Blog | Brainzooming

Community Visioning - Collaboration and Creative Diversity in the Gigabit City

Written by Mike Brown | Jul 21, 2015 9:50:01 AM

I'm in Carbondale, Illinois today delivering a talk at the Paul Simon Public Policy Institute on "Envisioning the Gigabit City - Collaboration and the Creative Power of Diversity." It is an honor to return to Southern Illinois University, since I received an MBA from SIU.

At today’s luncheon, there will be an opportunity to meet and talk about community visioning with leaders working to turn Carbondale into a Gigabit City. Two Carbondale leaders, Gary Williams, the Economic Development Coordinator for the City of Carbondale and Steve Mitchell with Connect SI, participated in the Gigabit City Summit that The Brainzooming Group co-developed in January 2015. They had the opportunity to hear, via a Brainzooming workshop at the event, how we help foster community visioning for cities, organizations, and institutions.

In the Paul Simon Public Policy Institute talk, we’ll cover some of the same themes on community visioning with a specific emphasis on what it means in trying to build a creative economy.

You can follow the conversation on Twitter today at #CarbondaleGigabit, plus dive deeper into the content incorporated into the talk via links below:

"Envisioning the Gigabit City - Collaboration and the Creative Power of Diversity"

Appreciating Perspectives

Cultivating Diverse Ideas

Creating Collaboration

Exploiting Structure

Crowd-Friendly Communication

"Measuring" the Return on Creative Ideas

Mike Brown

 

10 Keys to Engaging Stakeholders to Create Improved Results

FREE Download: "Results!!! Creating Strategic Impact"

Leaders are looking for powerful ways to engage strong collaborators to shape shared visions. They need strategic thinkers who can develop strategy and turn it into results.

This new Brainzooming mini-book, "Results - Creating Strategic Impact" unveils ten proven lessons for leaders to increase strategic collaboration, engagement, and create improved results.

Download this free, action-focused mini-book to:

  • Learn smart ways to separate strategic opportunities from the daily noise of business
  • Increase focus for your team with productive strategy questions everyone can use
  • Actively engage stakeholders in strategy AND implementation success

If you enjoyed this article, subscribe to the free Brainzooming blog email updates.