Innovation as a National Capability: Intellectual Capital and the Accelerati...Chinenye Mba-Uzoukwu
I raise the critical role of human capital as the obvious but largely de-emphasised aspect of the rhetoric in Nigeria on accelerating economic growth in the Digital Age. There is a disconnect between the politics of our national aspirations and concerted sustained policy initiatives over the past 3 decades that questions the commitment of our leadership - political and business alike - to bringing about this change. Ther is adequate literature to show that "for an economy competing at the global frontier, an innovation-based growth strategy requires a well-developed technological infrastructure, a set of capabilities-focused technology policies, as well as an institutional environment that stimulates innovation and entrepreneurship." (Koh, Winston T.H. and Wong, Poh Kam) We must across Africa, and in particular its pivots of Nigeria, Egypt and South Africa (Morroco, Kenya and Cote d'voire also) anchor innovation-led growth on human capital primarily.
The National Innovation System (also NIS, National System of Innovation) is the flow of technology and information among people, enterprises and institutions which is key to the innovative process on the national level.
In this study we tried to focus on the National Innovation System of Thailand and the role of Industries there on contrast of countries like South Korea, Japan, USA, Germany, Singapore.
Transforming the Philippine Talent Value Proposition into a Competitive Advan...Alejandro Melchor III
The Philippines has one of the most attractive talent profiles in the world. One of Smarter Philippines' priorities is to translate that talent value proposition into an enduring competitive advantage.
Knowledge Innovation Policy (Federal KM - DC)Debra M. Amidon
This closing panel with Dr. Ramon Barquin provides the rationale and vision for a US Knowledge Innovation Policy within a global context. Session includes and inventory of innovation initiatives within the US and abroad. Knowledge Innovation is the strategy beyond KM or strategic planning; and ‘collaborative advantage’ is the name of the new game.
Innovation as a National Capability: Intellectual Capital and the Accelerati...Chinenye Mba-Uzoukwu
I raise the critical role of human capital as the obvious but largely de-emphasised aspect of the rhetoric in Nigeria on accelerating economic growth in the Digital Age. There is a disconnect between the politics of our national aspirations and concerted sustained policy initiatives over the past 3 decades that questions the commitment of our leadership - political and business alike - to bringing about this change. Ther is adequate literature to show that "for an economy competing at the global frontier, an innovation-based growth strategy requires a well-developed technological infrastructure, a set of capabilities-focused technology policies, as well as an institutional environment that stimulates innovation and entrepreneurship." (Koh, Winston T.H. and Wong, Poh Kam) We must across Africa, and in particular its pivots of Nigeria, Egypt and South Africa (Morroco, Kenya and Cote d'voire also) anchor innovation-led growth on human capital primarily.
The National Innovation System (also NIS, National System of Innovation) is the flow of technology and information among people, enterprises and institutions which is key to the innovative process on the national level.
In this study we tried to focus on the National Innovation System of Thailand and the role of Industries there on contrast of countries like South Korea, Japan, USA, Germany, Singapore.
Transforming the Philippine Talent Value Proposition into a Competitive Advan...Alejandro Melchor III
The Philippines has one of the most attractive talent profiles in the world. One of Smarter Philippines' priorities is to translate that talent value proposition into an enduring competitive advantage.
Knowledge Innovation Policy (Federal KM - DC)Debra M. Amidon
This closing panel with Dr. Ramon Barquin provides the rationale and vision for a US Knowledge Innovation Policy within a global context. Session includes and inventory of innovation initiatives within the US and abroad. Knowledge Innovation is the strategy beyond KM or strategic planning; and ‘collaborative advantage’ is the name of the new game.
Key reasons why research intensive companies should invest in Toronto Region: global status, top talent, outstanding R&D, competitive costs, advanced economy and quality of life
Sustainable Stadia in Sustainable Communities by Rachel Coxcoon, Centre for Sustainable Energy
Presentation on how sports clubs and stadiums can help tackle issues such as energy poverty at the annual BASIS conference 2013 - towards a sustainable sport sector
Show me the Data! Seminar on Innovative Approaches to Turn Statistics into K...2Paths
At the 2009 Seminar on Innovative Approaches to Turn Statistics into Knowledge (http://www.oecd.org/progress/ict/statknowledge), jointly organized by the OECD, US Census Bureau and World Bank, we proposed and demo'd a proof of concept on data sharing between international organizations. We demonstrated how open source tools could sit on top of existing infrastructure and reused visualization tools to show how data could be pulled and combined from the various organizations on the fly.
Curso Ejercicio Físico Mediante el Fitball
Mas información sobre este curso en:
http://educagratis.cl/moodle/course/view.php?id=334
Este curso esta orientado principalmente para alumnos de la carrera de educación física, como también así a los simpatizantes de esta disciplina. En este curso encontraran desde los beneficios del trabajo con balón, pasando por los diferentes tipos de ejercicios que se pueden realizar, hasta encontrar rutinas de ejercicios para principiantes y avanzados....
