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Complexity Thinking. What is it?
There are many ideas and no clear consensus. Here’s how I have used the framework as a practitioner for over 30 years. I’ll start with why complexity thinking matters. Humankind…
Read MoreUniversities Need a Redesign
Our universities need a redesign. The good news: the changes are not dramatic, and they can be managed. The bad news: those that do not change will be disrupted. Christensen…
Read MoreUpdate: Purdue Polytechnic High School
Today we wrapped up our 8th and final Strategic Doing coaching session with the incredible faculty of the Purdue Polytechnic HS. We have been giving the faculty guidance on how to…
Read MoreFlorida’s CareerSource Comes to the Lab
Workforce development boards are coming to the Agile Strategy Lab for solutions. The latest is CareerSource, the regional workforce board based in Tallahassee, Florida. Here’s why they are coming. In…
Read MoreVisualizing Cognitive Diversity in Teams & Organizations
The last few days we’ve been working closely with our colleagues at Human Insight Ltd to measure and visualize “strategic diversity,” or cognitive diversity in the context of strategic transformation. Complex…
Read MoreThe Lab Provides Support to Purdue CareerMaker
Purdue CareerMaker is an exciting new initiative to develop innovative solutions to the growing workforce challenges faced by employers in Indiana. With multiple sites throughout Indiana, Purdue will be engaging…
Read MoreDeveloping Visual Literacy: Understanding the Skills Gap
At the Agile Lab, we use visualizations to capture insights about systems. Increasingly, we recognize challenges we face are related to complex systems that we cannot see. So, we turn…
Read MoreDesigning Strategic Diversity in Teams: An S-Curve Perspective
Each of us makes a unique contribution in our work to help organizations and communities design and execute strategy and in starting, scaling, and growing something new. Knowing where we…
Read MoreUpdate: Agile Strategy and Collaborative Leadership
We have been busy preparing designing new courses for agile strategy and collaborative leadership. We’ve been working on three. Executive Education in Strategic Doing.– We have a new executive education…
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