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\"\"How do we engage collaborators in shaping our institutional agendas? How do we create 21st century boards? How do we develop transformational employees and systems? How do we maximize the field\u2019s value in the eyes of the public?
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\nAnswer: Together.<\/span>
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\nLast\u00a0year, NAS brought the participants of The Chief Executive Program<\/a> together at an ideation conference to collectively work on solutions to the four problems listed above. We shared our framing of those issues here<\/a> in hopes of starting a conversation about them. Now, we want to start a conversation about the solutions and how we might work toward them.
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\nWe\u2019ve prepared a report<\/a> and a website<\/a> that lists the 400 ideas generated. This is not a complete set of step-by-step instructions carved on stone tablets. It is a starter kit \u2013 prototypes to be tested and refined or simply inspiration for your own ideas on how to solve these problems.
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\nSolving big problems is not easy. We are often under immense pressure to present \u201cthe answer,\u201d fully formed. This pressure can make finding solutions seem daunting and risky. When solving problems it\u2019s very easy to jump straight into the details. What we encourage leaders to do is start broad and layer in detail. With each layer ask yourself, \u201cIf I had the funding for this right now, what would I need to know before I pulled the trigger?\u201d As you answer these \u201ckiller questions,\u201d your concept will become more defined. Each layer you add mitigates more risk and brings you closer to \u201cthe answer,\u201d fully formed.
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\nThe tools we provide online will help you work through these steps \u2013 by describing your concept, defining and ranking your measures of success, brainstorming and experimenting. The website itself is a place where you can share your killer questions, learn about others\u2019 questions and work together to define and refine solutions.
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\nThe ideas listed on the site are seeds that we are sowing in the field. We want leaders and communities to feed and water them \u2013 to help them grow. We also want you to sow your own seeds. Add your insights and ideas to the site so that others can help them grow as well. We have provided tools to help with this. Let us know if there are other tools you need. The community chose these four problem statements because they affect the entire field. To belabor the metaphor even further, if we all share in the cultivation of these idea we will all benefit from their harvest.
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\nAdd your thoughts to the conversation. Let us know what you think.
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