north country (nh) strategic doing workshop

Strategic DoingWorkshop for the North Country

Ed Morrison

I-Open

September 10, 2008

Ed Morrison of the Purdue Center for Regional Development presented this material

at the Regional Innovation Grant Summit in Lancaster, NH on September 10, 2008.

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‣ Our Grandfather’s Economy

‣ Social Network Mapping

‣ Strategic Doing in a Nutshell

Our grandchildren’s economy is emerging with wealth created by networks...

Open network strategies are based on “linking and leveraging”

Our Starting Point: Overcome Some Potent Myths from our Grandfather’s Economy

The Smart Ones

The Not So Smart Ones

The world is far more complex...

Old, rigid thinking produces too many people below the line.

K through

12

Dependency

Cycle

Careers

Working

poor

$10.00per hour

2 years

Certificates

4 years

Pre-

K

Entry

level

70%+ of jobs are above the line60%-70% of new entrants fall below

Youth 14-18

Adults 18+

DislocatedWorkers

On the Job and Customized Training

Youth 19-21

Youth Council

Ex-OffendersOne Stops

ITA Vouchers

State IncumbentWorker Training

The public workforce system offersdisconnected programs that are difficult to align

We spend a lot of time on the wrong question: “Who is to blame?”

Here’s a better one: “What are the opportunities to transform?”

The Civic Space

In most regions the civic space is

fragmented

The Civic Space

In most regions the civic space is

fragmented

The Civic Space

The opportunity comes in organizing

networks

Bob

Bill

Cathy

Building networks starts with closing triangles

Knowledge Person;

Hub

Boundary Spanner

Knowledge Person;

Hub; Influencer

Peripheral

Person

Information

Broker

Knowledge

Person

Successful regions will understand the power of networks

Peripheral

Boundary Spanner

Hub

Successful regions will map their networks

Peripheral

Boundary Spanner

Hub

Successful regions will map their networks

Kno

wle

dge

Kno

wle

dge

Social Network Mapof the

Southwest Regional Leadership ForumUniversity of Evansville

March 17, 2006

Presented by the Indiana Humaniteis Council

Which region is stronger?

Successful regions will

build civility as a strategic asset: the foundation

for trust

With a supportive civic environment, networks can align around a committed core

Developing an executing strategy in open networks

requires a new approach: Strategic doing

But there’s a challenge: in open networks, no one can tell anyone

else what to do....

Positive

conversations

Negative

conversations

Years

Prosperity

Index

People move in the direction of their conversations...

Strategic doing guides these conversations

Today

Source: Ed Morrison

Strategic doing guides conversations

Pre-K

Allied Health

STEM

Forum

Strategic doing develops connected networks with tight cores and open

boundaries

Auto Tech

0

10

5

Attributes of High

Effectiveness

Attributes of Low

Effectiveness

0

10

5

Attributes of High

Effectiveness

Attributes of Low

Effectiveness

Leadership Direction Open Collaboration

Inspires and energizes participationCommitted to honestyActions are consistent with wordsDemonstrates fairness and compassion

Focuses on personal agendasHides relevant informationSeeks to control agendasUnwilling to collaborate

Collaborative networks form easilyCivic entrepreneurs are supportedAttitudes of learning dominateDiversity is welcomed

Meetings happen but nothing gets doneHidden agendas distort deliberations Political manipulations replace dialogueSmall power groups seek to dominate

Measure Your Region's Leadership and Collaboration

Youth 14-18

Adults 18+

DislocatedWorkers

On the Job and Customized Training

Youth 19-21

Youth Council

Ex-OffendersOne Stops

ITA Vouchers

State IncumbentWorker Training

Here’s the challenge: Connectingdisconnected programs that are difficult to align

Faced with these challenges, most

communities and regions look like this

Alliance

Mt. Pleasant

AlliancePartnership

County ED

Digital Corridor

Chamber

Chamber

Chamber

County

County

County$

$

$

BusinessInvestors

$

County ED

County ED

WorkforceInvestment

Board

ThinkTec

Low Country

Mfg.

Port

MUSC

Defense Industries

MarineSciences

Other Local and Chamber ED

Activities

Tourism/ CVB

Education Foundation

Environmental Groups

COG

Base Closure

Higher Ed consortium

Low Country Graduate

Center

BenchmarkCollaborative

Charleston

N. Charleston

World Trade Center

State Legislators

Here's what economic and

workforce development in Charleston, SC looks like

Then some group does a strategic plan

Strategic doing is an open process with

leadership direction that dynamically aligns

We need new habits of thinking

together...Strategic doing

Our grandfather's economy Our grandchildren's economy

Strategic Doing focuses on answering four questions:

1. What could we do together?

2. What should we do together?

3. What will we do together?

4. How will we learn together?

Explore

Align

FocusExecute

Evaluations

Action Plans

Insights

Initiatives

Develop ideas about what we can do

together

Choose what to

do

Identify and align resources to

specific initiatives

Execute and measure results

Strategic Doing: People move in the direction of their conversations

Explore

Align

FocusExecute

Evaluations

Action Plans

Insights

Initiatives


together

Choose what to

do




We move around the cycle with a Strategic Doing Pack of workshop exercises

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Explore

Align

FocusExecute

Evaluations

Action Plans

Insights

Initiatives


together

Choose what to

do




We move around the cycle with a Strategic Doing Pack of workshop exercises

Exercise 1

Exercise 2Exercise 3

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Exercise 4

Milwaukee 7 Water Council Strategic Doing Pack

This Water Council Strategic Doing Pack provides guidance to a workforce alignment workshop held in Milwaukee, WI on July 14, 2008

Questions? Please contact: Ed Morrison, Purdue Center for Regional Development, [email protected]

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SummitJuly 14, 2008

mailto:[email protected]

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Workshop Exercise 1: Your Strategic Outcome: Alpha Version

Describe a Strategic Outcome for the Water CouncilDescribe an outcome in year 3 to 5 for the Water Council

What will be different in the M7 region?“Through our efforts we envision the M7 region will be a global leader in ....”

Characteristics or Attributes of Your OutcomeDescribe three characteristics or attributes of your outcome. How will we know

we have arrived? What will be different? What metrics come to mind?

The first key characteristic is...

The second key characteristic is...

The third key characteristic is...

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Workshop Exercise 2: Strategic Initiatives: Alpha Version

Describe one Strategic Initiative for the Water CouncilDescribe an initiative for the Water Council that will help us achieve your

outcome. What do you think members of the Water Council should be willing to do together to achieve your strategic outcome?

“To achieve our strategic outcome the Water Council should...” (e.g., establish a working group to double federal funding in three years)

Milestones (SMART Goals) for Your Strategic InitiativeDescribe three milestones that can define your strategic initiative

The first milestone is...

The second milestone is...

The third milestone is...

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Work Exercise 3Strategic Action Plan

Time frame What Who

Define the action stepUse names, if possible, not

organizations

In the next 6 months

In the next 3 months

In the next 30 days

Next week

StrategicDoing Forum




Source: Ed Morrison

Regions are moving toward civic processes

that focus on Strategic Doing

30-90 days

working groups

Strategic doing is a process to link, leverage and learn

Thank you!

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