Vision MattersVision

Matters

Defining Identity

Jeff Saperstein

Creatingregionalwealth.com

Defining Identity

Jeff Saperstein

Creatingregionalwealth.com

Define YourselfDefine YourselfChoose three ways you would define yourself

Turn to the person next to you and tell them who you are using those definitions

Choose three ways you would define yourself

Turn to the person next to you and tell them who you are using those definitions

—Isaac Newton

Visionaries PerspectiveVisionaries Perspective

If I have seen farther than others, it is because

I was standing on the shoulders of giants

If I have seen farther than others, it is because

I was standing on the shoulders of giants

VisioningVisioning

Seeing in a utopian way what does not yet exist on earth - but might exist in another realm - such as the ideal or perfect realm as imagined or thought

Seeing in a utopian way what does not yet exist on earth - but might exist in another realm - such as the ideal or perfect realm as imagined or thought

Visionaries Change What We Do

Visionaries Change What We Do

Naturalist and founder of the Sierra Club

Nature transforms us to be more human

Care for the earth not just manage it for utility

Naturalist and founder of the Sierra Club

Nature transforms us to be more human

Care for the earth not just manage it for utility

Visionaries Help Us Understand

Where We Are Going

Visionaries Help Us Understand

Where We Are Going

• Global Village• The Medium is the Message• “Everyone will be a publisher”

• Global Village• The Medium is the Message• “Everyone will be a publisher”

Visionaries Can Help Frame the Future

Visionaries Can Help Frame the Future

“The grand challenge is to boost the collective IQ of organizations and society”

“The grand challenge is to boost the collective IQ of organizations and society”

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Visionaries Can Inspire Us to Change the World

Visionaries Can Inspire Us to Change the World

Can we apply visioning to defining ourselves?Can we apply visioning to defining ourselves?

• As a region• As a government • As an organization

• As an individual

• As a region• As a government • As an organization

• As an individual

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As A RegionAs A Region

• Singapore• Ireland• Taiwan• Silicon Valley

• Singapore• Ireland• Taiwan• Silicon Valley

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Silicon Valley is a Techno-Cluster

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As a GovernmentAs a GovernmentFour levels of economic development purpose and practice

Source of incomeFocusing on Government’s own use of technology

Technology creates opportunity for inward investment for the region

Enabling the spawning of new industries

Four levels of economic development purpose and practice

Source of incomeFocusing on Government’s own use of technology

Technology creates opportunity for inward investment for the region

Enabling the spawning of new industries

As an OrganizationAs an Organization

Cisco Value Network Mapping: Service Centers

Innovation Work Process

Innovation Work Process

The way we work is our most important innovation.

Innovation is the only path to growth and prosperity, environmental sustainability and security.

Innovation is the creation and delivery of new customer value in the marketplace

There are no limits to ideas and creativity in the knowledge Age

Innovation Metric: The New value / Time X Cost

The way we work is our most important innovation.

Innovation is the only path to growth and prosperity, environmental sustainability and security.

Innovation is the creation and delivery of new customer value in the marketplace

There are no limits to ideas and creativity in the knowledge Age

Innovation Metric: The New value / Time X Cost

Kurt Carlson, CEO of Stanford Research Institute

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As an IndividualAs an Individual

Welcoming ChangeCuriousPorous

Welcoming ChangeCuriousPorous

Create a Personal Mission StatementCreate a Personal Mission Statement

Defining Jeff Saperstein

Defining Jeff Saperstein

"...work and personal fulfillment in helping others to be successful through applications of education, business,

and relationships."

"...work and personal fulfillment in helping others to be successful through applications of education, business,

and relationships."

Now redefine yourself!