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Better understand he nature of collaborationIdentify what stage your collaborations are inConsider ways to move a collaborations to the next level
Complexity2
Community issues
are complex
Institutions emerged
to deal with the
complexity
There are lots of
institutions
No single institution
is “in charge” of
most public issues
Complex environme
nt
I will build a motor car for the great multitude. It will be so low in price that no
man will be unable to own
one. - Henry
Ford
Source: Bently Historical Library, Josephine Fellows Gomon Papers, Box 10, draft manuscript, The Poor Mr. Ford.
In 1928 Henry Ford’s River Rouge Plant in Dearborn, Michigan became the world's largest industrial complex, pursuing vertical integration to such an extent that it could produce its own steel. In this year he also established “Fordlandia” his rubber tree plantation in the Amazon Rainforest
The Ford Motor Company
Strategic Doing enables people to form action-oriented
collaborations quickly, move them toward measurable
outcomes, and make adjustments along the way.
http://www.slideshare.net/linkedin/mandel-linked-in-connections-reportnov-2014
The “most-connected”
communities had more than
double the job growth of the
“least-connected”
communities.
Innovating networks produce increasing returns
Mathematics says the sum value of a network increases as the square of
the number of members. In other words, as the number of nodes in a
network increases arithmetically, the value of the network increases
exponentially. Adding a few more members can dramatically
increase the value for all members.
- Kelly, K. (1999). New Rules for the New Economy
Strategic Doing Accelerates Collaboration
Turf
Trust
TIME
SharingResources
Sharing Information
MutualAwareness
Co-Execution
Co-Creation
Acknowledgment Exploration Cooperation Collaboration Innovation
Adapted from Collaboration Continuum from ACT for Youth
Strategic Doing Focuses on Small Wins to Achieve Big Goals
Doubt and dwindling motivation comes on quickly when a big goal is missed. On the other hand, small wins lead to the progress principle - more confidence, high performance, and motivation to keep moving forward. - Teresa Amabile
Workforce Innovations in Regional Economic Development- Designed & guided 60+ collaborations- Over 100 partner organizations- Tracked over 200 metrics- Hired 2.5 people to manage it all- 80% of initiatives sustained
In neighborhoods besieged by complex, wicked problems, Strategic Doing creates hope through the power of taking action with the assets or gifts that
we already possess. In that moment when we combine assets, we begin to tell a new story of opportunity and possibility, and it gives us the power to change
our lives, our neighborhoods, and our communities.
Bob Brown, Associate Director of University-Community PartnershipsMichigan State University
We finally broke our “grant addiction.” Flint Community Resident
The key to these successes was that rather than focusing on investing in theright projects, we focused on investing in the right collaborations.
Is it… scalable, replicable, sustainable?
Strategy becomes a collective habit of ongoing conversation coupled with action, rather than an event or a document
Imagine the TorchBearers & Leadership Akron linking and leveraging their respective assets to drive transformation in this community. What would that look like?