Creating A Future Vision Together: Some Lessons Learned

United Counties of Leeds & GrenvilleEconomic Development Summit

June 12, 2009

Thought for the day... “Know what's weird;

day to day nothing seems to change, but pretty soon everything is different.”

Calvin and Hobbes

Overview

Where we've been Flat, spikey and energy 100 mile universe What we sell Tools and Ideas Lessons Learned Conclusions and questions

Where We've Been 1999: Leeds-Grenville Round Table

– Black and Decker/Phillips Cable 2000: Tech Bubble/George Bush 2001: Sept. 11Th – WTC

− Age of fear 2004: Afghanistan The hits keep coming 2008: Gas: $1.30/L

− Recession− President-elect Obama

Flat, Spikey and Energy Thomas L. Friedman

− The World is Flat− Hot, Flat and Crowded

Dr. Richard Florida− The Rise of the Creative Class

What we learn from both.− It's about technology, regional

competitiveness, creativity and innovation. The elephant in the room: Inexpensive Energy

100 Mile Universe

What we sell...

The small town experience− Amenities− Convenience− Lifestyle− Youth and demographics− Tourism

The sustainable community

Tools and Ideas

Integrated Community Sustainability Planning

− Economic− Social− Environmental− Cultural

Vision: Change Agenda

Tools and Ideas (2)

Results Chain/Outcomes based thinking:− Inputs− Activities− Outputs− Outcomes

Immediate Intermediate Ultimate

− Performance Measurement

Lessons Learned from LG Roundtable

It's about people It's about leadership with process It's about the region – working together

− You know the issues− Small groups working on them

It's about meeting regularly to report on progress and taking the next steps

Conclusions

The future is in your hands− Be bold

We are a creative community− What the mind can conceive – it

can achieve Thank-you

Questions

Francis Loughheed613-482-1131

loughheed@bmb.ca

http://www.linkedin.com/in/loughheed