from talking to strategic doing: open participation concepts drawn liberally from i-open
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From Talking to Strategic Doing:Open Participation
Concepts drawn liberally from i-Open
16 counties – 7,125 square miles
Population – 4.1 million
Size of Economy - $170 billion
Employment– 2.1 million
NEO Average Annual Wage - $33,200
OUR REGION
Major Industries: Metalworking; plastic products and chemicals; agribusiness; health care; manufacturing; insurance; biomedical; instrumentation, controls and electronics
Northeast Ohio By the Numbers
Journey To Today
• 2004 – Fund for Our Economic Future established and regional activity propelled
• 2005-2006 – Voices & Choices– 20,000 Citizens– Council of Economic Policy Advisors – Dashboard
of Economic Indicators
The Dashboard:Our Region’s Economic Performance
The dotted line marks the boundary of influence of the business community: Economic Development takes place in the CIVIC SPACE
IllustrativeExample
Civic
Space
Civic
Space
Business Community
Business Community
Relevance of the Civic Space
• Economic Development takes place in the civic space
• Many economic development functions take place outside of the sphere of chambers of commerce / business community
• Civic space is fragmented• There is no agreed upon hierarchy in civic
space
Civic Space: The Truth
Within the civic space, nobody can tell anybody else what to do. The mayor cannot tell the chamber what to do. The chamber cannot speak for every businessman or woman. The city council cannot tell the superintendant what to do. The University President cannot tell the WIB what to do….there is no hierarchy in the civic space.
NEOCivic
SpaceFoundations
Policy Leaders
K-12
Citizens
Prof. groupsProf.
groups
Med Size
CEOS
Med Size
CEOS
alliancesalliances
Social serviceSocial
service
Big Co. CEOS
Big Co. CEOS
Federal Electeds
Federal Electeds
State ElectedsState
Electeds
AcademiaAcademia
The FundThe
Fund
Minority leaders
Minority leaders
Civic entrepreneurs
Civic entrepreneurs
Block groupsBlock
groups
cdcscdcs
Local electedLocal
electedSelf
employedSelf
employed
Wealthy people
Fund Grantee
s
Fund Grantee
s
Big Chambers P-16P-16
workforceworkforce
Religious leaders
Religious leaders
LandConservation
LandConservation
Economic Culture Change:Yesterday’s Ways are gone
• Command and Control mentality dominated business culture
• Civic space organized in hierarchy that mirrored hierarchical business models
• Click here for short video: Coal Miners
Economic Culture Change:Today & Tomorrow’s Way
• Civic Space built upon networks• Openness, collaboration key to success• Technology facilitates rapid change and
human interaction• Click here for short video: The Human Networ
k
Networks At Work• Competitive economies have strong networks in the
civic space• Strong networks are built upon trust• Trust emerges when people work together and share
information and resources• Networks have strong and weak ties
– Strong ties: get things done– Weak ties: learning and innovation
• Healthy networks have a strong core and porous boundaries allowing new people and thoughts in easily
• Within a network people play different roles
AdvanceNortheast
Ohio
AdvanceNortheast
Ohio
How will Northeast Ohio develop the will, skill
and tools to foster Regional Collaboration?
How will Northeast Ohio align the region’s plan
with the network-driven civic space?
Business Growth and Attraction
AdvanceNortheast
Ohio
AdvanceNortheast
Ohio
Talent Development
Growth through Racial and Economic Inclusion Government Collaboration & Efficiency
Networks will assure alignment with sub-regional strategies and plans
Networks will develop Strategic Outcomes
Networks need to be built, fostered and strengthened to enable success
NEOCivic SpaceisFragmented
Foundations
K-12
Citizens
Prof. groupsProf.
groups
Med Size
CEOS
Med Size
CEOS
alliancesalliances
Social serviceSocial
service
Big Co. CEOS
Big Co. CEOS
Federal Electeds
Federal Electeds
State ElectedsState
Electeds
AcademiaAcademia
The FundThe
Fund
Minority leaders
Minority leaders
Civic entrepreneurs
Civic entrepreneurs
Block groupsBlock
groups
cdcscdcs
Local electedLocal
elected
Self employed
Self employed
Wealthy people
Fund Grantee
s
Fund Grantee
s
Big Chambers
P-16P-16
workforceworkforce
Religious leaders
Religious leaders
LandConservation
LandConservation
PolicyLeadersPolicy
Leaders
Building Networks Required:NEO Civic Space Fragmented Based on Hierarchy
Funders, Business
Community and Elected
Officials
Civic SpaceCivic Space
Top Down or Bottom Up?
Effective Strategies RequiresOpen Participation and Leadership Direction
Voices & Choices
Voices & Choices
HistoricalLeadershipProcess
Chaos
Apathy Closed door decision making
EffectiveStrategies
Leadership Direction
Employers
Elected Officials
Community Groups
Citizens
Racial & Economic Inclusion
FundersFunders
Government Collaboration & Efficiency
Business Growth & Attraction
Talent Development
Alignment
Regional
County
Municipal
Local
Alignment is achieved when there is clarity how local, municipal, county and regional plans correlate to one another.
Defining Regional Strategic Outcomes will come only after alignment exists across the Region
Alignment through ANEO
Advance Northeast Ohio Partners &Northeast Ohio
Citizens
Advance Northeast Ohio Partners &Northeast Ohio
Citizens
Open Participation: What’s Next• Convening: people to facilitate defining regional strategic
outcomes and to catalyze strategic doing• Aligning: emerging and existing initiatives with Advance
Northeast Ohio• Building: a state-of-the-art, region-wide learning and
collaboration framework and tool box to allow for more informed and efficient decision-making
• Sharing: relevant, fact and data-driven information to enable citizens and leaders in all sectors to act regionally
• Engaging: Northeast Ohio citizens in strategic initiatives aligned Advance Northeast Ohio
• Representing: Citizen’s voice at the table with business, government, education and philanthropic leaders
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