Ed Morrison, Economic Policy Advisor, Purdue Center for Regional Development, and I-Open Co-Founder, outlines how collaborations between universities accelerate regional economic transformation.
The presentation points to a new model developed by Purdue University, Penn State University, and the University of Akron to create a network of practitioners focused on advancing regional transformation. This important multi-university collaboration is an example for leaders to replicate, connecting knowledge and place-based legacy assets to economic development.
Ed developed Strategic Doing - a simple, yet disciplined process to foward ideas to action quickly - with the I-Open team while working at the Center for Regional Economic Issues, Case Western Reserve University 2003-2005, and has continued to apply the process to advance innovation in regional networks.
The I-Open Civic Forum process, also developed at that time, builds the open, neutral spaces and sophisticated communications introducing Strategic Doing to business, government, and academic leaders accelerating transformational initiatives and projects.
Strategic Doing has been adopted by the U.S. Department of Labor and many other large funded organizations, government, and academic entities to advance national economic prosperity in regions.
You can learn more about Strategic Doing at I-Open on Scribd.
Learn how Civic Forums and Strategic Doing intrinsically generate economic prosperity in the paper, I-Open Civic Forums Strengthen Entrepreneurship and Business Development in Network Economies.