Unemployment Steady at 9.6 Percent | Jobs Bytes
A sobering mirror to a story that might be entitled, "It's Not About Jobs."
Read the article by CEPR's David Rosnick here.
The solution resides in how we collaborate, support, and affirm the work of local entrepreneurs.
A first step is to invest in the five areas of the Innovation Framework of Open Source Economic Development:
Brainpower - our most competitive creative asset which resides in the mind of every individual;
Innovation and Entrepreneurial Networks - building the important social and resource network infrastructure needed to translate creativity into enterprise;
Quality, Connected Places - open up storefronts and offices to create the safe, neutral spaces for people to begin important new conversations;
Dialogue & Inclusion - investing time, attention, and working knowledge in focused conversations of willing participants;
Branding Stories - the powerful stories we share and tell one another to enrich our understanding and ability to connect to a future that is already here.
These investments combined with "Strategic Doing" - investing in our ability to take action together based on evidence of what is new and unfamiliar - will yield the kinds of enterprises needed to re-engage with thriving cycles of prosperity.
Learn more about the Innovation Framework here.
Learn more about Strategic Doing here.




