Introduction to Strategic Doing provided to the Board of the National Association of Government Labor Officials (NAGLO) in Austin, TX on July 27, 2014.

1. Strategic Doing:
An Introduction
NAGLO Board Meeting | Austin, TX
Ed Morrison
Purdue Center for Regional
Development
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July, 2014

2. THE STARTING POINT
THE CHALLENGES WE FACE
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3. COMPLEX MESSES OVERWHELM US
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4. LIVING WITH COMPLEXITY: WHAT TO DO?
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5. THE ANSWER: FOLLOW SIMPLE RULES
SIMPLE RULES MANAGE COMPLEXITY
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6. IT ALL STARTS HERE
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EXPANDING COLLABORATION DEPENDS ON FOCUSED CONVERSATION

7. STRATEGIC DOING
AN OVERVIEW
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8. Unlike strategic planning, which is linear, slow and
costly, Strategic Doing is fast, iterative and lean.

9. Strategic Doing answers the two key questions of strategy by
breaking these two questions into four…

10. Strategic Doing is an agile, iterative process that relies
on accumulating learning by doing…

11. Strategic Doing designs a managed network to keep
track of metrics and make adjustments when the
situation changes…

12. CHARTING A NEW PATH
PURDUE STRATEGIC DOING WORKSHOPS, 2008-2014
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STRATEGIC DOING IS ACHIEVING SCALE

13. CHARTING A NEW PATH
AN EMERGING UNIVERSITY NETWORK TO SUPPORT THE DISCIPLINE
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STRATEGIC DOING NETWORK

14. THANK YOU
Ed Morrison
edmorrison@purdue.edu