Opportunity Collaboratives: The Answer for Starting Revitalization in Ignored Neighborhoods
Approximately 16 million properties in the United States are considered vacant and abandoned, often indicative of blighted or distressed real estate. This figure represents about 11% of the total housing inventory, highlighting a substantial challenge for community revitalization. Given that 83% of the U.S. population resides in urban areas, it is estimated that around 13.3 million of these properties are located in urban or more populated regions, presenting significant opportunities for revitalizing downtowns to foster prosperous communities.
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INspire Leadership Passion Primer
In our strategic growth planning and organizational design work with leaders, we have completed projects ranging from community planning to revenue-building project management to redesigning teams to achieve clearer organizational and operational objectives in a wide variety of for-profit, nonprofits and government organizations. One thing remains true – consistent change and momentous growth endeavors are only achieved to the extent to which optimistic, influential and trustworthy leadership is present.
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Intentional Unconsciousness
Intentional Unconsciousness is the choice to deny ourselves the awareness necessary to experience ourselves in joy. It is the act of denying ourselves the God-given right to be fulfilled, loved and open to the possibilities bestowed upon us.
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The Compounding Challenges in America’s Cities
Most cities lack experienced leadership in change management. This, along with the resounding challenges listed below have compounded due to the pandemic and the overall contentiousness of current times.
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Whole Mind Recruiting and Selection
Insight has designed a complete interview process that assesses all three parts of the mind for final job candidate selections. For key roles, we profile preferences, natural instincts, thinking abilities and overall job fit to meet your organization’s growth objectives.
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Private Public Leadership Provides Prosperity
Private and public leadership must organize and collaborate to successfully turnaround a neighborhood. Together, they must be facilitated to lead through the complexities of transforming each neighborhood within a city, especially to the point that most cities need to be transformed.
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Insight Uses Kolbe Concepts to Boost Daman Revenue $4.5 million in Three Years
Since the reorganization, the Daman Products Creative Team has launched a variety of new products that have significantly increased their sales. In fact, they have far surpassed their initial goals, with new product revenue of $4 million and counting.
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Build Memories of the Future: Create Scenarios Rather Than Strategic Plans
Have you been doing strategic planning on an annual basis as a paper-pushing exercise? That will have to change. In the months to come, you’re going to have to make decisions very quickly on fundamental opportunities that may drive your earnings performance for the next decade or more, and you’ve got to be prepared to make these decisions in real time. When it comes to your organization’s future, scenario planning is one of the tools you must regularly refine to adapt as necessary.
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Team Problem-Solving with Kolbe Strengths™
You will always solve problems with instinctive energy. Problem solving requires instinct because it requires action. The most effective way to solve a problem is by using the four methods of creative problem solving that are your instinctive strengths.
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Organic Integration
Communities and their organizations are living, breathing and changing at all times. People and technology are the most unpredictable forces; both driving the sense of urgency to evolve and to think and do work differently and at faster rates of speed.
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Kolbe Tips for Working Remote... Naturally
Working from home is a drastic change from working in a centralized office or even a remote shared office space. There are many new obstacles that may prevent you from being productive and communicating effectively, while other issues are easily overlooked or minimized, to your detriment.
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Intentional Invention
We must bring back the practice of Intentional Invention at all costs. Intentional Invention is the single most courageous and fearless act that people in our organizations, communities and country can make to revive our roots and flourish to compete and thrive again.
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