This document discusses strategic doing and connected innovation. It focuses on Oklahoma City's transformation from an entrepreneurial city through strategic doing. Strategic doing involves asking simple questions to guide conversations and develop strategies in an iterative process. It allows for alignment and strategies to emerge from learning by doing in dynamic conditions.

1. STRATEGIC DOING
HOW IT FITS WITH
CONNECTED INNOVATION
LAUNCHING FOCUSED COLLABORATIONS QUICKLY
Ed Morrison
Regional Economic Development Advisor
Purdue Center for Regional Development
Connected Innovation Symposium
Purdue Department of Food Science
April 3, 2013

2. MANAGING INNOVATION
IN OPEN NETWORKS

3. OPEN INNOVATION: THE FIRM VIEW
BRINGING THE OUTSIDE IN
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4. CONNECTED INNOVATION: A BIG VIEW
WHAT HAPPENED TO OKLAHOMA CITY?
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5. OKLAHOMA CITY’S PRIDE: 1994
SANTA FE PARKING GARAGE
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6. OKLAHOMA CITY TODAY
A LEADING ENTREPRENEURIAL CITY: HOW DID THAT HAPPEN?
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7. HOW DO WE INNOVATE IN NETWORKS?
IT SEEMS PRETTY COMPLEX
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8. THE ANSWER: FOLLOW SIMPLE RULES
SIMPLE RULES MANAGE COMPLEXITY
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9. OPEN INNOVATION = CONVERSATIONS
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10. HOW DO WE GUIDE CONVERSATIONS?
HOW DO WE DEVELOP A STRATEGY? WHAT IS A STRATEGY?
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11. A STRATEGY ANSWERS 2 QUESTIONS
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12. STRATEGIC DOING: 4 QUESTIONS
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13. IT’S A DISCIPLINE OF ITERATION
SIMPLE, BUT NOT EASY...MASTERY REQUIRES PRACTICE
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14. THINKING DIFFERENTLY
STRATEGY EMERGES FROM “LEARNING BY DOING”
Strategic Planning Strategic Doing
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15. KAYAKING IN THE OCEAN
ADJUSTING TO DYNAMIC CONDITIONS
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16. ALIGNMENT EMERGES
SIMPLE QUESTIONS LEAD TO “LINK AND LEVERAGE” STRATEGIES
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17. A LEAN, MANAGED NETWORK
STRATEGIC FOCUS AREAS WITH MULTIPLE INITIATIVES
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18. OKC: A REGION TRANSFORMED
THE LESSONS ARE REPLICABLE
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19. TEACHING STRATEGIC DOING
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20. THANK YOU
To learn more about Strategic Doing @ Purdue
Peggy Hosea
phosea@purdue.edu
Drawings by Kim Mitchell
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