Strategic Doing: An Introduction

Ed Morrison Purdue Center for Regional Development !Southampton, UK February, 2014

THE STARTING POINTTHE CHALLENGES WE FACE

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Our future is not linear

Our old systems no longer work

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Complex messes overcome us

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What happens when this goes away?

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Oklahoma City 1993

Oklahoma City Today

Photo by: Luke Barrett

Building on the lessons of Oklahoma city

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Thinking Differently Behaving Differently Doing Differently

THE SHIFT: HIERARCHIES TO NETWORKS

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HIERARCHY: STABILITY AND CONTROL

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NETWORKS: ADAPTION AND LEARNING

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COLLABORATE

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Link and leverage assets

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How do we do that?

THE ANSWER: FOLLOW SIMPLE RULESSIMPLE RULES MANAGE COMPLEXITY

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STRATEGIC DOINGAN OVERVIEW

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STRATEGY AS SIMPLE RULES

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STRATEGY FOR INNOVATING NETWORKS

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AN EFFECTIVE STRATEGY ANSWERS TWO QUESTIONS

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STRATEGY IN AN OPEN NETWORKSTRATEGIC DOING DIVIDES TWO QUESTIONS INTO FOUR

IT’S A COLLECTIVE HABIT OF ITERATION

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SIMPLE, BUT NOT EASY...MASTERY REQUIRES PRACTICE

DOING DIFFERENTLYALIGNMENTS EMERGE OVER TIME

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MEETING THE CHALLENGES: THE CHOICE

STRATEGIC PLANNING

STRATEGIC DOING

CHARTING A NEW PATHPURDUE STRATEGIC DOING WORKSHOPS, 2008-2013

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STRATEGIC DOING IS ACHIEVING SCALE

CHARTING A NEW PATH

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IS SOUTHAMPTON WILLING TO…

Think differently? Behave differently?

Do differently?

THANK YOUEd Morrison edmorrison@purdue.edu