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Re-employment Networks

A Solutions LabEd MorrisonPurdue University

Institute for Open Economic Networks


Re-employment involves charting pathways and making them as productive

as possible‣ This workshop will explore the

pathways and the networks needed to make them more productive

‣ You will design your own networks in the discussion

‣ We will share our work and insights on a workspace:

✓Workforce3One


Company Company refocuses and refocuses and

retrainsretrains


Company Company restructures and restructures and

lays off large lays off large numbersnumbers


Employees find Employees find work in a closely work in a closely

related firmrelated firm


Individual retrains Individual retrains for a growth for a growth

cluster cluster


Individual wants Individual wants to start a growth to start a growth

companycompany


Individual looks Individual looks for a life style for a life style opportunityopportunity


Individual settles Individual settles for lower pay (but for lower pay (but may begin other may begin other

paths as well)paths as well)


Individual retires Individual retires or stops lookingor stops looking


Individual Individual continues to look continues to look

for a jobfor a job


‣ The economic downturn is more severe and will last longer than the public workforce system is designed to handle

‣ We cannot scale up by building larger organizations

‣ We can meet the challenges by linking and leveraging assets through networks

‣ We need to focus designing eight types of re-employment networks

Our current situation requires us to innovateand form new re-employment networks


1. Strategy Redesign 1. Strategy Redesign NetworkNetwork

(Layoff Aversion) (Layoff Aversion)


2. Assessment and 2. Assessment and Guidance NetworkGuidance Network


3. Direct re-employment 3. Direct re-employment NetworkNetwork


4. Growth Cluster 4. Growth Cluster NetworkNetwork


5. Skunk Works Network5. Skunk Works Network


6. Self-employment 6. Self-employment NetworkNetwork


7. Career Ladder Network7. Career Ladder Network


8. Career Exploration 8. Career Exploration NetworkNetwork


NetworkNetwork PurposePurpose

Strategy redesign network Help company execute on new or existing strategies

Assessment and guidance network

Help laid-off or at risk employees assess their skills and career options; introduce the re-employment system

Direct re-employment networkHelp laid-off workers find employment in a closely related business

Growth cluster networkPrepare individuals for new opportunities in a growing cluster

Skunk works network Help individuals launch a growth oriented business

Self-employment networkHelp individuals with self-employment or a life style business

Career ladder network Help an individual move up from a lower skill, lower paying job

Career exploration network Help an individual explore career and training options

Each re-employment network has a different purpose


NetworkNetwork Economic Development PartnersEconomic Development Partners

Strategy redesign networkEconomic development organization (EDO) and business retention specialists

Assessment and guidance network

Economic development organization (EDO) and economic analysis specialists

Growth cluster networkEconomic development organization (EDO) and cluster coordinators

Skunk works networkEntrepreneurial support organizations, angel networks, entrepreneur networks

Self-employment networkSmall business development organizations, entrepreneur networks

Career ladder networkEconomic development organization (EDO) and economic analysis specialists

Career exploration networkEconomic development organization (EDO) and economic analysis specialists

Each re-employment network has a different set of economic development partners


Your role is to align, link and leverage resources

by building these networks

You develop these networks by managing a continuous process of Strategic Doing


Strategy redesign network Assessment and guidance network

Direct re-employment network Growth cluster network Skunk works network

Self-employment network Career ladder network Career exploration network

Pick a networkto design


What type of network are you designing? Circle one to the right

Strategy redesign networkDirect re-employment network

Growth cluster networkSkunk works network

Self-employment networkCareer ladder network

Career exploration network

What is the purpose of your network? What are the outcomes you are trying to achieve?

Write a clear statement of purpose in the space below

Exercise 1: Define a purpose (10 minutes)


Exercise 2: Identify network partners

Identify three key partners who would be willing and able to deliver on your solutions?

Partner 1:

Partner 2:

Partner 3:

Thoughts on useful partners:


Exercise 3: Evaluation and next stepsHow would you evaluate this session?

How can we improve the workshop?

What are some next steps we could take as a group to help develop and implement these ideas?

1 2 3 4 5Not very helpful

Somewhathelpful

VeryhelpfulNot sureNot

helpfulat all

The Strategic Doing cycleWhat could we do

together?

What should we do

together?

What will we do together?

How will we learn together?

Exercise 1Exercise 1

Exercise 2Exercise 2Exercise 3Exercise 3

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Idaho Workforce Summit: Strategic Doing workshop to align, link and leverage

assets within networks


Thank you!

Ed [email protected]

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