jobs! economic & (possibly unexpected) workforce development solutions

JOBS!Economic & Workforce Development SolutionsSUJATA SRIVASTAVA, STRATEGIC ECONOMICSVINZ KOLLER, KRISTIN WOLFF, SOCIAL POLICY RESEARCH ASSOCIATES (SPR) & YOU

WHY are you here

Agenda Small-group work Discussion of

effective practices for leading workforce development initiatives

Reflection

Welcome toThe “Hard Questions” Challenge! PROSPERITY FOUNDATION TRUSTEES, STAFF, PARTNERS & SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITY COLLEAGUES

THE HARD QUESTIONSThink workforce. In your efforts to address sustainability in your region, how did you…

1. Discover what is driving your regional economy?

2. Identify growth & jobs opportunities going forward?

3. Determine challenges holding your region back?

4. Discover the most promising solutions for your region's particular workforce challenges?

5. Identify the most important economic and workforce assets in your region?

6. Engage the key leaders on economic and workforce issues in your region?

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

Workforce Memes

Workforce Boards Sector Strategies Career Pathways Skills Gaps Middle Skill Jobs Workforce

Competitiveness Minimum Wage Wage Inequality Long term

Unemployed Youth Unemployment Community College

Access Ready to Work

Partnerships

1

Adopt A Wide-angle

View

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Co-Working Spaces, Labs &

Incubators

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Co-Working Spaces, Labs &

Incubators

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

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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

GPAs and test scores are worthless for hiring…they don’t predict anything. The proportion of people at Google without college degrees is increasing.

We look for leadership, in particular, emergent leadership rather than traditional leadership…

5 Add Unique

Value

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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

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6 Cultivate

New Leaders

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“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

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6 Practices for Building Community Partnerships, Creating Jobs & “Changing the Odds”

Thanks!Sujata Srivastava, Strategic Economics (SSrivastava@strategiceconomics.com)Vinz Koller, Director, TAT (vinz_koller@spra.com)Kristin Wolff, Adjunct Researcher (kwolff@thinkers-and-doers.com)@kristinwolff@Social_Policy@Weadership

WEadership.org

ADOPT A WIDE

ANGLE VIEW

6 WEadership Practices

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- Beehive (co-working):

http://etcbaltimore.com/beehive/

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

- Power of Hackathons in Government: http://open.nasa.gov/blog/2012/06/29/the-power-of-hackathons-in-government/

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- Etsy entrepreneurship example:

https://blog.etsy.com/news/2013/etsys-craft-entrepreneurship-program-launches-in-rockford-and-nyc/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

Kristin’s Famous Postcard Reflection Exercise

1. Address the postcard to yourself

2. Write down one idea you will take away from this session what you will do about it (feel free to discuss with your neighbors)

3. Give your completed postcard to Kristin

4. During the next two weeks, watch your snail mail

“Part of that struggle is that there’s no vision for what’s emerging. It’s not just that the old world doesn’t work anymore, it’s also that the old story that gave it meaning isn’t believable and there’s no credible story to replace it.”

“…progress almost never comes from an accident or natural evolution. It requires constant pressure, new ideas and sustained engagement…”