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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 Collaboration, Entrepreneurship, Longform, Regions Tagged Cleveland, community, economic development, Entrepreneurship, funders collaborative, Northern Ohio, region, Regions, strategy, transformation Leave a comment
Workers or Jobs: Which Comes First?
Training vs. Jobs
In communities across the country where unemployment is especially high, leaders and policy makers urge workers to upgrade their skills and search for employment in new and growing industries – like wind energy. But often, the jobs aren’t there yet.
Better Bridges Between Economic and Workforce Development
Yes, the world is getting smarter. Technology has [...]
Also posted in Regions, Resilience, Uncategorized Tagged community, economic development, EDA, innovation, research, resilience, tools Leave a comment
The Power of Connecting
Smart Communities Connect, Share, and Drive from Data
At the risk of making this post feel like an ad, I embedded “The Way We Work” above. The video clearly explains (from an enterprise perspective) the same theory of change we’re trying to advance from a community perspective – how connecting us to each and to the [...]
Also posted in Gov20, Uncategorized, Work and Learning 2.0 Tagged Collaboration, community, gov2.0, IBM, smart cities, smart communities 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 Collaboration, 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
Getting Strategic About Skills