Ed Morrison · Strategic Doing Webinar Thursday 2PM EDT

June 19th, 2011


This coming Thursday, we’ll be conducing a webinar on Strategic Doing, the strategy discipline for open, loosely joined networks, like clusters. Strategic Doing is a simple discipline, but like any discipline it takes practice to master.

The prime advantage: You can form complex collaborations quickly and manage them toward measurable outcomes. Incubated at the Purdue Center for Regional Development, Strategic Doing has broad applications to accelerate civic innovation.

In this webinar, we will introduce you to Strategic Doing, explore how the Milwaukee Water Council and Michigan State University have used the discipline, and introduce to you the new Purdue Certification in Strategic Doing.

  • Date/Time: June 23rd, 1:00 PM CT
  • You Need to Register at:  http://regionalstrategicdoing.eventbrite.com/

    • Overview

    Strategic Doing is designed to solve problems common in regional economic development where strategic planning fails. Strategic Doing is a new discipline for developing and implementing strategies for complex initiatives in loosely joined networks. Examples include clusters, workforce collaborations, sustainable communities, and regional alliances.

    Conventional approaches to strategic planning do not work well to meet the complex challenges we face today. The reason is simple. Strategic planning does not work in open networks. Traditional strategy practices emerged from large hierarchical, “command and control” corporations! A small group of people at the top of the organization did the thinking, while others did the doing.

    In economic development, there are no hierarchies. Yet, we still need to do strategic thinking. And now, more than ever, we need to act strategically. So, how do we focus our limited resources where they are likely to have the largest positive impacts?

    Where strategic planning is slow, linear and costly, strategic doing is fast, iterative and inexpensive. Strategic Doing guides strategy across jurisdictional and community boundaries to build action-oriented collaborations quickly. Strategic doing is catching on because people can understand it, apply it, and have fun, as they move their ideas into action. This webinar will give you insight in to the potential of Strategic Doing as well as the tools and methods.

    You can learn more at the Purdue Center for Regional Development.

    What the Webinar Will Cover:

    • What is Strategic Doing?
    • How does Strategic Doing bring people together on strategic priorities?
    • What are current examples of Strategic Doing in regional economic development?
    • How can I apply Strategic Doing in my region?
    • How is success measured?

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