Open, loosely joined networks need agile strategies to survive. Yet, getting open networks to move in a streategic direction is tricky. Agile strategies guide open networks in a strategic direction. 

Agile strategies replace traditional strategic planning approaches that are costly, slow and too often ineffective. 

In contrast, agile strategier are:

• Flexible.-- Agile strategies pick up your strategic conversations from where they are today and show you how move them quickly to the next level.
• Practical.-- Designing consensus in open networks can be confusing and frustrating. Effective network strategies refine strategic insights quickly. They build consensus and translate the speed ideas into action in a matter of days not months.
• Fast and Adaptive.--  Strategic planning has conditioned us to think  that developing and executing a strategy is a slow, ponderous process. Strategy in open networks is fast and iterative. You learn while doing.
• Low Cost with Remarkable Returns.--  Effective strategy in open networks focuses on "linking and leveraging" assets within the network. This alignment generates remarkable returns quickly. 
• Simple, yet Sophisticated.--  Guiding a network strategy requires a discipline that is simple, but takes practice to master. Like any valuable discipline, there are levels of mastery.
• Powerful, Replicable and Scalable.--  Agile strategies open the door to the "network effect", where the value of the network goes up exponentially with the number of connections.
• Resilient and Sustainable.--  Strategy falls apart when people get bored and become disconnected from the underlying process of complex thinking.  Strategy-Nets shows you how to design engaging personal experiences that strengthen your networks.  By creating shared value quickly, these networks become sustainable.