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<\/a>Investors<\/b> – of time, money, energy, insights. They have a stake in the game (stakeholders) because of these things they are putting into the stew. They rightly expect to partake of the results in some way, be it pride of involvement, financial return, or support of some aspect of their own mission\/goals. Investors can be valuable in many ways including in defining outcomes that \u00a0measure success in a way that can support future endeavors.<\/p>\nCo-creators<\/b> – there is huge involvement when someone taps your creative spirit. There is also the stress of creation and labor needed to gain the birth of the result. Co-creators benefit from the achievement in many ways similar to investors though the return is more spiritual and less tangible. Exciting co-creators improves innovation and creates a spirit of\u00a0partnership in the work.<\/p>\n
Users<\/b> – this stakeholder group benefits directly from the product or resulting change. Users are those who live and learn in the building, as well as visitors and staff. And users can be of great benefit to the process of discovery, goal setting, and creation if you can engage them\u00a0and access their inputs early in the planning stages.<\/p>\n
Community<\/b> – community is the label for the nested system a bit larger than the direct users. There are many benefits to this stakeholder group if you can consider them\u00a0in the planning, and many benefits to the work from this consideration. In a building this can be optimization of use patterns or connection to transit or a relationship strengthening the mission. It can be communal sharing of resources or spaces that helps to control size and costs, while obtaining the needed programmatic goals. The first step in resiliency is knowing your neighbors, so resiliency increases\u00a0when a project works to support the community which it is also supported by.<\/p>\n
Earth<\/b> – this is the mother-load, truly. If we design and build with the ecological systems in consideration, we can reap impressive benefits to the project while we support those nurturing and vibrant systems. We can do so much, so much more effectively. It\u2019s less about doing less bad, and totally about improving beyond what you thought was possible. What happens when the smallest system you consider is the watershed? Transformation of your work and the effect of your work. In doing resiliency projects in Brooklyn, our team is not only asking how we can protect and make this one community more resilient, but how we can do it by supporting ecological environments in the bay with oyster castles and nature-informed design. We are also asking how our work will affect\u00a0the downstream communities, and all of Jamaica Bay. This question has revealed synergies with other projects underway at the federal and city levels, making all of the projects more effective.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nIn summary, challenge yourself and inspire your work with these two discovery objectives:<\/p>\n
1) Understand and amplify the PURPOSE for the project, beyond the short-term product of the work. In this way all opportunities can be recognized.<\/p>\n
2) Assess the benefits to the five stakeholders groups.\u00a0More specifically, use the insights from the stakeholder group to maximize the beneficial interdependencies. <\/span><\/p>\nWoven fibers (networks) of effect are stronger than single ropes.\u00a0<\/span>Know your purpose and be greener,<\/p>\nJodi<\/p>\n
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<\/a>Investors<\/b> – of time, money, energy, insights. They have a stake in the game (stakeholders) because of these things they are putting into the stew. They rightly expect to partake of the results in some way, be it pride of involvement, financial return, or support of some aspect of their own mission\/goals. Investors can be valuable in many ways including in defining outcomes that \u00a0measure success in a way that can support future endeavors.<\/p>\n