Future Economy Catawba County Chamber Terry Bledsoe, Catawba County Government Council.
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8010“There is a force for change that’s basically invisible using old ways of seeing. It’s a force we have to let collide with and even destroy our old ideas about how the world should be before we can hope to make any sense at all”
Age of the Unthinkable, Ramo
1Mission Objectives Situational Analysis
Strategy Formulation Implementation Control
Traditional Strategic Planning
Big Flaw…………
are seeds of change that exist today and they can tell about big trends in the future.
are something odd or strange today.
Weak
signals
• No one did anything wrong• The game changed• Continue efforts
• Add new opportunities/ ADAPT to changes
Processes
Parallel
EDC
MCBMaster Capacity Builders
•To develop new ways of thinking about the future•To be able to identify trends and weak signals•To be able to ask appropriate questions•To be able to listen for value and find new connections•To be able to connect diverse ideas and people for continuous innovation•To understand how to create "innovation networks"•To design and evolve parallel processes•To be able to identify and utilize new and emerging patterns•To be able to think systemically at a higher level of complexity•To be able take appropriate individual and team risks to develop new ideas and methods
Dave Baldwin - Intercity Visit Dublin Ohio
Dave BaldwinInterlocking Networks
Future Economy Council
Media and Technology Guild
Communities of the Future
Center for Engineering Technologies
Furniture Prototyping
Small Business Committee
A few notes on Dublin Ohio……• BusinessWeek rated the City of Dublin as the top small city in Ohio
to start a business.• Fox Business News announced the City of Dublin as the top small
city in the U.S. to start a business.• City of Dublin was named a Top Seven Intelligent Community • Dublin was named
one of America's 25 Best Places to Move by Forbes.com in 2009• With its entrepreneurial spirit and ability to react at the speed of
business, Dublin, Ohio sets the conditions to not only thrive during economic downturns, but to come out on top. Earning rave reviews for its wired network, new infrastructure, premiere community lifestyle and close proximity to one of the largest universities in the country,
ResourcesMajor & Minor
Apple, Google, TargetHigher Ed
PartnershipsManufacturing BaseCreative
CommunityMicro EnterprisesAsset Sharing
IDEO
Entrepreneur Round Tables
A discussion and brainstorming group of inspired and creative Chamber leaders sharing an abundance of experience, knowledge and wisdom whose primary focus will be to foster creative and innovative thinking throughout their organization and sharing their expertise with other businesses.
“The Ten Faces of Innovation” by Tom Kelley
Who are we?What do we have to offer?How can WE help you get the information you need?We have a great community here….. ……that works together.
Web Portal
Unified
ClosingThoughts…
If we do not come out of this recession changed, we have missed an opportunity. Look for opportunity in everything you do.