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