Future

EconomyCatawba County Chamber

Terry Bledsoe, Catawba County Government

Council

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

EventsCause us to?9/11

Job Losses 15.7%

recession

OilTerrorist China

technology

greed

AndConstantChange Instability

Every

Rethinkingthing

Do You move an Entire County to a Higher Level?

How?Wrong ? -Region

COFRick SmyreCommunities of the Future

Transform Future Economy Council Vs

Reform

1Mission Objectives Situational Analysis

Strategy Formulation Implementation Control

Traditional Strategic Planning

Big Flaw…………

ScanningThe World?Trends

Patterns Drivers Weak

SignalsWhat’s new

Factors

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

Collaboration Future Economy Council Vs Competition

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

Underserved Broadband

Woo Google Major Interlocking Networks

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

SharingPartnerships

Connections

Opportunities

Do You move an Entire Region to a Higher Level?

How?

ClosingThoughts…

If we do not come out of this recession changed, we have missed an opportunity. Look for opportunity in everything you do.

Future

EconomyCatawba County Chamber

Terry Bledsoe, Catawba County Government

Council