An Invitation to Strategic Doing

Why is it so hard to get

stuff done?

Why do we spend so much time defending our turf?

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The reasons: The foundations of our economy are shifting from hierarchies to networks…

Our old systems don’t work well in a network

world

Our connections are accelerating…everything is moving faster

Our future, coming at us faster, is not linear or predictable

The good news: We have demonstrated how small groups of people can ignite big transformations

in old systems

Six people sparked the transformation of Oklahoma City

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“The 75th largest metro ranks among the 10 fastest growing in software and Internet technology”

Two people designed this cluster of Internet companies

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One academic and three CEO’s launched a global water hub

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Teams at 37 universities are redesigning engineering education with Strategic Doing

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37 Pathways Universities

58 Completed Collaborations

125 in DevelopmentThese teams are igniting a swarm of innovation

In five months, the results from 25 universities

The Strategic Doing approach might be one of the most effective ways of implementing change on campus. It effectively replaces strategic planning, a traditional pathway…

Our diverse team of faculty and administrators have pivoted many times because of the continuous feedback that we analyze and plug back in into the decision making process.

Ilya V. Avdeev, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical

Engineering

Director, Advanced Manufacturing and Design LaboratoryUniversity of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

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What happens when the NASA Shuttle goes away?

Energy Florida formed

How are these folks rebuilding neighborhoods in Flint, Michigan?

Strategic Doing gives us the power to change our lives, our neighborhoods and our communities.

Bob Brown Michigan State University

It comes down to this…

Thinking in New Ways

We need to think differently about our economy…more pragmatism, less ideology

Behaving in New Ways

We need to build trust with new habits of relentless, shared doing…

Doing in New Ways

We need a new approach to strategy based on simple rules…

Strategic Doing uses simple rules to guide complex collaborations to measurable outcomes…

We have cracked the code on collaboration

We are responding globally Purdue Strategic Doing workshops

Come join us to learn more…

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Thank you Ed Morrison

edmorrison@purdue.edu