Harwood public innovators tell their stories

Monday, January 30, 2006

(The Harwood Institute for Public Innovation)Over the next few months, The Harwood Institute will be featuring stories from some of the public innovators we have had the fortune of working with over the years.

Public innovators are highly pragmatic but also idealistic change agents. Along with catalytic organizations, these individuals are essential ingredients for making any community work. Much of The Harwood Institute's work in communities focuses on expanding the core competencies of public innovators.

Our first public innovator is Pete Hutchinson from Flint, Michigan. Pete was involved in The Harwood Institute's seven-year change initiative in Flint.

Here are some excerpts from a document he recently submitted to the Institute on his recollections of his participation in Flint's Place for Public Ideas. The Place is the forerunner to the Harwood Public Innovators Lab.

In February, 1999, 14 Flint stalwarts began a journey through the Place for Public Ideas. The first session centered on identifying common aspirations and building trust amongst the class. It should be noted that many of us did not know one another prior to meeting in the Place.

There has been a community impact created by the Place. This impact can not necessarily be assessed seeing a direct correlation between intentional initiatives of the Place and programs taking place in the community. However, based on the participants involved in different initiatives that are also Place alumni it is safe to assume that there is more than a little influence from the Place is in each of the initiatives. (Read more in What Our Partners Say...)

If you, like Pete want to deepen your capacity to create change in your community, then consider joining us for this spring's Harwood Public Innovators Lab in Baltimore, MD.

We have streamlined and re-packaged much of the same intellectual capital from our work in Flint - which unfolded over seven years through a multi-million dollar investement on behalf of the C.S. Mott Foundation - into a low-cost, four-day experience unlike any traditional leadership training seminar in which you have participated.

Click here to learn more about the Innovators Lab and sign up today. Space is limited and seats are filling fast for the spring session.



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	Harwood public innovators tell their stories Monday, January 30, 2006 (The Harwood Institute for Public Innovation)Over the next few months, The Harwood Institute will be featuring stories from some of the public innovators we have had the fortune of working with over the years. Public innovators are highly pragmatic but also idealistic change agents. Along with catalytic organizations, these individuals are essential ingredients for making any community work. Much of The Harwood Institute's work in communities focuses on expanding the core competencies of public innovators. Our first public innovator is Pete Hutchinson from Flint, Michigan. Pete was involved in The Harwood Institute's seven-year change initiative in Flint. Here are some excerpts from a document he recently submitted to the Institute on his recollections of his participation in Flint's Place for Public Ideas. The Place is the forerunner to the Harwood Public Innovators Lab. In February, 1999, 14 Flint stalwarts began a journey through the Place for Public Ideas. The first session centered on identifying common aspirations and building trust amongst the class. It should be noted that many of us did not know one another prior to meeting in the Place. There has been a community impact created by the Place. This impact can not necessarily be assessed seeing a direct correlation between intentional initiatives of the Place and programs taking place in the community. However, based on the participants involved in different initiatives that are also Place alumni it is safe to assume that there is more than a little influence from the Place is in each of the initiatives. (Read more in What Our Partners Say...) If you, like Pete want to deepen your capacity to create change in your community, then consider joining us for this spring's Harwood Public Innovators Lab in Baltimore, MD. We have streamlined and re-packaged much of the same intellectual capital from our work in Flint - which unfolded over seven years through a multi-million dollar investement on behalf of the C.S. Mott Foundation - into a low-cost, four-day experience unlike any traditional leadership training seminar in which you have participated. Click here to learn more about the Innovators Lab and sign up today. Space is limited and seats are filling fast for the spring session.
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