jobs! increasing workforce development impact (in possibly unexpected ways)
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Shared with the US Housing & Urban Development Sustainable Communities Leadership Academy, Baltimore, MD - March 2014TRANSCRIPT
JOBS!Increasing Workforce DevelopmentImpactSUJATA SRIVASTAVA, STRATEGIC ECONOMICSVINZ KOLLER, KRISTIN WOLFF, SOCIAL POLICY RESEARCH ASSOCIATES (SPR) & YOU
WHY are you here
Agenda Small-group work Discussion of
effective practices for leading workforce development initiatives
Reflection
Welcome toThe Wise Counsel Challenge! PROSPERITY FOUNDATION TRUSTEES, STAFF, PARTNERS & SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITY COLLEAGUES
THE WISE COUNSEL CHALLENGEBased on your experience, what are the most effective ways to…
1. Link low-income people and communities to the economic opportunities in regions with diverse and growing economies.
2. Create employment solutions in low-growth communities, including former manufacturing communities, in which unemployed workers may be skilled and experienced, but not in the areas in demand in the regional labor market.
3. Unlocking economic opportunities in isolated, high-poverty, urban communities. Typically, such communities also face many related challenges - including access to transportation, education and training opportunities, and capital that could help people start their own enterprises.
4. Opening advancement opportunities (increasing income generation) for low-income people (often disproportionately women and people of color).
5. "Anchoring" workforce development in sustainable community efforts.
WEADERSHIP.ORG
519+ workforce leaders
A guide/Blurb book A blog/website Short briefs &
curated collections of media
Social media friends
Video A changed
understanding of what was possible in solving workforce problems
WEADERSHIP.ORG
Workforce Memes
Workforce Boards Sector Strategies Career Pathways Skills Gaps Middle Skill Jobs Workforce
Competitiveness Minimum Wage Wage Inequality Long term
Unemployed Youth Unemployment Community College
Access Ready to Work
Partnerships
1
Adopt A Wide-angle
View
Photo by Hockley Photography
Photo by CaptainMcDan (Flickr)
Co-Working Spaces, Labs &
Incubators
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Co-Working Spaces, Labs &
Incubators
2
Build Diverse
Networks
Meetings Invitation Agenda Pre-meeting
packets Refreshments Minutes
Engagement
Hackathons [Fill-in-the-blank]
Camps Co-design/co-
creation sessions Labs Collective impact
partnerships
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3
Embrace Radical
Openness
“We don’t expect every student to become an Etsy seller, but rather to apply the skills they learn to any entrepreneurial path they want to follow. We do believe, however, along with the City of Rockford, that this will lead to real economic impact.”
“This pilot program has the potential to be not just what Mayor Morrissey calls a “pathway to prosperity” for Rockford, but a blueprint for similar programs across the country and around the world.”
http://vimeo.com/61305313
“Thank you for inspiring us…”
4Experiment &
Repeat
GPAs and test scores are worthless for hiring…they don’t predict anything. The proportion of people at Google without college degrees is increasing.
We look for leadership, in particular, emergent leadership rather than traditional leadership…
5 Add Unique
Value
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1. Started 2004; Completed 2006
2. Number of steel plates required: 168
3. Size: 33x66x42
4. Weight: 110 tons
5. Designed by Anish Kapoor
Cloudgate
Photo by: Opusfotos (Flickr)
6 Cultivate
New Leaders
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“Building leaders is not just a possibility or opportunity, it is something you should make your goal to achieve.”
ADOPT A WIDE
ANGLE VIEW
BUILD DIVERSE
NETWORKS
EXPERIMENT& REPEAT
ADD UNIQUE VALUE
RE-GENERATE
EMBRACE RADICALOPENNES
S
6 Practices for Building Community Partnerships, Creating Jobs & “Changing the Odds”
Thanks!Sujata Srivastava, Strategic Economics ([email protected])Vinz Koller, Director, TAT ([email protected])Kristin Wolff, Adjunct Researcher ([email protected])@kristinwolff@Social_Policy@Weadership
WEadership.org
ADOPT A WIDE
ANGLE VIEW
6 WEadership Practices
BUILDDIVERSE
NETWORKS
EMBRACEOPENNESS
ENCOURAGEEXPERIMENTA-
TION
ADD UNIQUE VALUE
CULTIVATE NEXT
GENERATIONLEADERS
Description Resources Cited
Leaders look broadly for resources to help them achieve their goals and seek to deploy their assetsin creative ways. They focus on solving important community problems.
- CodeforAmerica.org on repurposing solutions- GitHub.com for sharing solutions- Beehive (co-working):
http://etcbaltimore.com/beehive/
Leaders collaborate with partners creatively, usinginformal networks alongside traditional hierarchies. They make engaging people with diverse perspectivesa priority.
- http://inmaps.linkedinlabs.com/network for mapping networks
- Power of Hackathons in Government: http://open.nasa.gov/blog/2012/06/29/the-power-of-hackathons-in-government/
Leaders share the role of leadership with staff, partners, and the public. They use social technologiesto listen, inform, and collaborate.
- Kiva.org for small business lending- P2PU.org for un-school example- http://meshing.it/companies for shareconomy
companies- Etsy entrepreneurship example:
https://blog.etsy.com/news/2013/etsys-craft-entrepreneurship-program-launches-in-rockford-and-nyc/Leaders know their industries and organizations
needs new ideas, and new ideas need testing.
Leaders find ways their unique contributions can make a real difference in their communities. Those who add value remain relevant.
Leaders build skills, share knowledge, and create opportunities for others to lead, so that new leaders can emerge.
- AmericanSamoaRenewal.org for video- Prototyping Framework (NESTA)
http://www.nesta.org.uk/news_and_features/assets/features/prototyping_framework
- Cloudgate http://www.cityofchicago.org/city/en/depts/dca/supp_info/millennium_park_-artarchitecture.html#cloud
- Embrace multigenerational workplace and boardroom
- Leadership as mindset http://arnander.comwww.weadership.org
Kristin’s Famous Postcard Reflection Exercise
1. Address the postcard to yourself
2. Write down one idea you will take away from this session what you will do about it (feel free to discuss with your neighbors)
3. Give your completed postcard to Kristin
4. During the next two weeks, watch your snail mail
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“Part of that struggle is that there’s no vision for what’s emerging. It’s not just that the old world doesn’t work anymore, it’s also that the old story that gave it meaning isn’t believable and there’s no credible story to replace it.”
“…progress almost never comes from an accident or natural evolution. It requires constant pressure, new ideas and sustained engagement…”