An introduction to Strategic Doing presented in Southampton in February 2014

1. Strategic Doing:
An Introduction
Ed Morrison
Purdue Center for Regional Development
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Southampton, UK
February, 2014

2. THE STARTING POINT
THE CHALLENGES WE FACE
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Our future is not linear

4. Our old systems no longer work

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Complex messes overcome us

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What to do?

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What happens
when this
goes away?

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10. Oklahoma City
1993

11. Oklahoma City
Today
Photo by: Luke Barrett

12. Building on
the lessons of
Oklahoma city

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Thinking Differently
Behaving Differently
Doing Differently

14. THE SHIFT: HIERARCHIES TO NETWORKS
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15. HIERARCHY: STABILITY AND CONTROL
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16. NETWORKS: ADAPTION AND LEARNING
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17. COLLABORATE
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Link and leverage assets

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How do we do that?

19. THE ANSWER: FOLLOW SIMPLE RULES
SIMPLE RULES MANAGE COMPLEXITY
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20. STRATEGIC DOING
AN OVERVIEW
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21. STRATEGY AS SIMPLE RULES
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22. STRATEGY FOR INNOVATING NETWORKS
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AN EFFECTIVE STRATEGY ANSWERS TWO QUESTIONS

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STRATEGY IN AN OPEN NETWORK
STRATEGIC DOING DIVIDES TWO QUESTIONS INTO FOUR

24. IT’S A COLLECTIVE HABIT OF ITERATION
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SIMPLE, BUT NOT EASY...MASTERY REQUIRES PRACTICE

25. DOING DIFFERENTLY
ALIGNMENTS EMERGE OVER TIME
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26. MEETING THE CHALLENGES: THE CHOICE
STRATEGIC
PLANNING
STRATEGIC
DOING

27. CHARTING A NEW PATH
PURDUE STRATEGIC DOING WORKSHOPS, 2008-2013
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STRATEGIC DOING IS ACHIEVING SCALE

28. CHARTING A NEW PATH
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IS SOUTHAMPTON WILLING TO…
Think differently?
Behave differently?
Do differently?

29. THANK YOU
Ed Morrison
edmorrison@purdue.edu