weadership, jobs & sustainable development
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Shared with HUD Sustainable Communities grantees at the December 2013 convening in Washington, DC. (Note: the first few slides supported a simulation exercise).TRANSCRIPT
WelcomeProsperity PrizePartners!
VINZ KOLLER, KRISTIN WOLFF, LAURA ARON & ALL OF YOU
(yes, this is the “Building WorkforceDevelopment Partnerships” Session)
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
1
Adopt A Wide-angle
View
Photo by Hockley Photography
Photo by CaptainMcDan (Flickr)
Boston meets Honolulu (& Seattle & Raleigh…)
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
Photo by donabelandewan@flickr
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
5 Add Unique
Value
Photo by Creatica.com
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
Photo by Chnines (Flickr)
“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!Vinz Koller, Director, TAT ([email protected])Kristin Wolff, Adjunct Researcher ([email protected])Laura Aron, Senior Associate ([email protected])@kristinwolff@Social_Policy@Weadership
SPRA.com
WEadership.org
ADOPT A WIDE
ANGLE VIEW
6 WEadershipSuperpowers
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
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
- Monitor Institute’s Gather guide: http://www.monitorinstitute.com/downloads/what-we-think/gather/GATHER_The_Art_and_Science_of_Effective_Convening.pdf
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
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