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One of the big challenges we face in building competitive regions comes in changing our perspectives on leadership. In traditional economic development, leaders protected boundaries. Now, however, competitive regions depend on building open networks. Strengthening the nodes in these networks and linking these notes together with trusted relationships represents the core leadership challenge.
In North Central Indiana, we are using our WIRED funds to establish a new regional leadership institute. Read more.
Building the collaborative power of regional leaders involves changing their conversations. We need to guide conversations in a new direction, toward innovation and transformation. at the institute, we are exploring new ways to build and guide these conversations.
To help you think about new concept to leadership, I'm including a slide that I use in many of my presentations. It focuses on explaining how key leadership attributes are changing as we move toward a more networked economy.
In a network, leaders take on different roles and responsibilities. These roles and responsibilities are shared and are passed around within the network, depending on the circumstance.
Wendy said 1/2/09
Good timing on this post, Ed. This is very helpful in the context of my new position. Wishing you a happy and healthy 2009! Wendy