Introducing Maine to open innovation and strategic doing
Toward the end of last week, I traveled to Maine for a workshop with the Department of Labor and a presentation to the Economic Development Council of Maine (EDCM). At the Department of Labor, we focused on developing a transformative initiative for fast growing occupations in allied health, health information technology, and nursing.
Working through a strategy with the disciplines of strategic doing helps people understand how leading focused conversations can generate the components of s strategic action plan for loosely joined networks.
On Friday, my presentation to EDCM focused on the broader strategy challenges we face in moving toward open innovation. We need to transform how we meet the challenges of the 21st century. One thing is certain: reforming old systems -- everything from education to workforce and economic development -- is largely a wasted effort. We need to launch dozens of new experiments in order to identify initiatives that can produce step-changes in our productivity. The old industrial systems are not well-suited for the challenges we face today. They are too slow, costly, and unresponsive.
The slides I presented to the EDCM frame this narrative.