Encuentra mas cursos en: http://educagratis.cl/moodle/
Key reasons why research intensive companies should invest in Toronto Region: global status, top talent, outstanding R&D, competitive costs, advanced economy and quality of life
Sustainable Stadia in Sustainable Communities by Rachel Coxcoon, Centre for Sustainable Energy
Presentation on how sports clubs and stadiums can help tackle issues such as energy poverty at the annual BASIS conference 2013 - towards a sustainable sport sector
Show me the Data! Seminar on Innovative Approaches to Turn Statistics into K...2Paths
At the 2009 Seminar on Innovative Approaches to Turn Statistics into Knowledge (http://www.oecd.org/progress/ict/statknowledge), jointly organized by the OECD, US Census Bureau and World Bank, we proposed and demo'd a proof of concept on data sharing between international organizations. We demonstrated how open source tools could sit on top of existing infrastructure and reused visualization tools to show how data could be pulled and combined from the various organizations on the fly.
Curso Ejercicio Físico Mediante el Fitball
Mas información sobre este curso en:
http://educagratis.cl/moodle/course/view.php?id=334
Este curso esta orientado principalmente para alumnos de la carrera de educación física, como también así a los simpatizantes de esta disciplina. En este curso encontraran desde los beneficios del trabajo con balón, pasando por los diferentes tipos de ejercicios que se pueden realizar, hasta encontrar rutinas de ejercicios para principiantes y avanzados....
Encuentra mas cursos en: http://educagratis.cl/moodle/
Strategic Doing on Australia's Sunshine Coast | A Regional Innovation LabEd Morrison
Here's an overview of how we are using Strategic Doing to accelerate innovation on Australia's Sunshine Coast Leveraging a partnership between Purdue and the University of the Sunshine Coast, we are teaching the deep skills of collaboration.
The Sunshine Coast is the site of a major hospital complex (Australia’s single largest investment in health care infrastructure) and was recently recognized as the top 3 innovative regions in Australia.
Community Colocation Deputation to Prince Edward County Municipal Council County Coworking
Formal request and rationale for Prince Edward County Council to devote some municipal staff resources to formally investigate models for co-locating social and learning services with small enterprise in Prince Edward County. Request was approved, with the stipulation that any eventual colocation initiative should be run by the private or non-profit sector, and not the municipality.
Fostering Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Southwest Coloradonado-web
Thea Chase, Director of the Telluride Venture Accelerator, discussed the work of accelerator to cultivate innovation, entrepreneurship, regional connectivity, and commercialization of research. This presentation occurred during the session "Regional Innovation Strategies" at Create, Challenge, Change: Economic Development Conference for the Denver Region in August 2016.
The Road to Renaissance initiative was the first comprehensive strategy developed to accelerate economic growth for the entire Detroit region.
The initiative was launched in 2006 by Business Leaders for Michigan (formerly Detroit Renaissance) and was based on extensive research and community input, including:
– Benchmarking 6 national & global regions
– Analyzing the region’s workforce & business strengths
– Reviewing 15 previous regional studies
– Obtaining input from 650 leaders/500 organizations
Final recommendations were released in 2007 with work continuing through 2011 and beyond. This is the final summary of our results.
Develop methodologies and techniques to develop the capacity for self-improvement
an innovations, knowledge and skills marketplace to match make needs and resources, communities of practice to facilitate collaboration in developing innovations to support local priorities.
How to Get Involved in Shaping the Future of Michigan Business - Business InS...Detroit Regional Chamber
Slides for town hall presentation on "How to Get Involved in Shaping the Future of Michigan Business" at Detroit Regional Chamber's "Business InSight" conference. October 27, 2009 at Henry Ford Museum, Dearborn, MI.
Moderated by Nolan Finley, Editorial Page Director of The Detroit News; with Susan Mosey, President of University Cultural Center; Phillip Power, Founder & President of The Center for Michigan; Florine Mark, President and Chair, The WW Group, Inc. / Weight Watchers; Michael Finney, President and CEO, Ann Arbor SPARK; and Tammy Carnrike, COO of Detroit Regional Chamber.
7. Hierarchy of Complex Systems
• Social Organizations – economics, education,
politics
• Individual Human – language capacity, knowledge
accumulation, design and use of tools
• Animal – mobility, information processing
• Plants – viability
• Open Systems – matter, energy
• Cybernetics – computers
• Clockworks – engines
• Frameworks – buildings, cells
Complexity
Boulding, K. (1956). General systems theory—the skeleton of science. Management Science 2(3): 197-208.
