Posts Tagged ‘flint’
Solutions for Wicked Problems in Flint
Yesterday our colleagues gave us an update on our Strategic Doing Flint Model. For seven years, a team has been transforming their neighborhoods with practical collaborations formed by following simple rules. Think for a moment about complex challenges — the wicked problems you face. They can paralyze us. We don’t know where to start. Now…
Read MoreHugs for Unity in Flint: Our Partnership with Michigan State
For over five years, the Agile Lab team has been donating its time to help civic leaders in Flint, Michigan. Our starting challenge: How could we reduce teenage homicide rates. Below, you can see a video we completed several years ago with the core team that initially came to us for help. Now, the most trained…
Read MoreRebuilding Our Distressed Communities: Lessons From Flint
We have been working with our colleagues at Michigan State University to adapt our agile strategy training to the specific circumstances of distressed communities. These disinvested neighborhoods present particular challenges. The starting point in these communities is different. They face a history of disinvestment that produces long-term scars. Oftentimes, like Flint, whole neighborhoods face trauma,…
Read MoreThe core team in Flint continues to rebuild neighborhoods using Strategic Doing
Several years ago, a colleague at Michigan State University, Bob Brown, asked us to question: could Strategic at doing help us reduce the teenage homicide rate in Flint? Since that time, we have worked closely with Bob and his growing network of civic leaders who are rebuilding the devastated neighborhoods of Flint. Their work is…
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