Cowie - 30 March 2015

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COWIE Professor David Adams Professor Trevor Davies Diarmaid Lawlor this place matters re-thinking local leadership What do we want our place to be like? How do we get there?

Transcript of Cowie - 30 March 2015

COWIE

Professor David Adams

Professor Trevor Davies

Diarmaid Lawlor

this place matters

re-thinking local leadership

What do we want our

place to be like?

How do we get there?

Professor David Adams

this place matters

re-thinking local leadership

WHY Place Matters

COWIE

• Places condition our lives

They matter to human

experience

• Places can help or hinder our

democracy

• Good places attract

Failing places repel

• Place is the physical ‘container’

for all the people, institutions and

activities that occupy it

• Place-making involves economy,

society and environment

WHY Place Matters

Why is place so important?

• Local governance is about more

than delivering services

• It is about making places

successful, now and for the future

• It has to involve everyone

• Learning what makes places

succeed or fail should be at its heart

• It’s often no more expensive to

create successful places than failing

ones. It just needs care and

advance thought

WHY Place Matters

Shaping places is about governance

• Leadership drives forward

action, breeds confidence,

reduces risk & widens

participation

• Leadership is about

vision, culture, motivation,

resources.

• This cannot be privatised – it

needs local action within a local

democratic mandate

WHY Place Matters

Shaping places needs leadership

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Why does THIS place matter?

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Why does this place matter?

Say why this place matters to you

THIS Place

And find the things that matter to you all

THIS Place

Where are we going?

In practice, who is leading here?

THIS Place

What are the relationships between leaders

and citizens?

In practice, who is leading?

Where are we going?

In practice, who is leading?

THIS Place

What are the relationships between leaders

and citizens?

In practice, who is leading?What is local collaboration like?

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Finding common purpose

COWIE

Where are we going?

THIS Place

And how does all that about Cowie make you feel?

In practice, who is leading?

THIS Place Common PurposeProfessor Marshall Ganz

Where are we going?

Head Heart

Action

Common Purpose

Two ways of understanding:

Professor Marshall Ganz

green

Leadership is taking responsibility

for enabling others to achieve shared

purpose in the face of uncertainty

Common PurposeProfessor Marshall Ganz

MOTIVATORS

urgency inertia

anger apathy

hope fear

solidarity isolation

You can make a

differenceself-doubtO

VERCOMES

Common Purpose

INHIBITORS

Professor Marshall Ganz

Common PurposeProfessor Marshall Ganz

Uncertainty to hope?

You need skills to

motivate others

to join you in action

story of

selfcall to leadership

story of

nowstrategy & action

story of

usshared values &

shared experience

PURPOSE

Common PurposeProfessor Marshall Ganz

Public Narrative

The Story of your future part 1

Common Purpose

SELF: What personal values led you to public action?

The Story of your future part 1

Common Purpose

What personal values led you to public action?

US: What is the common ground in your values?

SELF: What personal values led you to public action?

SELF: What personal values led you to public action?

Common Purpose

US: What is the common ground in your values?

NOW : Using common values, dream big changes here by 2025

The Story of your future part 1

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Founding on Values

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action

• Values inspire action

through emotion

• Emotions inform us of

what we value

• Decisions to act are

based on judgements

about values

Values into Action

Common PurposeProfessor Marshall Ganz

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S Schwartz 2006 adapted by L Higgins

N Pecorelli 2013 for IPPR

Schwartz’s Values Wheel

Prospector

Settler

Pioneer

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BREAK!

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Professor David Adams

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What makes a successful place?

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5 characteristics of successful places• Places intended for people

• Well connected & permeable places

• Places of mixed use & varied density

• Distinctive places

• Sustainable, resilient & robust places

WHY Place Matters

Places intended for people

• Successful places attract

people, and encourage them

to linger and return

• The more diverse the

activities on offer, the more

people will come

• But people want to feel safe,

comfortable & not be

overwhelmed by traffic or

the scale of the environment

WHY Place Matters

Well connected & permeable places

• Successful places allow

people to move in & through

them easily, especially on

foot or bicycle

• They have meeting places

and stopping places

• Places that are better

connected and easily

accessible attract more

trade & are more lively

WHY Place Matters

Places of mixed use & varied density

• Towns traditionally grew &

developed as a patchwork of

mixed activities & uses

• But, until recently, developers

and planners have preferred to

separate out activities & uses

• Mixing up uses within any

building, street or area brings

variety and vitality to places.

What should be the limits to

this?

