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Category Archives: Collaboration
Labor Market Policy: It’s About More Than Skills
NOTE: This is a continuation of the series we warned you about a few days ago. We are summarizing several large reports for each other (members of the Community Team at CSW), but we’re doing it here so you can benefit too – you know, if you are interested (since you found your way here [...]
Also posted in Economy, Longform, skills, workforce Tagged community, competitiveness, economy, human capital, human rsources, jobs, labor market, labour market, local, national, OECD, policy, prosperity, skills, workforce, workforce development Leave a comment
Economic Transformation in Northeastern Ohio
Promising Practices in Regional Economic Development: Northeast Ohio
Last week, I attended an event focused on the importance of regional planning, partnerships between government, workforce, education, and economic development, and how encouraging entrepreneurship in regions can help spur economic growth and prevent further population loss.
My own organization, Corporation for a Skilled Workforce (CSW), has initiated or [...]
Also posted in Community, Entrepreneurship, Longform, Regions Tagged Cleveland, community, economic development, Entrepreneurship, funders collaborative, Northern Ohio, region, Regions, strategy, transformation Leave a comment
Revisiting Our Community Agility Ecosystem
What’s Community Agility?
Two years ago – when we launched the Community Initiatives Team – agility was on ours minds. Pre-recession, we were hearing flat, but seeing spiky. Our team members live and work in regions as diverse as Portland (OR), Tucson (AZ), Charlotte (NC), and all over Michigan. So while the U.S. economy at the [...]
Also posted in Community, Gov20, Longform, Regions, Social Change, Treasures, Uncategorized Tagged agility, change, community, entrepreneurial culture, Entrepreneurship, gov2.0, Gov20, innovation, networks, resilience, smart cities, smart communities, Social Innovation Leave a comment
Tough Times in Regional Detroit
Unemployment in Macomb County
I recently met with a Macomb county commissioner whose district is embedded in the metro Detroit region of roughly 5 million people. The commissioner was concerned because, despite state unemployment in excess of 15%, county unemployment exceeded 16%, and pockets in her district face rates as high as 25%. “We’re heading toward [...]
Also posted in Longform, Resilience, Social Innovation, Social Media & Engagement Factoids, Uncategorized Tagged agility, community, Detroit, engagement, innovation, investment, outcomes, participation, resilience 1 Comment
Agile Development as Model for Government Policy Making
Agile Policy Making?
We were so excited to see Joi Ito’s post about agile development as a (potential) model for policy-making, we hardly know where to start. Maybe a thank you for Reid Hoffman’s perspective on early releasing – well timed as we are still wincing at the bugs in a recent launch of our own [...]
Also posted in Gov20 Tagged agile, agility, gov2.0, government, joi ito, models, networks, policy models Leave a comment
Getting Strategic About Skills