Success Factors in the Oregon Shines Journey

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Success Factors in the Oregon Shines Journey

• Presentation to
• Botswana DelegationApril 9, 2009
• Rita Conrad
• Executive Director
• Oregon Progress Board
• Salem, Oregon

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Progress Board History

• 1989 Oregon Shines Oregon Benchmarks
• 1990 Oregon Progress Board
• 1991 Beginning of biennial benchmark reports
• 1997 Oregon Shines II
• 1999 County data reports
• 2003 State agency alignment
• 2006-07 Oregon Shines III partner panels
• 2008 Oregon Shines III Business Plan
• 2009 Senate Joint Resolution 30

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Success factor 1Shared Vision
This slide show, including the notes pages, are
posted on the Progress Boards web site on the
Slide Shows page.
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Oregons shared vision is embodied in Oregon
Shines.
Shared Vision
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A vital, prosperous Oregon that excels in all
spheres of life.
Shared Vision
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Oregon Shines vision is similar to Botswanas
Vision 2016.
Shared Vision

• Educated and informed nation
• Prosperous, productive and innovative
• Compassionate and caring
• Safe and secure
• Open, democratic and accountable
• Moral and tolerant
• United and proud, sharing common ideals

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There are many Oregon Shines partners, such as...
Shared Vision

• Economic partners
• Oregon Business Plan
• Social partners
• Commission on Children and Families
• Environmental partners
• Oregon Invasive Species Council
• Community partners
• SeQuential Biofuels

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Success factor 2Shared Data
This slide show, including the notes pages, are
posted on the Progress Boards web site on the
Slide Shows page.
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91 Oregon Benchmarks track progress.
Shared Data

• ECONOMY Rural employment, trade, new business,
  job growth, professional services, economic
  diversification, research development, venture
  capital, cost of doing business, regulatory
  burden, income, wages, income disparity, working
  poor, unemployment, exports, foreign language
• EDUCATION ready to learn, 3rd 8th grade
  reading and math, CIM, dropouts, HS and college
  completion, adult literacy, computer/Internet
  usage, labor force skills training
• CIVIC ENGAGEMENT volunteering, voting, feeling
  of community, understanding taxes, taxes per
  income, public management quality, SP bond
  rating, arts, libraries
• SOCIAL SUPPORT teen pregnancy, prenatal care,
  infant mortality, immunizations, HIV, smoking,
  premature death, perceived health status, child
  care slots and affordability, teen substance
  abuse, child abuse, elder abuse, alcohol and drug
  use while pregnant, poverty, health insurance,
  homelessness, child support, hunger, seniors
  living independently, working disabled, disabled
  living in poverty
• PUBLIC SAFETY overall crime, juvenile arrests,
  students carrying weapons, adult and juvenile
  recidivism, emergency preparedness
• COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT traffic congestion,
  drinking water, commuting, vehicle miles
  traveled, road and bridge condition, home
  ownership, affordable housing
• ENVIRONMENT air quality, CO2 emissions, wetlands
  gain/loss, stream water quality, in-stream flow
  rights, agricultural lands, forest lands, timber
  harvest, municipal waste disposal, hazard
  substance cleanup, freshwater/marine/terrestrial
  species health, natural habitat, invasive
  species, state park acreage

Results, not efforts
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The benchmarks are organized by goal.
Shared Data
Economy Education
Jobs
Civic Engagement Social Support Public Safety
Communities
Built Natural
Environment
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The Progress Board finally joined the 21st
century.
Shared Data
2009
http//benchmarks.oregon.gov
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This is part of what you can create online.
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You can also get county data.
Shared Data
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Good government advances the benchmarks.
Shared Data

• Agencies self-link their performance to pertinent
  Oregon Benchmarks.

EXAMPLEDepartment of Energy self-links its
fossil fuel measure to Benchmark 77, CO2
emissions.
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Good news we are learning
Shared Data
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Bad news We are not where we said we wanted to
be 20 years ago.
Shared Data

• Decline in personal income compared to U.S.
  average (Benchmark 11)
• A third of third-graders cant read at grade
  level (Benchmark 19)
• We are the third hungriest state in the nation
  (Benchmark 58)

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How does Botswana measure its progress toward
Vision 2016?
Shared Data
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Success factor 3Collaboration
The Nature of Social Collaboration, Dennis
Sandow and Anne Murray Allen, Reflections,
Society for Organizational Learning, Volume 6,
Number 2/3
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Seven expert partner panels came up with one
consistent theme
Collaboration

• Systemic, institutional fragmentation puts a
  brake on Oregons benchmark progress.

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Collaboration
ODFW OWR ODEQ OWEB ODF DLCD

• Its not just a fish problem or water problem.
• Its interconnected!

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How can we do better? This is what OSIII is all
about.
Collaboration

• ISSUES
• Reductionism
• Individual ego
• Organizational ego
• Habit

• APPROACHES
• Seeking the whole
• Listening to learn
• Freedom to self-organize
• Chaos inspiration

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Reductionism
Collaboration

• We reduce complexity by chunking it up.
• What are some good things about this?
• What are some bad things about this?
• What is the way forward?

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Individual ego
Collaboration

• Listening to learn
• Where is the knowledge in the system?
• How is that learning getting transferred?
• Why is this important?

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Organizational ego (silo)
Collaboration

• How do real accomplishments occur?
• Social Action Research
• Accomplishment Model
• Focus on results, not behavior
• Capitalizes on social networks
• Freedom to self-organize around desired results

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Habit
Collaboration

• Need a burning platform like our current
  economic crisis!
• How is this affecting Botswana?
• Or Inspiration
• Evolutionary Leaders email

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If we have time and interest

• Accomplishment Model
• - Dennis Sandow

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Step 1 Create shared purpose
Collaboration
The Accomplishment Model
Employ people with disabilities
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Step 2 Construct accomplishment tree
Collaboration
The Accomplishment Model
Get work
Employ people with disabilities
Keep work
Purpose
Strategies
Tactics
Tasks...
Train workforce
Support social integration
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Step 3 Performance management
Collaboration
The Accomplishment Model
Contracts
Get work
Bids
Procurements
Hours of production
On time
Keep work
Yield
Employ people with disabilities
Repeat purchasers
Costs
Tasks analyzed
Train workforce
Training hrs
Learning curve
Monthly wage
time working independently
Amount identified
Support social integration
Interests identified
Social network
Hours in community relations
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Thank you!

• Rita Conrad
• Executive Director
• Oregon Progress board
• Rita.R.Conrad_at_state.or.us
• www.oregon.gov/DAS/OPB
• http//benchmarks.oregon.gov