Universities anchor regional innovation systems, and they provide new opportunities to transform regional economies. But we need new approaches to design and manage this transformation. Strategic Doing provides an alternative.

1. UNIVERSITIES AS ANCHORS
FOR REGIONAL INNOVATION
ED MORRISON
PURDUE UNIVERSITY
UEDA 2013
ED MORRISON
OCTOBER, 2013
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2. From closed to open...

3. We can replicate and scale....

4. A new path...
Locations of Purdue
Strategic Doing
Workshops

5. Thinking Differently
Behaving Differently
Doing Differently

6. Thinking Differently
Behaving Differently
Doing Differently

7. Explain the real dynamics

8. Get good at “link and leverage”

9. Connect networks to innovation
Prosperity
Core Team guides
development of a strategic agenda
Productivity
Open
Innovation
Higher educational institution
supporting the cluster with
education, training and research
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10. Introduce the ecosystem
Start-up firms
Provides capital
and expertise
Provides ideas,
incubators
and smart people
Recruits
smart people
Venture investor
and angel networks
Accelerates
new venture
investment
Colleges and
universities
Recruits and
trains smart people
Provides network
and mentoring to
start-ups
Provides
investment
and generates
wealth
Provides
R&D partners
Provides training
support to clusters
Skilled talent
pool
Recruits and
supplies
smart people
Innovating
Stage 2
Companies
Source: Ed Morrison, Purdue Center for Regional Development. Distributed with Creative Commons 3.0 Attribution license
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11. Thinking Differently
Behaving Differently
Doing Differently

12. Create new civic spaces
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13. Connect civility to innovation

14. Thinking Differently
Behaving Differently
Doing Differently

15. Teach agile strategy

16. Use a simple strategy map
Brainpower
Innovation
Entrepreneurship
Networks
Collaboration
Strategic
Doing
New Narratives
Quality,
Connected
Places
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17. Visualize complex systems
Brainpower
Innovation
Entrepreneurship
Networks
Collaboration
Strategic
Doing
New Narratives
Quality,
Connected
Places
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18. Promote new (old) ideas
“If your actions inspire others to dream
more, learn more, do more and become
more, you are a leader.”
John Quincy Adams

19. Thank you
ED Morrison
edmorrison@purdue.edu