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WELCOME to Communities of the Future (CoTF). an evolving 21st century network of people and organizations throughout the U.S.A, Europe and other countries that are working in collaboration to develop new concepts of governance, economic development, leadership, and education/learning as a response to a fast-paced, interconnected, and increasingly complex world.
CoTF Workbook
If anyone would like to have a digital copy of the community transformation workbook that Rick uses to develop "master capacity builders" in local communities, please contact him at rlsmyre@aol.com and he will send all twelve tabs to you directly free of charge.
The essays come under different headings as follows;
- CoTF Vignettes
- Transformation
- System of Community Transformation
- Transformational Leadership
- Transformational Learning
- Emergence of a Molecular Economy
- Weak Signals
- Rethinking the Role of the Chamber of Commerce
- Return of the Rural Area
- Why Old Solutions No Longer Work
- 21st Century Bibliography
- Rick Smyre Bio
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Celtic Cross at the Island Abbey on Iona in Scotland by Neil Cox. Please feel free to send photos of your own groups, projects or communities along with suitable information and permissions to the Site Administrator
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World Future Society Conference
Rick Smyre of CoTF and Rob Atkinson, President and Founder of the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation in Washington, DC introduced the concept of a Creative Molecular Economy at the World Future Society Conference in Chicago. The links are to the PPT presentation and handouts which were used at the conference.
EDI - Emergence of a Molecular Economy
EDI - Economic Resiliency in an age of constant change
WFS - Creative Molecular Economy - 2009