The Why Not? Report - of the 2018 Innovation Retreat

These notes were recorded based on the conversations held during sessions at the Cannon Beach Innovation Retreat. Scribes were instructed to write down every question that gets asked as we wanted to capture all inquiry, regardless of whether it’s seems relevant or not at the time. The notes are in a conversational style, reflective of the dialogues that were captured.

Please use these notes as a reminder of the questions and conversations we had. I hope they spur ideas for collaborations and innovations.

Within this report, we covered the following questions

Talks:

• Talk #1 - How is the experience of narratives changing over time?

• Talk #2 - How does mentorship evolve in the gig economy?

• Talk #3 - How can technology support inclusive growth?

• Talk #4 - Who are our neighbors in our era of globalization?

Discussion Forums:

• Breakout 1.1 - What should rank-and-file employees do when middle management is resistant to senior leader’s culture change initiative?

• Breakout 1.2 - What if there were no jobs?

• Breakout 1.3 - If we value freedom, what training do we need to take care of it?

• Breakout 1.4 - How might capitalism work/exist in a true net zero carbon economy?

• Breakout 2.1 - How do you operate in a world where facts are debatable?

• Breakout 2.2 - Should water be free?

• Breakout 2.3 - How does the soundtrack to your personal life compare to the music of your community?

• Breakout 2.4 - What does a resilient team look like?

• Breakout 3.1 - Does it make a difference to have masculine and feminine leadership style?

• Breakout 3.2 - What is realistic to accomplish for one generation in environmental restoration?

• Breakout 3.3 - Regarding the need for multi-sector, global expertise in the United Nations' 2018 SDGs, how might contributions, responsibilities, and risk/reward be allocated to the sectors involved?