Posts by Scott Hutcheson
The Future of Innovation Is Horizontal
Did you know that St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital – ALSAC is one of the best places to work for innovators according to Fast Company? We totally agree! Scott serves on their Digital & Innovation Advisory Board and he participated in the 2021 St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital – ALSAC Innovation Week held earlier this…
Read MoreWhat Are the New Skills Need for Innovation? A New Report Points to Strategic Doing’s Ten Skills for Agile Leadership
This newly-released report out of Canada, The Mother of Invention: Skills for Innovation in the Post-Pandemic World points out that the COVID-19 pandemic forced many enterprises to innovate rapidly in order to simply survive. They contrast this with a 20-year effort of the Canadian Treasury Board that attempted to spur innovation by reducing risk. The…
Read MoreAEM-Cube: Connecting People to Growth, Innovation, and Strategic Transformation
Growth, innovation, and strategic transformation are team sports, not solo ventures. Complex undertakings like these require a variety of ideas, mindsets, and areas of expertise to achieve results. This required variety doesn’t rest within the mind or experiences of any one individual, no matter how brilliant. Groups, organizations, and even groups of organizations have a…
Read MoreStrategic Doing Masterclass: Spring 2021 Cohort
What a joy it was to get to know this inspiring group of leaders who participated in our most recent Strategic Doing Masterclass. So happy to welcome them to the Strategic Doing Practitioner community. Each of these individuals is already doing remarkable work in their organizations and communities. We designed our masterclass to give leaders…
Read MoreFrom Pipelines to Platforms
In their article in the Harvard Business Review, Van Alstyne, Parker, and Choudary (2016) point to the need for new mindsets and models for value creation. They contend that many organizational leaders have a “pipeline” view of how value is created. The authors make the case that this pipeline approach results in organizations and programs…
Read MoreDon’t Confuse Remembering for Thinking
Don’t let remembering substitute for thinking.
Read MoreThe Sounds of Change
Scott teaches a course at Purdue called Leading for for Change and Innovation. Early in the semester the students create a collaborative Spotify playlist of songs about change that are meaningful to the students. As you might imagine, the activity results in an amazingly eclectic collection. If you would like to listen to the playlist…
Read MoreSpring 2021 Strategic Doing Masterclass Practitioner & Certification Training
Tomorrow, May 25, we kick off our Spring 2021 Strategic Doing Masterclass Practitioner and Certification Training. We have an amazing group of leaders in this cohort from these organizations: St. Jude’s Research Hospital – ALSAC Toyota Material Handling United Way Purdue University Indiana State University University of Nebraska This training filled up quickly. Interested in…
Read MoreHipsters, Hustlers and Hackers: The Relationship Between Strategic Diversity and Performance in Startups and Scaleups
These insights from Hutcheson Associates and Human Insight will be valuable to anyone with an interest in startups and scalesups. Other research has found that not having the right team is one of the main reasons new enterprises often don’t make it. But what makes a team right or wrong? This research sheds light on…
Read MoreYou need a strategy process that’s “just right.”
We’re convinced that one of the reasons so many leaders find our approach to strategy, Strategic Doing, so appealing is that it is, what we sometimes refer to as, “lightweight.” What we mean is that it isn’t a heavy process that will bog down you and your leadership team, in terms of your time and…
Read MoreSwag!
It looks like face-to-face trainings will be resuming soon! Our next Strategic Doing Masterclass, however, will be virtual. So, we’re assembling some swag bags to send the members of our next cohort. The masterclass begins on May 25 and there is still a slot or two left. We would love to have you!
Read MoreStrategic Hiring Analytics
Resumes and transcripts. Job postings and interviews. These are important artifacts in the matchmaking that occurs between job candidates and the organizations that hire them. They usually do a good job of helping match the knowledge, experience, and qualifications acquired by the candidate and required for the job. What they don’t do very well, however, is explicitly communicate a way…
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