Food science is one area of the economy in which companies have embraced open innovation. But how can companies manage these relationships? How can they create shared value in a disciplined process? This presentation explores these issues.

1. STRATEGIC DOING
HOW IT FITS WITH
CONNECTED INNOVATION
LAUNCHING FOCUSED COLLABORATIONS QUICKLY
Ed Morrison
Regional Economic Development Advisor
Purdue Center for Regional Development
Connected Innovation Symposium
Purdue Department of Food Science
April 3, 2013

2. MANAGING INNOVATION
IN OPEN NETWORKS

3. OPEN INNOVATION: THE FIRM VIEW
BRINGING THE OUTSIDE IN
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4. CONNECTED INNOVATION: A BIG VIEW
WHAT HAPPENED TO OKLAHOMA CITY?
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5. OKLAHOMA CITY’S PRIDE: 1994
SANTA FE PARKING GARAGE
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6. OKLAHOMA CITY TODAY
A LEADING ENTREPRENEURIAL CITY: HOW DID THAT HAPPEN?
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7. HOW DO WE INNOVATE IN NETWORKS?
IT SEEMS PRETTY COMPLEX
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8. THE ANSWER: FOLLOW SIMPLE RULES
SIMPLE RULES MANAGE COMPLEXITY
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9. OPEN INNOVATION = CONVERSATIONS
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10. HOW DO WE GUIDE CONVERSATIONS?
HOW DO WE DEVELOP A STRATEGY? WHAT IS A STRATEGY?
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11. A STRATEGY ANSWERS 2 QUESTIONS
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12. STRATEGIC DOING: 4 QUESTIONS
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13. IT’S A DISCIPLINE OF ITERATION
SIMPLE, BUT NOT EASY...MASTERY REQUIRES PRACTICE
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14. THINKING DIFFERENTLY
STRATEGY EMERGES FROM “LEARNING BY DOING”
Strategic Planning
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Strategic Doing

15. KAYAKING IN THE OCEAN
ADJUSTING TO DYNAMIC CONDITIONS
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16. ALIGNMENT EMERGES
SIMPLE QUESTIONS LEAD TO “LINK AND LEVERAGE” STRATEGIES
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17. A LEAN, MANAGED NETWORK
STRATEGIC FOCUS AREAS WITH MULTIPLE INITIATIVES
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18. OKC: A REGION TRANSFORMED
THE LESSONS ARE REPLICABLE
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19. TEACHING STRATEGIC DOING
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20. THANK YOU
To learn more about Strategic Doing @ Purdue
Peggy Hosea
phosea@purdue.edu
Drawings by Kim Mitchell
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