Super Regional Strategy Team:
CONVERSATIONS
Patience Vs. Results
Fantasy of Flight | Polk County | September 15, 2008
SUPER REGIONAL STRATEGY TEAM CONVERSATIONS
Patience vs. Results
Central Florida | Polk County | Tampa Bay
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Super Regional Strategy Team:
CONVERSATIONS
Patience Vs. Results
Fantasy of Flight | Polk County | September 15, 2008
Team Assignment to Fairfield Index:
 Contact as many SRST members as possible to
discuss key issues, progress, and opportunities
 “How are we doing?”
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Super Regional Strategy Team:
CONVERSATIONS
Patience Vs. Results
Fantasy of Flight | Polk County | September 15, 2008
Approach to Conversations:
 Open-ended questions when possible
 Seek out shared ideas and concerns
 Capture individual concerns, too
 Keep survey guide to 30 to 40 minutes (averaged
about 25)
 Allow for confidential statements
Thanks!
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Super Regional Strategy Team:
CONVERSATIONS
Patience Vs. Results
Fantasy of Flight | Polk County | September 15, 2008
Survey Guide:
Preamble
1.
Why have you decided to engage in the SRST?
2.
Is this the message you provide others when/if asked?
3.
Do you think your colleagues would make similar statements?
4.
Where would you expect this team to be in two years?
5.
What progress MUST the Team make over two years?
6.
A. Are you utilizing the Session Notes?
B. Are they meeting your needs?
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Survey Guide: (continued)
7.
8.
9.
What are the roles of the Central Florida Partnership and the
Tampa Bay Partnership as conveners of this Team?
Has the Team effectively dealt with the challenges of protocol,
membership, and management thus far?
At the last meeting, it was determined that review of
transportation agendas and priorities from the Central Florida
Partnership, the Tampa Bay Partnership, and Polk should be
completed IF someone would provide a draft view of primary
overlaps.
A. What do you hope to get out of this discussion?
B. How should the Team use this opportunity?
C. How should this information be set out in the meeting?
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Super Regional Strategy Team:
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Patience Vs. Results
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Survey Guide: (continued)
10. The Central Florida Partnership has a very specific tactical plan
for commuter rail under development. Is that something you
would want to hear about on September 15?
A. Should the SRST begin crafting a tactical plan for commuter
rail as well? Are we ready for that?
11. What counsel do you provide the executives and volunteer
leaders of task forces, projects, chambers, and other entities
regarding HOW this Team’s work is used?
12. Have you taken a look at the Team resources now posted on
the web?
A. Do you have any counsel on managing these web
resources?
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Super Regional Strategy Team:
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Patience Vs. Results
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Survey Guide: (continued)
13. Do you need any information on the next meeting?
14. Re-cycle/Option
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Patience Vs. Results
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RESPONSES
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Super Regional Strategy Team:
CONVERSATIONS
Patience Vs. Results
Fantasy of Flight | Polk County | September 15, 2008
Why have we engaged?
 “I believe in the concept” – “It’s the right thing to do” – “It’s a nobrainer”
 “It is a natural”
 “If I were not included, I’d be disappointed”
 “It is essential and necessary to our success”
 “I was asked”
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Super Regional Strategy Team:
CONVERSATIONS
Patience Vs. Results
Fantasy of Flight | Polk County | September 15, 2008
Why have we engaged? (continued)
 Helps on the
Local/County
Front
 Super Regional
Agenda and
Clout
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Super Regional Strategy Team:
CONVERSATIONS
Patience Vs. Results
Fantasy of Flight | Polk County | September 15, 2008
Faithful to the message?
 YES.
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Super Regional Strategy Team:
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Expectations: 2 years?
Trust In-place/
Open Lines of
Communication
 Made Great inroads on
transportation
 A few, clear successes
 Bound together in policy
messages and advocacy
 Collectively we
have a Powerful
Voice
 Credibility
 Go-to Team
 Clear priorities
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Super Regional Strategy Team:
CONVERSATIONS
Patience Vs. Results
Fantasy of Flight | Polk County | September 15, 2008
What MUST we do: 2 years?
Trust
 Lived up to our
potential – Action /
Clout / Success
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Super Regional Strategy Team:
CONVERSATIONS
Patience Vs. Results
Fantasy of Flight | Polk County | September 15, 2008
Session Notes?*
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Good
Simple and Clear
Be flexible; more complexity may be required
If read
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Super Regional Strategy Team:
CONVERSATIONS
Patience Vs. Results
Fantasy of Flight | Polk County | September 15, 2008
Convening Role(s) of the Tampa Bay Partnership and
Central Florida Partnership
 Logistics
 Administrative
Support and Tools
 Behavioral:
 Rudder,
 Opportunistic,
 Anticipates
Opportunities
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Super Regional Strategy Team:
CONVERSATIONS
Patience Vs. Results
Fantasy of Flight | Polk County | September 15, 2008
Dealing with challenges of protocol thus far?
 Effective
 High value placed on candor
 Membership will remain a question because of
concerns and interest in partnering with public sector
 Starting to anticipate questions from public,
stakeholders, etc.
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Super Regional Strategy Team:
CONVERSATIONS
Patience Vs. Results
Fantasy of Flight | Polk County | September 15, 2008
Transportation comparison assignment from Meeting
#2 – Counsel?
 Have to see the results first
 Not sure if there will be an answer in this – Need clear strategy or
vision first
 May be wrong place to start
 “Alignment and agreement are 2 different things”
 May help in understanding how to use information to take action
 Perhaps this will help us set priorities
 In the spirit of putting everything on the “table” - Good
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Super Regional Strategy Team:
CONVERSATIONS
Patience Vs. Results
Fantasy of Flight | Polk County | September 15, 2008
Want to hear about the Central Florida commuter rail
tactical plan on September 15?
 100% yes
 (“I hope so” – “I think so” – “We have to”)
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Super Regional Strategy Team:
CONVERSATIONS
Patience Vs. Results
Fantasy of Flight | Polk County | September 15, 2008
Posting documents and work product in “plan view” –
Counsel?
 Transparency is vital and this is a good behavior
 A few draft guidelines from individual interviewees:
 Author has the final “say” on posting (allows for breaking
news/context/speculation)
 Post WITH CONTEXT
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Super Regional Strategy Team:
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Patience Vs. Results
Fantasy of Flight | Polk County | September 15, 2008
Resources on web? Organized properly?
 About 50% have reviewed the “file cabinet”
 General organization is good
 Keep it flexible – Be sure aging documents do not
conflict with primary documents and messages
 One interviewee cautions about links and overlaps on
sites
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Super Regional Strategy Team:
CONVERSATIONS
Patience Vs. Results
Fantasy of Flight | Polk County | September 15, 2008
A word or two about Polk
 SRST is a catalyst for discussion and action
 Patience, patience
 Strong interest in finding both the process and the
“voice”
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Super Regional Strategy Team:
CONVERSATIONS
Patience Vs. Results
Fantasy of Flight | Polk County | September 15, 2008
Successes thus far:
 Candor – Patience – Focus on Trust as Shared Value
– Convening Despite Concerns about the Right
Members
 Vision for Clout, Voice, Action, and Identity
“Ten years from now we’ll see this as
the most important step in the
history of the Super Region.”
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Super Regional Strategy Team:
CONVERSATIONS
Patience Vs. Results
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