STRATEGIES:
5 AREAS OF FOCUS AND SUPPORT
Once a decision is made to apply a RESET Communities approach, a community or neighbourhood will contract support and services or, if available, receive a sponsorship, to actively engage and be supported in each of the five strategies explained below:
Strategy 1:Systems-Catalyst Leadership
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Two areas of specialization are available, with options for formal certification:
1. Systems-Catalyst Leadership
2. Social- Purpose Organizational (SP0) Capacity
These programs are tailored for colleges, universities, and professional development contexts. They aim to produce neutral, competency-driven orchestrators and ecosystem builders who play a vital role in uniting the collective wisdom of businesses, social purpose organizations, government entities, and community members.
Strategy 2: Collective Knowledge Exchange
This strategy adopts a relational marketing approach to energize social and systems innovation. By creating structured yet informal opportunities for networking and knowledge sharing, valuable insights and promising practices are easily shared across multiple networks. Together, we're fostering a vibrant learning ecosystem that accelerates innovation and inspires breakthrough ideas.
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Strategy 3: Demonstration Communities
Designed to catalyze and amplify opportunities for social purpose enterprises and entrepreneurs, this strategy supports ventures through two critical phases: Impact Readiness assessment and Opportunity-Matching. By connecting social enterprises to private, public, and philanthropic capital and partnerships, this strategy ensures that innovative solutions can scale and achieve measurable impact.
Section 4: Venture Building
Designed to catalyze and amplify opportunities for social purpose enterprises and entrepreneurs, this strategy supports ventures through two critical phases: Impact Readiness assessment and Opportunity-Matching. By connecting social enterprises to private, public, and philanthropic capital and partnerships, this strategy ensures that innovative solutions can scale and achieve measurable impact.
Strategy 5: Digital Systems Infrastructure
Leveraging IT systems and AI-driven tools, this pillar establishes the digital backbone for ongoing support of two interconnected networks: a (1) Community of Practice (CoP) for Systems Catalysts and an (2) an integrated platform connecting communities, neighbourhood members, and networks. Digital infrastructure enables coordination, learning, and real-time adaptation across the RESET ecosystem.
We empower communities by supporting local leadership, organizational and community capacity for a whole-community, sector-connected approach to social, economic, cultural and environmental well-being.
Individual and organizational future-readiness is supported increasing capacity for (1) community and stakeholder-led development, (2) systems-practices, (3) strategic foresight, and (4) digital optimization. We've learned these four components are necessary for the project and systems collaboration and informed decision-making we have experienced as being essential for transformative change and innovation.
Innovative approaches require being bold, perseverance, tenacity and a sprinkle of panic.
-- Michelle Baldwin
Many situations in life are similar to going on a hike: the view changes once you start walking. You don't need all the answers right now. New paths will reveal themselves if you have the courage to get started.
--James Clear
Leadership today is about courage. Courage to realize our challenges are complex and no one individual, organization, or sector can resolve them on their own. That means we have to let go of the idea that we alone have the answers. Instead, we need to strengthen our individual and organizational competencies in order to become sector connectors who call meetings before we have the answers, aren't intimidated by messy, and can ensure a culture where all voices are heard. Only then, can our collective gifts, experience, and wisdom be focused on building a better future for all.
--Brenda Herchmer
In times of change it is the learners who inherit the future. Those who have finished learning find themselves equipped to live in a world that no longer exists.
-- Eric Hoffer
