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5 Steps to Achieving Great Things
If you want to achieve really big things. The kinds of things that people believe to be difficult, improbable or even impossible. It will require passion, purpose, planning and the ability to execute actions. To accomplish them you [...]
Creativity, Kryptonite to Complexity and Key to the Future
IBM recently released a study on rising complexity in organizations and cited that “creativity” is the key leadership trait that was allowing companies to stand out. It is what CEO’s find most valuable.
Despite this realization we still have an educational [...]
SBR: Linchpin by Seth Godin
Linchpin: Are You Indispensable? by Seth Godin
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Seth is back. He really gets it right on this one. This is an excellent book to pair with Richard Florida’s Reset. The world and they [...]
Posted in Creativity, Sunday Book Review
Tagged Community, creative class, creatives, Creativity, discipline, economic development, Education, excellence, innovation, motivation, reading
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The World is Changing and so is our Economy
We might be in the midst of a recession, but I don’t think we have seen anything yet. Most of America is not willing to acknowledge a few key concepts.
1. Things won’t bounce back to where they were, expect recovery [...]
Posted in Community, Education, Personal
Tagged chandler, Community, creatives, Creativity, decay, detroit, economic development, innovation, motivation, phoenix, recession, theory, urban decay
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Sunday Book Review: The Great Reset by Richard Florida
The Great Reset: How New Ways of Living and Working Drive Post-Crash Prosperity by Richard Florida
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Richard Florida returns to form in this book. He is spot on in his assessments of our current [...]
Posted in Community, Creativity, Education, Sunday Book Review
Tagged creative class, creatives, downtown, economic development, Education, innovation, planning, reading, reset
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Coworking is a commodity. It is a race to the bottom.
I read “A case against ‘free trial coworking‘” by Alex Hillman from IndyHall and it reminded why I can’t relate to the coworking movement. I purposefully use the word collaborative workspace when talking about Gangplank because implying that there is [...]
Posted in Gangplank
Tagged chandler, Community, Gangplank, innovation, motivation, phoenix, theory
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Arizona Town Hall Session III & IV
Yesterday I asked for feedback on Sessions I & II. Today I am asking the same for Sessions III & IV. I will be posting the questions for discussion here in hope that you will respond back to them [...]
Posted in AZ
Tagged arizona, Community, economic development, innovation, policy, politics
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Arizona Town Hall Session I & II
Ran into @szylstra and @kimberlanning tonight at the Arizona Town Hall. So here is the 10 second overview. About 150 people are selected to participate in the Town Hall. They are then broken in to groups by the organizers. The [...]
Posted in AZ
Tagged arizona, AZ, Community, economic development, innovation, phoenix, planning, policy, politics
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Arizona’s Economic Competitors
The following five states are seen as competitors to Arizona for economic development. (I listed them in order I personally feel are most competitive to least competitive)
Oregon
Utah
Colorado
New Mexico
Nevada
I think that Portland, OR and Boulder, CO are two cities that are [...]
The New Economy: A Guide For Arizona
Getting ready for the 96th Arizona Town Hall, I am reading their report Building Arizona’s Future: Jobs, Innovation & Competitiveness. It references a 1999 paper from the Morrison Institute The New Economy: A Guide for Arizona. It lists eight principles [...]
Posted in AZ, Gangplank
Tagged arizona, chandler, Community, creatives, economic development, Education, excellence, Gangplank, innovation, new economy, planning, policy, politics, sun corridor
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