The subtle differences in context and culture inevitably overcome the intentions of the presumed strategy.
Adapt To Reveal Your Unique Value
"The Blade Building, Reading. This new office block is being constructed on the old Abbey Mill site behind Reading Crown Court. When the white 'spike' on the top is completed (see poster on the left hand side) this will be one of the most distinctive buildings in Reading, and will be a landmark that passengers on the Great Western Railway look out for on their journey out from London. Photo taken from Abbey Street, Reading, UK, on 2008-07-19." (Flickr/Tristram Brelstaff)
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He recently shared a link from The Atlantic CityLab, which describes patterns in United Kingdom cities' evolution over time.
The article makes the key distinction between "replicating" as opposed to "reinventing." |
Why Some U.K. Cities Thrive While Others Decline-An intriguing new report looks at long-term economic trends in metros across Britain. Read the article here.
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The economist Richard Florida has spent many years researching and writing about the dynamics of growth and change in cities.
This is spot-on. "If we do what they did, the way they did it, we'll get what they got" just doesn't work in complex human settings.
The subtle differences in context and culture inevitably overcome the intentions of the presumed strategy.
And so... "We'll be the next Silicon Valley" (a real example in the capital district of a Southeastern state) is extremely unlikely.
You can try to ADAPT what they did to YOUR unique context and culture... You can learn from others, and make it your own. Not just being "another" but being "an other."
Bruce Waltuck, President, Freethink, LLC and Director, I-Open
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Author, Bruce Waltuck, M.A., Complexity, Chaos, and Creativity
President & Owner, Freethinc. . . For A Change, LLC-Services on Organizational Change, Employee and Labor Relations, Collaborative Dialogue, and Story-gathering for Insights and Action. Bruce currently serves as a Director, The Institute for Open Economic Networks (I-Open). Box 15, Windsor, NJ 08561 Phone: 609-577-1584 Website: www.freethinc.com Now tweeting @Freethinc4aChng (C) 2014 Bruce Waltuck, All Rights Reserved. Non-commercial use granted to Betsey Merkel and I-Open, to be distributed under a Creative Commons license with attribution, for non-commercial use |
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