An Introduction to

Strategic Doing
for North Idaho
Thriving on the New Frontier

March 3, 2009

Ed Morrison
Purdue Center for Regional Development
I-Open

Tuesday, March 3, 2009

 Here’s a simple map of where we are

Here's a simple map of our process

Boise Sandpoint

30-90 days

Tuesday, March 3, 2009

 An Introduction to Strategic Doing

‣ The transitions we face

‣ Preparing for the journey
‣ A call for leaders and guides
‣ Our next steps today and tomorrow

Tuesday, March 3, 2009

 Economic Development in an Nutshell
Good Money: Increase the volume of
1 income into the region with competitive
traded businesses Rest of the
Neutral Money: Increase the velocity World
2
of money circulating in the region with
local businesses to create more jobs
1
3 Bad Money: Reduce income leaks Sales
by reducing outside purchases,
workers who move out, and
students who drop out Traded
Another
Businesses
region

2
Purchases and paychecks
Brain Drain and
Purchases

Local Businesses 3

Your eco Drop Outs

nomy Dependency
Source: Ed Morrison,
David Morganthaler

Tuesday, March 3, 2009

 Economic Development in an Nutshell
Good Money: Increase the volume of
1 income into the region with competitive
traded businesses Rest of the
Neutral Money: Increase the velocity World
2
of money circulating in the region with
local businesses to create more jobs
1
3 Bad Money: Reduce income leaks Sales
by reducing outside purchases,
workers who move out, and
students who drop out Traded
Another
Businesses
region

2
Purchases and paychecks
Brain Drain and
Purchases

Local Businesses 3

Your eco Drop Outs

nomy Dependency
Source: Ed Morrison,
David Morganthaler

Tuesday, March 3, 2009

 Economic Development in an Nutshell
Good Money: Increase the volume of
1 income into the region with competitive
traded businesses Rest of the
Neutral Money: Increase the velocity World
2
of money circulating in the region with
local businesses to create more jobs
1
3 Bad Money: Reduce income leaks Sales
by reducing outside purchases,
workers who move out, and
students who drop out Traded
Another
Businesses
region

2
Purchases and paychecks
Brain Drain and
Purchases

Local Businesses 3

Your eco Drop Outs

nomy Dependency
Source: Ed Morrison,
David Morganthaler

Tuesday, March 3, 2009

 Economic Development in an Nutshell
Good Money: Increase the volume of
1 income into the region with competitive
traded businesses Rest of the
Neutral Money: Increase the velocity World
2
of money circulating in the region with
local businesses to create more jobs
1
3 Bad Money: Reduce income leaks Sales
by reducing outside purchases,
workers who move out, and
students who drop out Traded
Another
Businesses
region

2
Purchases and paychecks
Brain Drain and
Purchases

Local Businesses 3

Your eco Drop Outs

nomy Dependency
Source: Ed Morrison,
David Morganthaler

Tuesday, March 3, 2009

 Our story begins with innovation
in our Grandfather’s Economy

Coal Dumper, shores of Lake Erie, 1897

Tuesday, March 3, 2009
 The S-Curve caught up to our
Grandfather’s Economy

•Global
markets
integrated
•Costs
collapsed
•The Internet
exploded

Tuesday, March 3, 2009

 Our Grandchildren’s Economy:
A New S-Curve is Emerging

Tuesday, March 3, 2009

 Our Grandchildren’s Economy is emerging
with wealth created by networks...

Granchildren's economy: Wealth

driven by network business
models

We are here

Prosperity

Grandfather's economy:
Wealth driven
by vertical business models

Time

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 Our Challenge: Find pathways to our
Grandchildren’s economy...
Linking and leveraging our assets

Source: Ed Morrison

Tuesday, March 3, 2009

 Here is the new map our Grandchildren’s Economy

Tuesday, March 3, 2009

 Here is the new map our Grandchildren’s Economy

Tuesday, March 3, 2009

 Here is the new map our Grandchildren’s Economy

Tuesday, March 3, 2009

 Here is the new map our Grandchildren’s Economy

Tuesday, March 3, 2009

 Here is the new map our Grandchildren’s Economy

Tuesday, March 3, 2009

 An Introduction to Strategic Doing

‣ The transitions we face

‣ Preparing for the journey
‣ A call for leaders and guides
‣ Our next steps today and tomorrow

Tuesday, March 3, 2009

 We’ll need some new attitudes

Our Our
Grandfather’s Grandchildren’s
Economy Economy

Tuesday, March 3, 2009

 We’ll need to draw some new maps

Tuesday, March 3, 2009

 We’ll need to draw some new maps

Certificates

Pre- K through 2 years Careers

K 12
4 years

$10.00
per hour

Entry
level
Dependency
Cycle Working
poor

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 We’ll need some new language
an partnerships to escape old categories

Tuesday, March 3, 2009

 We’ll need some new language
an partnerships to escape old categories

Tuesday, March 3, 2009

 And we’ll need the “courage” to
cross some invisible fences

Tuesday, March 3, 2009

 We will need a new understanding of
the power of conversation

Guided
Conversations

Tuesday, March 3, 2009

 We will need the discipline to focus
on transforming complex systems

Tuesday, March 3, 2009

 We will need the discipline to focus
on transforming complex systems

Certificates

Pre- K through 2 years Careers

K 12
4 years

$10.00
per hour

Entry
level
Dependency
Cycle Working
poor

Tuesday, March 3, 2009

 We will need new habits of Strategic Doing

Strategic Planning Strategic Doing

Tuesday, March 3, 2009

 An Introduction to Strategic Doing

‣ The transitions we face

‣ Preparing for the journey
‣ A call for leaders and guides
‣ Our next steps today and tomorrow

Tuesday, March 3, 2009

 If your actions inspire others to dream more,
learn more, do more and become more, you
are a leader.
John Quincy Adams

Tuesday, March 3, 2009

 An Introduction to Strategic Doing

‣ The transitions we face

‣ Preparing for the journey
‣ A call for leaders and guides
‣ Our next steps today and tomorrow

Tuesday, March 3, 2009

 We will learn about Strategic Doing

Tuesday, March 3, 2009