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- Changes in our economy hit home
- Moving from a First Curve to a Second Curve economy
- The Urgency of Open Innovation
- New, Networked Approaches to Economic Development
- Building an open civic process: Strategic doing
- The emerging role of the civic leader
- The importance of mapping our networks
- Mapping and aligning Second Curve networks
- Open Source Economic Development: A Glossary
An Introduction to Open Source Economic Development
For at least three decades, newspapers have shared stories of plant closings and lost jobs. By now, these dislocations have touched every corner of our country. The notions of career and job security that we grew up with no longer seem to apply. The stories provide a steady drumbeat of discouraging news which still shapes our perceptions.
At the same time, a new economy is emerging across the country. Unlike the older industrial economy, this new economy is embedded in smaller companies with unfamiliar names. These new companies share some common characteristics, however. They are flexible, adaptive, and connected.
The challenge for civic leaders across the country is to embrace this new economy and understand it. In the coming years, we will continue to struggle with plant downsizing and closings. In most cases, these changes are unavoidable, as millions of new consumers and producers enter the flow of global commerce every year. At the same time, globally competitive regions continue to attract talent and create new pathways to prosperity.
