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Strategic Design for Networked Organizations

Complexity, Strategic Design, Strategy / cense

Networked organizations create value through collaboration within diverse networks, focusing on missions that require cooperation among various entities. They resist central planning and consolidate strengths across their distinctiveness, embodying complex strategies for leadership and service. Such organizations, including professional associations and non-profits, leverage collective resources for impactful outcomes in addressing societal challenges.

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Leading The Networked Organization

Complexity, Health Systems, Strategy / cense

Are you networked as a leader or an organization? A networked organization is one where the ability to succeed at the mission of the organization is strategically dependent upon others, by design. This is not the same as having networks (as in being part of a market or field), community (which can be networked, but […]

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Coaching For Impact

Strategic Design, Strategy / cense

It’s a strange thing that we easily accept elite athletes and teams, or award-winning performers, having coaches to help them improve and sustain their performance, yet ignore this for human systems work. Why? No matter how experienced, wise, educated or involved a leader is in the craft and practice of their work, there is room […]

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SWOT Analysis: A Guide

Strategic Design, Strategy / cense

SWOT analysis is a strategic tool developed in the 1960s and 1970s, focusing on Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats. While widely adopted in business, it faces criticism for lack of methodological rigor and oversimplification. Despite its limitations, skilled facilitation can enhance its effectiveness in strategy discussions and foresight activities.

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Strategy as Design — Principles for Adaptive Leadership

Complexity, Design, Learning, Strategic Design, Strategy / cense

In today’s complex environment, traditional strategic planning often fails. Cense advocates for strategic design, prioritizing coherence and adaptability. This approach emphasizes humility, inquiry, and agility in leadership, covering four pillars: intent, imagination, production, and learning. It fosters responsive systems that align people and processes while promoting ongoing learning and engagement.

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