined in this October 2023 blog post. Each week, we...
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Get out your building blocks – Rule/Skill #3

This is the fourth post in our 14-week series exploring the 4 Questions and 10 Rules of Strategic Doing, first outlined in this October 2023 blog post. Each week, we unpack one...

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