WHY Place Matters

Distinctive placesSuccessful places places are

distinctive & memorable

But too many places across the

UK are virtually the same, with

the same house types, same

national chain stores, and the

same branded restaurants

Let’s tackle urban monotony by

encouraging places to be

different!

WHY Place Matters

Sustainable, resilient & robust places• Sustainable design means

creating places that last for

generations & reduce

climate change

• Places that are resilient

‘bounce back’ from

unexpected change

• Places that are robust are

flexible enough to modified

without excessive

disruption

WHY Place Matters

Workshop

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Building your future

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The Story of your future part 2

THIS Place

Describe your DESTINATION.

What does this place in 2025 look like?

The Story of your future part 2

THIS Place

Describe your DESTINATION.

What does this place in 2025 look like?

Tell the story of the journey from now till then …….

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Key Local Issues

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Tracey MillsAsset Development Manager: Stirling Council

THIS Place

Facts and Figures

• Cowie Community Council Area – 2713

• Male 49% - Female 51%

• Cowie Community Council Area – 9.3 km2

Information from the 2011 Census

THIS Place

Age Structure

Information from the 2011 Census

Age Range Cowie % Stirling %

0 to 4 5.9% 4.9%

5 to 11 10.7% 7.7%

12 to 15 5.9% 5.2%

16 to 24 10.9% 14%

25 to 44 28.9% 23.7%

45 to 64 25.6% 27.3%

65 to 84 11.5% 15.1%

85 + 0.6% 2%

THIS Place

Facilities

2 Council owned Primary Schools

Council owned Community Centre, Library and Local Office

1 Health Clinic

Community run facilities such as Cowie Bowling Club and

Cowie Miners Welfare Club

Various shops and church

THIS Place

Active Local Community

Cowie Community Council

CRAG – Cowie Regeneration Action Group

Cowie Community Enterprise

Cowie Credit Union

Cowie United FC

THIS Place

So what’s been happening?

New Berryhills Football Pitch

Cowie Primary School Refurbishment

New St. Margaret's Primary School

New Nursery

New Skate Park

What’s next?....Regeneration?

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How did we get there?

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Getting there: You got there!

THIS Place

Who led the changes your dream needed?

What did they do?

What happened in your place as a result?

Looking back from 2025:

What assets & resources did they adapt or use?

THIS Place

BUT THAT FUTURE DIDN’T HAPPEN! Why?

Getting there: Oops!

What were the barriers and blocks to your future?

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The tools to lead

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… we don’t use them properly?… we have no tools?

Does place leadership fail because …

Common Purpose

To shape places, we need effective policy

tools

How well stocked is our

policy toolbox?

How well used in our

policy toolbox?

Common Purpose

What might we expect to find in the well-

stocked policy toolbox?

‘Shaping’

instruments

‘Capacity

building’

instruments

‘Regulating’

instruments

‘Stimulus’

instruments

Common Purpose

• Spatial visions, strategies,

plans, frameworks etc.

• Promote integrated thinking and

enable collective action

• Can involve strategic

transformation of whole areas

• Successful strategies have the

‘power of persuasion’ – they

can radically change what

people think is achievable

Shaping tools

Common Purpose

Regulating tools

Restrict choices by regulating

what people can & cannot do

Most effective when they

persuade people to follow policy

intent, rather than just give up on

their plans

Require consistent application

and effective enforcement

Common Purpose

Stimulus toolsOpen up opportunities by ‘making

things happen’ through:

Actions to kick-start development

by direct state intervention

Development grants, taxation

incentives and other price-adjusting

actions

Holistic place management and

other risk-reducing actions

Public-private partnerships and

other capital-raising actions

Common Purpose

Capacity building tools

Learn to think afresh, be open to new ideas, and learn from best practice

Gain knowledge & information, especially about market actors & operations

Build networks & relationships across the public, private & voluntary sectors

Develop skills & capabilities in leadership, project management & cross-sectoral working

Local leaders will:

Common Purpose

Leadership capacity

Strategic

Capacity

MotivationEmbed

Learning

Salient Knowledge

Professor Marshall Ganz

Good leaders seek 'strategic

capacity' in the organisations the

lead:

knowledge of what matters

learning embedded in

everything the organisation

does

strong motivation conveyed

from the leaders to everyone

Common Purpose

Workshop

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Defining your future

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The Story of your future part 3

THIS Place

Tell the story of getting from now till then …….

Say what your future is like

Where did change first start?

What action was most important?

Workshop

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Getting started

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Leadership is taking responsibility

for enabling others to achieve shared

purpose in the face of uncertainty

Common PurposeProfessor Marshall Ganz

The Story of your future Getting Started

THIS Place

Tell the story of getting from now till then …….

