Vibrant Northeast Ohio represents a 3 year, multi-million dollar investment in a sustainability plan for a region of 3+ million people. The challenge involves moving this plan into action. The architects of Vibrant NEO are turning to Strategic Doing.

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NORTHEAST OHIO
MAY 23, 2014
Ed Morrison
Purdue Center for Regional Development
VIBRANT NEO: WHAT’S NEXT?
MOVING IDEAS INTO ACTION WITH STRATEGIC DOING
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2. Strategic Doing Credo!
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We believe we have a responsibility to build a prosperous,
sustainable future for ourselves and future generations.
No individual, organization or place can build that future
alone.
Open, honest, focused and caring collaboration among
diverse participants is the path to accomplishing clear,
valuable, shared outcomes.
We believe in doing, not just talking – and in behavior in
alignment with our beliefs.
Strategic Doing Design Team
Turkey Run State Park
October, 2011

3. Why are people getting interested in
Strategic Doing?Why are people calling Purdue?

4. Why are people getting interested in
Strategic Doing?
We’ve
cracked the
code on
collaboration

5. Thinking Differently
Behaving Differently
Doing Differently

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We’re moving from our Grandparents’
economy to our Grandchildren’s economy…

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We’ll need to move from hierarchical
thinking to network mindsets…
From this…. …to this

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Our challenge: “Link and leverage” assets
to create new opportunities

9. Stop thinking like your pet….

10. Thinking Differently
Behaving Differently
Doing Differently

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Had enough?

12. A key lesson from our Founders:
Civility powers innovation

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We build trust by doing, not just
talking…

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What happens
when this
goes away?
And this stuff
doesn’t cut it..

15. Thinking Differently
Behaving Differently
Doing Differently

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Our future is not linear

17. And we struggle with old systems…

18. How can we make our way?

19. The answer: Follow simple rules

21. Strategy
answers 2
questions

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Strategic Doing: Simple, but not
easy…

24. Strategic Planning Strategic Doing
From slow, linear…
…to fast, agile

25. Alignments emerge…

26. A swarm forms…

27. Moving Ideas into Action:
From Plan to Platform
Meeting of the NEOSCC
Executive Committee
April 1, 2014
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28. From Plan to Platform
Accelerating collaboration with Strategic Doing
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The Next Sixty Days
Designing our Strategic Action Plan for Year 1: Alpha
Version
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Current System
a loose collection of components that
lacks coherence
Emergent Regional Network
achieve scale with a simple, shared
strategy discipline
Alliance for
Regional Development
Alliance for Regional Development in Chicago

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What happens
when this
goes away?
Core
Team
Innovation
Transport
Logistics
Talent
Workforce
Green
Growth
ALLIANCE CREATES
COLLABORATION
PLATFORMS

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Create a collaboration
platform to support
regional initiatives

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Regional initiatives:
Multiple organizations
in multiple counties

34. From Plan to Platform
Accelerating collaboration with Strategic Doing
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The Next Sixty Days
Designing our Strategic Action Plan
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Outcome for the next 60 days:
Design Strategic Action Plan 1.0
Move ideas to action in Year 1

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We’ll start where it makes sense
to start…

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Core Team
Strengthen
Existing
Communities
Expand
Transportation
Choices
Preserve and
Protect Natural
Resources
Promote
Collaboration
and
Efficiency
Step 1: Pick one focus area to start

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Core Team
Strengthen
Existing
Communities
Expand
Transportation
Choices
Preserve and
Protect Natural
Resources
Promote
Collaboration
and
Efficiency
Step 2: Within your focus area,
complete Strategic Doing Pack

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Pick Low Hanging Fruit 30 minutes
Create 1 year outcome and metrics 30 minutes
Define Pathfinder Project 20 minutes
Create 30 day action plan 15 minutes
Wrap up and Next Steps 10 minutes
Develop Strategic Action Plan
(alpha version) in 2 hours
Revise the action plan every 30 days

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Next step:
Commit to a 90 day process
Same approach as EDA-funded strategy in WI-IL-IN