Designing and implementing regional development strategies poses serious challenges.  Part of the problem may be that the traditional approach to strategy, a linear process of strategic planning, is not well suited to the task.  

Take note of the attached paper -- delivered at the Australia-New Zealand Regional Science Association International Conference in Southern Queensland -- by Ed Morrison of Purdue University, a member of our PASCAL Board.  His paper explores a new approach to strategy desgned for the open, loosely connected networks that characterize a regional economy.

Strategic Doing emphasizes transparency, agility and experimentation.  I suggest that this approach is perfectly aligned with the still developing practice of fostering "learning regions."

Please read and comment.