So what happens now?

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REFLECTIONS Feedback and Learning

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Diarmaid Lawlor

THIS Place

Its about the ‘soft stuff’

THIS Place

Feelings…..

Feelings….

frustrated

disappointed

happy

scunnered

inspiredhopeful

THIS Place

Cowie matters

because…

THIS Place

We have history. But, not

everyone shares it…not

everyone part of things.

It’s where I work, part of

my job, and colleagues

from Cowie

We want a good future for

our kids. And drugs are a

big problem…people

make choices

It’s where I am from..

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because…

THIS Place

Feels like a

place of

parts

BUT

THIS Place

Feels like a place of

Parts AND worried

about being

overwhelmed

Services not joining

up AND people not

connecting

BUT

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BUT

Services not

joining up AND

people not

connecting

Feels like a place of

Parts AND worried

about being

overwhelmed

THIS Place

BUT

Services not

joining up AND

people not

connecting

Distance to

services….who is

here?

Where is

continuity?Knowledge

of

community

Feels like a place of

Parts AND worried

about being

overwhelmed

THIS Place

BUT

Services not

joining up AND

people not

connecting

Needs driven services.

BUT, why would you

report things [drugs]

and face hassle.

Fear. Exposure

Distance to

services….who is

here?

Where is

continuity?Knowledg

e of

community

Feels like a place of

Parts AND worried

about being

overwhelmed

THIS Place

SOConnecting spaces

communication

Continuity

Co-ordination

THIS Place

Its about the ‘soft stuff’

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oldies home

Places for generations to meet?

THIS Place

community fundays

How do you scale+sustain?

THIS Place

base same people.

Kids as connectors…

How do you diversify?

THIS Place

base community centre

pride+facilities main st

opportunity jobs

How to integrate?

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Overlaps?

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hub village

Services and facilities?

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safety connection

opportunity

THIS Place

Its about the

‘soft stuff’…

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More than Stirling

average: children

Less than Stirling

average: older

From projects to

regeneration?

THIS Place

More than Stirling

average: children

Less than Stirling

average: older

From projects to

regeneration?

Drugs

Fun days

Connections

Fear

Community

knowledge

Co-ordination

THIS Place

collaboration

Bins, street cleaning

Basic services

Basic contact

Issues not getting lost

Building relationships with

businesses

sponsorship

Lack of communication

Council: community

Continuity in point of

contact

THIS Place

THIS Place

A safe community…. An example for other places…

• Zero drugs, zero crime

• Opportunities to thrive

• More employment

• Attractive, valued, used

environment

• Main street focus, nice place

• More co-ordination on public

investment

• Community hub with eastern

villages

• Somewhere people come to,

services joining up

• A learning place

• We can do it

THIS Place

Its about the ‘soft stuff’

Communication,

continuity, care,

relationships,

awareness

THIS Place

Centre:

proper place to meet

New businesses

Pedestrian space

Improved shops/mixed use Expansion

serviced

services

THIS Place

Stories:

Whole community

Visual impacts

Murals telling stories Expansion

serviced

Community shop;

recharge revenue

walks

THIS Place

IDEAS BLOCKAGES

THIS Place

IDEAS BLOCKAGESHOW

Enabling

public

sector

Shared space

[forum]Shared

leadership

Needs

driven

facilities +

services

THIS Place

People talk, not deliver.

Action + responsibility

Not enough sources of

help + resources

Lack of effective

communication AND

joined up action

Unclear vision and buy in

[joined up]

AND

Fear of change

Threats to

future

THIS Place

Not enough sources of

help + resourcesINDIVIDUALISM

COLLECTIVE RESPONSIBILITY

Threats to

future

THIS Place

Capacity =

LOCAL knowledge

LOCAL learning LOCAL motivation

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10 years….…..

Feelings….

prosperous

accomplished

shared public space

cohesive

vibrantexcellent

encouraging

Derelict?

THIS Place

How….…..

Feelings….

involving

empowering

our commitment

need to change

partnershipcommunity ambition

passion + drive

strategy

investment

THIS Place

catalyst…..

perseverance

......planning

Taking

ownershipresourcesdedicationcommitment

Shared leadership forum.

Who, how often?

Now

THIS Place

next…..

COMMUNICATION

• one step at a time

• all takes time

• prioritise

Proper plan with actions and

accountability

• Council bosses

• Community council

• investors

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INFORMATION

www.thisplacematters.org.uk

COWIE