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GW’s Future

GW’s Future. One Outsider’s Opinion. REAL ESTATE RELEVANCE RANKINGS. Robert David STEELE University Seminar Thursday 15 March 2012. THE FUTURE OF GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY. 3 Big Challenges 3 Big Ideas. REAL ESTATE: Capture South-Central Campus and Inspire Potomac Plaza Build

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GW’s Future

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  1. GW’s Future One Outsider’s Opinion REAL ESTATE RELEVANCE RANKINGS Robert David STEELE University Seminar Thursday 15 March 2012

  2. THE FUTURE OF GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY 3 Big Challenges 3 Big Ideas REAL ESTATE: Capture South-Central Campus and Inspire Potomac Plaza Build RELEVANCE: Create World Brain Institute, Global Game, Host Open Source Agency RANKINGS: BE the National University and Hub of a Smart Nation, BE the hub of the World Brain and Global Game

  3. GAME PLAN 2012-2015 SecState asks for Open Source Agency on South Central Campus Saudis and JFK Center raise funds for two new buildings and Potomac Plaza ($600M estimate)+ GW as hub for design team including all stakeholders 2 1 Two New Buildings for GWU Center for Cultural & Religious n addition to plaza connecting GW to the river, JFK Center, and South-Central Campus 1) Cultural & Religious Studies (Saudi lead) 2) Center for Multi-Disciplinary Studies (guards against losing Open Source Agency hosting) 1 2

  4. PhD in Comprehensive Architecture

  5. GW PROVOST: 4 Sets of Questions • Globalization • Governance & Policy • Innovation with Interdisciplinary Collaboration • Citizenship & Leadership • Robert David Steele: • 4 Sets of Answers • Open Everything • Eight Tribes, Integrate Everything • Strategic Analytic Model Harmonizes Global / Local Sharing • BE the National University/OSA-MDSC

  6. Globalization • Capitalizing on research all over the world • Recognize the total fragmentation of knowledge • Do the homework – Elsevier citation analytics • Preparing students for a global society • Heritage College: ethics, analytics, religious studies • Horizons College: 8 tribes, whole systems solutions • Disseminating GW research all over the world • Create World Brain Institute, Global Game • Create prototype Center for Public Intelligence • Restructuring GW as an institution? • Secretary of State to demand Open Source Agency • GW, JFK, Saudis raise funds for Potomac Plaza

  7. Governance & Policy • Translating policy relevance into research • Policy is out of touch with any model or true costs • BE the national university with the model & facts • Building a policy-relevant educational experience • Teach the students how to create public intelligence • Teach the students how everything is connected • Advancing new models of hybrid governance • BE the hub for eight tribes, World Brain, Global Game • Create the open source everything tools & network • Strengthening GW’s position on policy deliberation • BE the lead university for the Open Source Agency • BE the lead university for the Multinational Decision-Support Centre

  8. Interdisciplinary Innovation • Sponsored interdisciplinary collaboration • Do the homework – pay for Elsevier citation analytics • Adopt the model—work on ten high level threats • Preparing students for an interdisciplinary world • Deeply impress on students the model, true costs • Use online options to connect all courses • Promoting an interdisciplinary culture • Centralizing hiring at university level, end school silos • Centralize grant applications, harmonize applications • Enabling interdisciplinary collaboration at GW • Clean-sheet evaluation of all existing buildings and how used • Leverage the Potomac Plaza building as the prestige location for University Professors who lead TEAMS

  9. Citizenship & Leadership • Expanding research on citizenship & leadership • The truth at any cost lowers all other costs • Integrate sciences, religions, & philosophies • Fostering citizenship & leadership skills • Learn to question authority by discerning the truth • Future-proof the university – walk the walk • How can GW be a better citizen of DC and USA? • Future-proof the District of Columbia • Be the National University and hub for Smart Nation • What institutional changes are needed? • Learn how to do Open Space conferences and do many • Commit to Open Everything, adopt these ideas as a whole

  10. REAL-WORLD CHALLENGES • Fragmentation of knowledge • Missing information • Information pathologies • Excessive reliance on “dumb” IT • Absence of information sharing standards • Absence of shared open analytic tool-kit • Absence of “eight tribes” networking

  11. REAL-WORLD SOLUTIONS • Change the GW mind-set to focus on eight tribes, bottom-up integrated knowledge, and BE the national university as well as the HUB of the World Brain and Global Game • Focus all teaching and research on relevance to the ten high-level threats to humanity – use shared information to harmonize policies, tribes, and outcomes • Off the first PhD on future-oriented hybrid governance that leverages diversity in all forms

  12. Headquarters/Field Management Status Seniority Military Experience Life Experience Country Knowledge Physical Ability Mental Ability Work Style Family Status Pay Scale Group Sexual Orientation Union Affiliation Age Religion Education Gender Identity* Race Income Language Ethni city Gender Work Experience Personal Habits Job Title Work Location Communication Style Department/Unit/Group * Psychological versus Biological

  13. All those with a need, however miniscule Cluster of Medical Needs Harmonized Giving Peer to peer giving Time-Phased Harmonized Giving All those with something to give Cluster of Food Need Over Time Cluster of Clothing Need Organized Giving Time & Space Relations Wks, Mos, Yrs, Decades Powered by Zero Waste Mind-Sets, Enabled by Ubiquitous Information Access Benefit #1: On Demand Precision Giving Benefit #2: Elimination of Overhead Benefit #3: Harnesses Giving of Billion Individuals Who Do Not Give Now Making a Difference 21: Influence How OTHERS Spend Figure 14: Global Range of Gifts Table Illustrated

  14. PhD in Comprehensive Architecture Accounting, Statistics, & True Cost Forensics + Administration & Organizational Design + Anthropology & Sociology + Co-Creation & Co-Intelligence Methods & Tools + Collective Intelligence & Cognitive + Science + Commercial Intelligence Sources & Methods + Cultural Intelligence Sources & Methods + Decision Support Sources & Methods + EarthGame & Serious Games for Change + Earth Sciences & Economics + Emerging Markets & Bottom-Up Capitalism + Foreign Studies (Brazil, China, India, etcetera) + Geospatial Design, Science, & Technologies + Global Gift Intelligence Sources & Methods + Health Intelligence Sources & Methods + Human Cognition & Psychology + Information Operations + Innovation & Applied Technologies + Peace Intelligence Sources & Methods + Theory of Change, Paradigms, & Revolution

  15. 7 Steps to a Brilliant Future • Invite me to brief the Provost & others • Schedule meeting with Secretary of State to get the Open Source Agency ($125M first year, toward $2B per year) • Schedule meeting with the Saudi Embassy and JFK Center to get the Potomac Plaza fund-raising campaign going+ • Create multiple Open Space conferences among all stakeholders including real estate neighbors and eight tribes • Establish a separate fifth working group on information technology and training • Establish a sixth internal cell to support Provost in studying the over-all real estate design of the university, and how to make the most of three new buildings with related parking • Adopt as a general mind-set the goal of creating graduates that are deeply steeped in ethics and openness, who understand holistic analytics, true cost economics, and the eight tribes+

  16. Robert David STEELE Vivas robert+david+steele+vivas@gmail+com

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