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Civic Leadership in 2011: It’s All About the Networks
Leadership White County February 16, 20101 – Monticello, Indiana
Scott Hutcheson, Assistant Program LeaderEconomic & Community Development
Purdue Extension
Our Grandparent’s Generation
It Worked: Wealth was built at a rate the world had never before
experienced
First Curve – Our Grandparents thought, lived, & worked within hierarchies.
The S Curve Caught Up with Our Grandparent’s Generation
Source: Ed Morrison, Distributed under a Creative Commons 3.0 license.
The First and Second Curves
Source: Ed Morrison, Distributed under a Creative Commons 3.0 license.
Second Curve: Vitality occurs within networks
First Curve: Vitality occurred within hierarchies
We Do Our Work Differently
Marc Davis Worked for Disney for 43 years
Cleve Nettles Works for Nobody (and Everybody)
Products Get Developed Differently
We Communicate with Our Friends & Family Differently
The World is Moving Away from Hierarchies
Our Grandchildren Will Live Completely in This 2nd Curve
Second Curve – They will think, live, and work within networks.
The job of our generation is to manage the transition between our grandparent’s
generation and our grandchildren’s generation.
Source: Ed Morrison, Distributed under a Creative Commons 3.0 license.
Second Curve: Vitality driven by networked organizational models
First Curve: Vitality driven by vertical organizational models
Business are adopting network business models.
Those that can’t or won’t, have or soon will, go away.
What about communities?Those that can’t or won’t, have or soon will, go Those that can’t or won’t, have or soon will, go
awayaway.
How Do Communities Do Their Work?Townships
Counties
Cities/Towns
FedsState
K-12Higher Ed
Workforce
Social Service
Chambers
Economic Dev.
Philanthropy
How Do We Manage the Transition in Our Communities?
By Linking and Leveraging
Source: Ed Morrison, Distributed under a Creative Commons 3.0 license.
Civic Leadership in 2011
Requires: • Thinking Differently• Behaving Differently• Working Differently
Types of Community Issues
From Heifetz, R. (1998). Leadership without Easy Answers. Belknap Press.
Types of Community Issues
Not All Issues Are Complex But Many Are
What complex issues are you facing in your community?What complex issues are you facing in your community?
Who is “in charge” of these complex issues?Who is “in charge” of these complex issues?
Addressing Complex Civic Issues Requires Networked Models of
Leadership• No single person,
organization, or institution has all the answers
• No one is in charge• Mass participation AND
strong leadership is needed
Source: Ed Morrison, Distributed under a Creative Commons 3.0 license.
Social Network Theory Can Give Us Some Insights
Social Anthologist J.A. Barnes coined the term in his 1954, Class and Committees in a Norwegian Island Parrish.
Social Network TheorySocial network theory views social
relationships in terms of nodes and links. Nodes are the individual actors within the networks, and links are the relationships
between the actors
Six Degrees of Separation
Almost everyone has a “small world” story.
What’s yours?
Social Network Theory Applications
• Sociology• Anthropology• Information Technology• Organizational Development• Community and Economic Development
Building Community by Building Networks
Assumptions• Communities are built on connections.• Better connections usually mean better
opportunities.
Building Community by Building Networks
Questions• How do we build connected
communities that can take advantage of opportunities?
• How does success emerge from complex interactions?
Two Components of a Network
NodesPeople, groups, or organizations
LinksRelationships,
flows, or transactions
What’s the Value of ONE Cell Phone?
What’s the Value of TEN Cell Phones?
What’s the “value” of the people in this room today when we each bring our own networks that can be linked and leveraged?
Network Building Exercise• Exchange business
cards with someone you do not know well
• Find one thing you have in common
• Decide on a follow-up activity– phone call– information exchange– introduction to third party
ACEnet Case Study
How civic networks are transforming the economy of Appalachian Ohio
Scattered Fragments
ACEnet: Scattered FragmentsBegan weaving the network by asking questions:
• From whom do you get new ideas that benefit your work?
• From whom do you access expertise that improves your operations?
• With whom do you collaborate?
ACEnet: Creating New Hubs
Kitchen Incubator became a hub for restaurateurs and farmers
Hub and Spokes
ACEnet: Multi-Hub
• Farmers Market• Outdoor Café• Restaurant
Association
Multi-Hub
ACEnet: Action at the PeripheryDeveloped the Appalachian Ohio Regional Investment Coalition to bring in additional resources.
Core/Periphery Network
Core/Periphery Network• Core includes the key community members• Periphery includes three groups of nodes
usually tied to the core with looser ties:– Those new to the community working their way to
the core– Bridges to diverse communities elsewhere– Unique resources that reside outside the
community
Civic Network Exercise1. Consider a network you are part of. Which of the four phases do you
think it is in and why? The phases are (1) Scattered Fragments, (2) Single-Hub and Spoke, (3) Multi-Hub Small World, and (4) Core-Periphery.
• Scattered Fragments• Single Hub-and-Spoke• Multi-Hub • Core-Periphery
2. What steps could be taken to take this network to the next phase. Even if the one you identified is a Stage 4: Core-Periphery Network, what could you do to expand the periphery?
3. Using the network identified above as an example or another in which you are or have been a Network Weaver, how could you transition to a Network Facilitator?
Effective Civic Leaders Are Network Weavers
Network “weaving” is not just networking or schmoozing!
Seven Levels of Seven Levels of Network WeavingNetwork Weaving
1. Introducing A and B in person and offering a collaboration opportunity to get A and B started in a successful partnership.
2. Introducing A and B in person and contacting A and B afterward to nurture the connection.
3. Introducing A and B in person.4. Doing a conference call introduction of A and B5. Doing an email introduction of A and B6. Suggesting to A that A should talk with B and then contacting B to
let B know to expect a call from A7. Suggesting to A that A should talk with B
Effective Civic Leaders More from Weavers to Facilitators
• A facilitator identifies new weavers who will eventually take over most of the network building and maintenance.
• If the change is not made, the network remains dependent on the central weaver and his/her organization.
• This transition is needed for the network to increase its scale, impact and reach.
The Network Leader
NEW NETWORK LEADER ROLE RESPONSIBILITIES
Convener Maintains the civic spaces
Connector Links people, networks and assets
Civic Entrepreneur Sees new opportunities
Guide Maps a complex process
Strategist Reveals larger patterns
Knowledge Keeper Distills face-to-face conversations into key points and patterns
Web 2.0 Maven Applies Web 2.0 power tools
Civic Network Continuum
TurfTurf
TrustTrust
TIMETIME
SharingResources
Sharing Information
MutualAwareness
Co-Execution
Co-Creation
Acknowledging Exploring Cooperating Collaborating Innovating
You have to walk before you runAdapted from Collaboration Continuum from ACT for Youth
ContactScott HutchesonPurdue University
Purdue Extension Economic & Community DevelopmentPurdue Center for Regional Development
1201 West State Street, #227West Lafayette, Indiana 47907-2057
(765) [email protected]
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