8. Hierarchy of Complex Systems
• Social Organizations – economics, education,
politics
• Individual Human – language capacity, knowledge
accumulation, design and use of tools
• Animal – mobility, information processing
• Plants – viability
• Open Systems – matter, energy
• Cybernetics – computers
• Clockworks – engines
• Frameworks – buildings, cells
Complexity
9. Hierarchy of Complex Systems
• Social Organizations – economics, education,
politics
• Individual Human – language capacity, knowledge
accumulation, design and use of tools
• Animal – mobility, information processing
• Plants – viability
• Open Systems – matter, energy
• Cybernetics – computers
• Clockworks – engines
• Frameworks – buildings, cells
Complexity
12. Strategic Doing enables people to form
action-oriented collaborations quickly,
move them toward measurable outcomes,
and make adjustments along the way.
23. Strategic Doing is an agile strategy discipline for designing and guiding collaborative
networks, moving them toward measurable outcomes, and making adjustments along
the way Purdue Center for Regional Development
Brainpower &
21st Century Skills
Innovation &
Entrepreneurship
Quality,
Connected Places
New Narratives
A Vibrant Region Needs a Portfolio of Strategies
26. The Charleston Digital Corridor is the response to a request by the citizens of Charleston to
grow a high-wage economy while further diversifying Charleston's economy.
Charleston Digital Corridor is a successful public-private business development partnership
launched in February 2001 to attract, nurture and promote knowledge-based companies
growing from 18 to over 100 companies
27.
28.
29. Rockford Area Aerospace Accelerator Project
• NIU convened a group of higher education, economic development and
workforce development leaders to discuss how to accelerate innovation, job
creation and global competitiveness in the robust aerospace cluster.
• In 2010, the collaborative was awarded one of 20 competitive federal Jobs
and Innovation Accelerator Challenge (JIAC) grants, creating a $2.4 million
investment in this effort
31. Workforce Development Outcomes
• Higher level of engagement between higher
education and local manufacturers
• Increased understanding of high-tech workforce
needs
• Collaborative, assets-based approach to regional
innovation, economic and workforce development
and global competitiveness
32. Shoals Shift: Building a Digital Technology
Cluster in the Shoals
UNA College of Business 32
33. Establishing a core team to guide
the transformation
UNA College of Business 33
UNA introduced using
the Strategic Doing™
process to convene
and inspire
community partners
to be part of
transforming the way
the region views
economic
development
34. Shoals Idea Audition
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Shoals Big Idea
Co.Starters
Shoals Alabama
Launchpad
Alabama Launchpad
Mane Angel Capital
Fund
• A collaborative project to impact the future of the Shoals
by building a digital technology hub – a “Tech Town”
• Using Strategic Doing Process, a new way to think, behave,
and do using flexible agile methods
• Launched Jan 2014
• Over 25 initiatives completed, many repeating regularly
• Creating a pipeline of new talent, companies and jobs
35. Oct 20-21, 2014
200+ involved over 2 day event
University of North Alabama
Florence, AL
www.una.edu/strategicdoing
Workshop attended
by over 50 people
Focused on Digital
Technology Hub and
a team from Corinth,
MS
42. Angel Capital Group Announces a Micro
Venture Fund, The Mane Capital Fund, in
North Alabama
Angel Capital Group, a leading national angel investor network, is
proud to announce a new micro venture investment fund in
North Alabama
(http://www.theangelcapitalgroup.com/locations/florence/).
The MCF will target capital investments ranging from $1 mil to $5
mil for local, regional, and national startups.
Since 1992, the SEC incubated more than 150
businesses and created more than 1,500 jobs. The
Center supports start-up and emerging companies to
help them successfully launch and grow.
43.
44. Brainpower
• Black Rocket Coding Camp
• Strategic Doing Course
• Pathways to Innovation Team
• MBA Innovative Economic Development
• Hour of Code
• HCI/UX
• Innovation Engineering
Innovation
• Shoals Alabama Launchpad
• UNA Innovation Grants
• NW AL Software Developers Meetup
• Co.Starters
• Innovation Fellows
• 3 Day Startup
• Mane Capital Fund
• Biz Buzz Meetup
Quality Connected Place
• The Generator
• FLPL Collaboratory
• Shoals Big Idea
• Expanded Wi-Fi Hangouts
• Institute for Innovation and Economic Development
New Narratives
• Tech Meetup
• Biz Buzz Meetup
• Shoals Idea Audition
• Propel
• Shoals Shift website
• Innovation Speaker Series
• LeoCon E-Games
Shoals Shift
Collaborations
45. $997,150 ARC grant to the Shoals Entrepreneurial Center in Florence, AL for the
Shoals Shift project. The funds will be used to offer a wide range of entrepreneurial programming, including
improved access to capital and credit and development of strategies to increase the profitability of the
region’s start-ups and existing businesses through more efficient use of broadband technologies. The
programming includes training and activities for community members and student entrepreneurs from
middle schools all the way to the university level. Activities will take place in a nine-county
region covering parts of northwest Alabama, northeast Mississippi, and south central Tennessee. The project
is expected to help create or retain 110 jobs, start 20 new businesses, and leverage $10,000,000 in private
investment. Major partners include University of North Alabama and Shoals Chamber of Commerce.
THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
August 24, 2016
Administration Announces New
Economic and Workforce
Development
Resources for Coal Communities
through POWER Initiative
Shoals Shift Project receives Federal Grant
46. UNA Shoals Shift project
selected as Finalist,
Representing Leading
Economic Development
Initiatives Across North
America
Shoals Shift project receives National Award
from University Economic Development Association
47. Welcome to Shoals Shift
A growing digital hub in Northwest
Alabama
UNA College of Business 47
Learn more at www.una.edu/strategicdoing
or
www.shoalsshift.com
48. Strategic Doing is an agile strategy discipline for designing and guiding collaborative
networks, moving them toward measurable outcomes, and making adjustments along
the way Purdue Center for Regional Development
Brainpower &
21st Century Skills
Innovation &
Entrepreneurship
Quality,
Connected Places
New Narratives
A Vibrant Region Needs a Portfolio of Strategies
Editor's Notes
The strategy between our grandparents economy and our grandchildren's economy is fundamentally different.
The is transition takes time to absorb.
People need to learn new patters of thinking, behaving and doing.
We are all trying to build change into our communities – to innovate – to find new ways of working together to create prosperity and the traditional “hierarchical” approach isn’t working.
This means that we have to start thinking differently, Thinking in terms of collaboration and networks.
SD leverages the value of a network.
So what are networks? – When it come to networks – the ideas of hubs, nodes and links are critical
Networks emerge around hubs – concentration of assets within the community - around which other nodes gather
We have dozens in our community
Boundary spanner – play critical role – they tie together networks – help build out networks. These are those “connectors” in your communities. Who are your connectors?
Part of the challenge is find ways to bring people together
Behavior is critical to building collaborations that transform communities
We need to build trust in order to accelerate innovation.
People move in the direction of their conversations.
If we can guide conversation toward opportunities – people start moving toward opportunities
Most communities have problem center
How do we fix our schools?
How do we repair broken bridge?
These conversations don’t focus on our opportunities and tend to move us in a negative direction
We discover more problems and can’t build trusted networks
We need to build new conversations in our communities
Go into some communities facing tough transitions
Conversations are often around problems
Mayor jerk
council not do anything
Chamber in pocket of small groups
These conversation don’t help us focus on new opportunities.
Building new opportunities involves a process of engaging in conversations that are not top down or bottom up
So now that we have looked at how we need to think and behave differently – we can look at the mechanics of how we actually do differently.
If trust is the fuel that powers networks, we need to do complex work together in ways that builds trust.
That is the challenge that Strategic Doing takes on.,
Strategy answer 2 questions
1. Where are we going
2. How will we get there
So we need an outcome and a pathway
Outcomes and results are critical – they drive action and force clarity.
Pathways and milestones are key because they help show how we will get from here to there.
To answer those two key questions of strategy – Strategic Doing divides the into 4 questions.
What could we do
What should we do
What will we do
What is our 30/30
First two focus on outcome
Last two focus on pathway
What could we do –
1. What assets do we have that we are willing to share (assets are tangible and intangible)
2. What opportunities emerge when we link and leverage our assets? (What would it look like if)
What could we do if we combined Bob’s experience and knowledge with running a small business, with Shirley’s access to a community center, to the local extension agents access to 4-H and youth?
What could we do if we combine the chamber/ED’s connection with the local industries, with the high schools principals access to local students, with the local workforce investment board?
What should we do is about making a choice. We look for what we call is the “Big Easy”
What is the opportunity that best combines ease of completion with impact.
We make a choice and we put some numbers to it.
What is the outcome of our opportunity and how will we know we have achieved it.
What will we do?
Is about making a commitment.
This is where we identify the first project that will put us on our path to achieving our outcome – Pathfinder Project
We use milestones to help keep us on track toward achieving our outcome
This is also were each person commits to what they will work on – Develop our action to plan to get started.
We go around and each person says what they will commit to working on over the next 30 days to advance the project. What will they comit to doing that will take 30 min to and hr. over the next 30 days.
What is our 30/30?
When will we get back together, keep in touch, and share information.
The 30/30 covers what we have done over the last 30 days and what will we do over the next 30 days.
The 30/30’s are critical.
Traditional strategic planning fosters a “set it and forget it” mindset.
SD encourages us to conduct strategic conversation quickly, and on a regular basis.
We learn by doing.
