10 Rules of Strategic Doing

We incorporate many of the practices of Strategic Doing in group projects and collaborations.

Strategic Doing is a proven discipline for managing collaborations of loosely-connected networks.

You can learn these practical skills by doing, in a Shady Lanes Group Project. Links to some of the articles for groups related to each topic are included below.

4 Questions and 10 Rules of Strategic Doing

Before You Begin

1. Create a Safe Space for Deep, Focused Conversations

2. Frame the Conversation Around an Appreciative Question

Groups: Where are we going? How will we get there?

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What Could We Do?

3. Uncover Hidden Assets That People Are Willing to Share

4. Link & Leverage Your Assets to Create New Opportunities

Events for Purpose and Impact

How to Leverage Events - Before and After

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What Should We Do?

5. Rank All Your Opportunities to Find Your 'Big Easy'

6. Convert Your Big Easy into an Outcome with Measurable Characteristics

High Impact, Low Cost - The Big Easy

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What Will We Do?

7. Define a Pathfinder Project with Guideposts

8. Create a Short-Term Action Plan with Everyone Taking a Small Step

Group Projects

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What's Our 30/30?

9. Set a Next Meeting to Review Progress and Make Adjustments

10. Nudge, Connect, and Promote Relentlessly to Reinforce Your New Habits of Collaboration

How to Leverage Events - Before and After

Find out more on the Strategic Doing website