Collaboration
Surfacing networks with forums
Networks that can power innovation are invisible. The term “social capital” first appeared in the 1880s, but its popularity took off a century later in the 1990s. Yet, naming these…
Read MoreDesigning complex workshops using simple rules: NASA Life Sciences
The discipline of agile strategy is designed for open, loosely connected networks. These networks do not stand still. They are complex and shifting. How do we design and guide collaborations…
Read MoreOur collaboration with Kansas State
Kansas State was one of the first universities to bite down hard on agile strategy. Working with Jeff Tucker and Dale Wunderlich at the Advanced Manufacturing Institute, we have introduced…
Read MoreWorkshop with NASA Space Biology
For the past month, the Lab has been working with NASA’s Space Biology program, a unit that is spread across three centers — Ames, Johnson and Kennedy — and NASA…
Read MorePartnership with the University of Oregon
In early January, we headed out to the University of Oregon to provide training in Strategic Doing the 15 staff managers within the university. Our partners at UO plan to…
Read MoreExpanding our footprint with Mississippi State
Two years ago, we began working with the University of North Alabama to bring our agile strategy disciplines to their university. We conducted a regional workshop in which Craig James, a…
Read MoreLab partners with Howard University
Our international network of universities continues to grow. With these partners, we are developing and deploying new tools, frameworks and platforms of agile strategy. In our discussions with Gary Harris, Associate…
Read MoreCivility and the research university
In a global economy that runs on knowledge and networks, research universities occupy a unique, keystone position. Former NYU president John Sexton outlined this role in a 2005 speech, “Dogmatism…
Read MoreMoving our Innovation Thinking from Barriers to Ecosystems
Commercialization of federally funded research at universities faces a bewildering array of obstacles. The reason: innovation — the translation of knowledge into value (or money) — emerges from continuous knowledge…
Read MoreStrategic Planning: Why So Much Frustration?
At the Agile Strategy Lab, we are working on new models of strategy specifically designed for open, loosely connected networks. Not surprisingly, we get a lot of calls from people…
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