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- An Introduction to Open Source Economic Development
- 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
New, Networked Approaches to Economic Development
Building clusters -- open innovation systems -- involves an open process of civic participation and effective leadership direction. The task balances openness with focus. In our neighborhoods, communities, and regions, we need to invent new ways to come together and translate ideas into action. We need to design civic engagements that spin out new and innovative collaborations.
This task is not easy, but it can be fun and rewarding. Building prosperous communities takes place in civic spaces where citizens can come together to exchange ideas and move forward. At the same time, these civic collaborations thrive with a new type of leadership. Command and control management styles do not work well. We need leadership with the skills to encourage alignment among different people and organizations.
