Description: if you've ever left a meeting thinking, "did we actually accomplish anything?" - you're in good company. In this session, you'll learn about an approach to collaborations - everything from a team meeting to a multi-million-dollar research project - that will get you past talking about the work to actually doing it, together. This session will include hands-on participation, so come ready to learn and practice new skills.
Bios:
The founder of the Purdue Agile Strategy Lab and now the Director of the Lab at the University of North Alabama, Ed Morrison's work emphasizes the strategic value of focused regional collaborations and innovation in open, loosely-connected networks. Ed developed a new discipline called Strategic Doing to accelerate these collaborations that is now widely used across the U.S. and is gaining attention internationally. He holds a BA degree cum laude with honors from Yale University and MBA and JD degrees from the University of Virginia.
Liz Nilsen is the associate director at the Agile Strategy Lab at the University of North Alabama. Liz's work includes the development and growth of innovation and STEM education ecosystems. At the Lab, she teaches (online and in-person), shepherds the expansion of the Lab's programming, and oversees partnerships with other organizations. Prior to joining the Lab, she led large collaborative initiatives at three land grant universities. She holds a BA from Stanford University and an MBA from Northeastern University.
Ed & Liz are co-authors (with three other collaborators) of Strategic Doing: Ten Skills for Agile Leadership (Wiley, 2019).