Chicago Area Doughnut Economics Coalition - Kickoff Meeting
We're starting a Doughnut Economics group for the Chicago Metropolitan Area (pop. 9.4 million).
We're starting a coalition to help promote and facilitate Chicago Area activity related to Doughnut Economics. We will encourage synergy between various existing Chicago Area organizations, and will promote a regenerative and redistributive/circular economy. We'll decide on a group name and then add the group to the DEAL organizations & networks map.
An aspirational goal – after sufficient growth of the organization – is to create one or more qualitative and/or quantitative assessments within the Chicago Area. Such assessments could be similar to DEAL Community Portrait of Place and Data Portrait of Place assessments. Geographic area possibilities for assessments include: Chicago Metropolitan Area, Chicago, Cook County, one or more Chicago suburbs, State of Illinois.
All DEAL members who want to contribute to formation of this group are welcome to participate in this event.
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Jeremy Robinson
Mundelein, Illinois, United States
Continuous Improvement Leader | Relentlessly Pursuing Improvements that Benefit Organizations and Humans | Co-Founder of Human CI Practicing Continuous Improvement to drive impactful results and adapt with agility to evolving market and regulatory conditions creates a competitive advantage that stands the test of time. Working in both the manufacturing and financial industries, I’ve designed, installed, and maintained improvement systems that deliver results and support a thriving improvement culture. I am at my best when I can pursue impactful results for my organizations while also improving the real-life experiences of fellow employees and customers. I am a natural people developer and coach with experience working at all leadership levels within an organization to ensure they support improvement culture as a priority. I Co-Founded Human CI, a think tank established to bring humanity into the way we define value and make decisions, because I wanted to be part of creating a brighter future for all humans. I hope to use my expertise in continuous improvement in service of others, and I believe being a part of the DEAL community will help connect me to opportunities that allow me to do just that.
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Bill Morrisett
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Can we start a Chicago DEAL coalition/group? Meet monthly or so? Can we unroll the Doughnut in Chicago? Work towards a Chicago Community Portrait of Place (DEAL tool) and/or Chicago Data Portrait of Place (DEAL tool)? Or, some other goals? Looking to connect with others interested in any of this. I've read Kate Raworth's Doughnut Economics book. I'm helping beta test a new board game, LIFE Reimagined -- includes storytelling and is based on Doughnut Economics. I'm a retired software engineer. Long-time volunteer with different environmental groups.
