!NORTHEAST OHIO MAY 23, 2014

Ed MorrisonPurdue Center for Regional Development

VIBRANT NEO: WHAT’S NEXT?MOVING IDEAS INTO ACTION WITH STRATEGIC DOING

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Strategic Doing Credo!!We believe we have a responsibility to build a prosperous, sustainable future for ourselves and future generations.No individual, organization or place can build that future alone.Open, honest, focused and caring collaboration among diverse participants is the path to accomplishing clear, valuable, shared outcomes.We believe in doing, not just talking – and in behavior in alignment with our beliefs.

Strategic Doing Design Team Turkey Run State Park

October, 2011

Why are people getting interested in Strategic Doing?Why are people calling Purdue?

Why are people getting interested in Strategic Doing?

We’ve cracked the

code on collaboration

Thinking Differently Behaving Differently Doing Differently

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We’re moving from our Grandparents’ economy to our Grandchildren’s economy…

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We’ll need to move from hierarchical thinking to network mindsets…

From this…. …to this

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Our challenge: “Link and leverage” assets to create new opportunities

Stop thinking like your pet….

Thinking Differently Behaving Differently Doing Differently

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Had enough?

A key lesson from our Founders: Civility powers innovation

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We build trust by doing, not just talking…

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What happens when this goes away?

And this stuff doesn’t cut it..

Thinking Differently Behaving Differently Doing Differently

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Our future is not linear

And we struggle with old systems…

How can we make our way?

The answer: Follow simple rules

Strategy answers 2 questions

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Strategic Doing: Simple, but not easy…

Strategic Planning Strategic Doing

From slow, linear…

…to fast, agile

Alignments emerge…

A swarm forms…

Moving Ideas into Action: From Plan to Platform

Meeting of the NEOSCC Executive Committee

April 1, 2014

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From Plan to Platform Accelerating collaboration with Strategic Doing !The Next Sixty Days Designing our Strategic Action Plan for Year 1: Alpha Version !

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Current System

a loose collection of components that lacks coherence

Emergent Regional Network

achieve scale with a simple, shared strategy discipline

Alliance for

Regional Development

Alliance for Regional Development in Chicago

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What happens when this goes away?

Core Team

Innovation

TransportLogistics

Talent Workforce

Green Growth

ALLIANCE CREATES COLLABORATION PLATFORMS

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Create a collaboration platform to support regional initiatives

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Regional initiatives: Multiple organizations in multiple counties

From Plan to Platform Accelerating collaboration with Strategic Doing !The Next Sixty Days Designing our Strategic Action Plan !

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Outcome for the next 60 days: Design Strategic Action Plan 1.0 Move ideas to action in Year 1

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We’ll start where it makes sense to start…

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Core Team

Strengthen Existing

Communities

Expand Transportation

Choices

Preserve and Protect Natural

Resources

Promote Collaboration

and Efficiency

Step 1: Pick one focus area to start

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Core Team

Strengthen Existing

Communities

Expand Transportation

Choices

Preserve and Protect Natural

Resources

Promote Collaboration

and Efficiency

Step 2: Within your focus area, complete Strategic Doing Pack

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Pick Low Hanging Fruit 30 minutes

Create 1 year outcome and metrics 30 minutes

Define Pathfinder Project 20 minutes

Create 30 day action plan 15 minutes

Wrap up and Next Steps 10 minutes

Develop Strategic Action Plan (alpha version) in 2 hours Revise the action plan every 30 days

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Next step: Commit to a 90 day process Same approach as EDA-funded strategy in WI-IL-IN