33. What is Inclusive Competitiveness?
Or
Benchwarmer Competitor
Metrics and strategies to improve Black and Hispanic
performance in areas important to Metro Detroit’s
economic competitiveness.
Will we be benchwarmers or competitors?
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34. How Is Inclusive Competitiveness Delivered?
New Individual Practices
New Organizational Practices
Bottom line: Trim Tab Practices
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35. What are Trim Tab Practices?
Individuals and
Metro Detroit organizations
is the Ship are the
Trim Tabbers
Metro Detroit Innovation Economy assets are the Rudder
High-leverage individual and organizational actions that
turn the rudder and, ultimately, turn the ship in the
desired direction
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36. Black and Hispanic Communities
• Lack high-leverage intermediary functions
• Lack high-leverage intermediary organizations
• Lack high-leverage intermediary practices
Existing economic leadership infrastructure is
necessary, but alone is insufficient
Bottom line: No Trim Tab Impact
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38. Individual Trim Tabber Attributes
• Cannot Incent Right Behavior From Wrong People
• Treat Problems Like Market Opportunities
• Lead by Action, Persuasion, Influence
• Conspicuous Public Presence
• Flexible and Well-networked
• Strong Convictions
• No Fear of Judgment
• Energetic Creator
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39. Organizational Trim Tabber Attributes
• Archimedes – “A firm place to stand . . . “
• Well-networked Facilitators
• Disinterested, Not Uninterested
• Hub, Spokes and Nodes Approach
• Honest, Objective Broker
• Flexible, Agile Drivers
• Entry/Outreach Portal
• Cross-ecosystem Leadership
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40. Trim Tabber Focus Areas
Expressing and inculcating 21st century “TAPIM,”
focused on three basic pillars:
1. STEM (and STEAM/including arts) education
2. High-growth entrepreneurship
3. Capital formation and investment
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52. Building
Contact: Inclusive
Johnathan M. Holifield
Competitiveness
Co-founder, Chief Strategist & Evangelist in Metro Detroit
The America21 Project
Email:
johnathan@blackinnovation.org
or
jholifield@nortech.org
Phone:
216.274.0267
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