5. THE WISE COUNSEL
CHALLENGE
Based on your experience, what are the most effective ways to…
1. Link low-income people and communities to the economic opportunities in
regions with diverse and growing economies.
2. Create employment solutions in low-growth communities, including former
manufacturing communities, in which unemployed workers may be skilled
and experienced, but not in the areas in demand in the regional labor
market.
3. Unlocking economic opportunities in isolated, high-poverty, urban
communities. Typically, such communities also face many related
challenges - including access to transportation, education and training
opportunities, and capital that could help people start their own enterprises.
4. Opening advancement opportunities (increasing income generation) for
low-income people (often disproportionately women and people of color).
5. "Anchoring" workforce development in sustainable community efforts.
9. 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
10.
11.
12. 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
31. “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.”
39. 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…
47. ADOPTAWIDE
ANGLE
VIEW
6 WEadership Practices
BUILD
DIVERSE
NETWORKS
EMBRACE
OPENNESS
ENCOURAGE
EXPERIMENTA-
TION
ADDUNIQUE
VALUE
CULTIVATE
NEXT
GENERATION
LEADERS
Description Resources Cited
Leaders look broadly for resources to help them
achieve their goals and seek to deploy their assets
in 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, using
informal networks alongside traditional hierarchies.
They make engaging people with diverse perspectives
a 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 technologies
to 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/a
ssets/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
48. 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
Insert
photo of
postcards
49. “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.”
50. “…progress almost never comes
from an accident or natural
evolution. It requires constant
pressure, new ideas and sustained
engagement…”