From The Windy City to The Ready City, a Socioeconomic Pivot for Chicago

Copyright © 2015 Hillview Partners Network LLC
Chicago. The Ready City.
John R. Dallas, Jr.
Chief Alignment Officer
Hillview Partners Network
New Venture Formation
Annaleena Parhankangas, Ph.D.
Tuesday 31 March 2015

 Since 2005 leading Hillview, a network of independent subject matter experts in fields for strategic alignment
 Since 1974 President of five prior technology-based B2B and B2C nationwide service companies:
Chicago Title Credit Services, Inc., Chicago
Consumer and commercial credit data services
CreditComm Services LLC, Fairfax, Virginia (D.C. area)
Consumer credit data services and marketing
Market Access Resources Corp., New York and Springfield, Virginia
Group Concepts Capital Corp., New York
ETX Corporation, New York
Electronic publishing and editorial services
 Volunteer leadership in economic development, entrepreneurship, education, arts, and faith communities
 Duquesne University and Columbia University, majored in journalism and mass communications
John R. Dallas, Jr.
Founder and Chief Alignment Officer (CAO)
Hillview Partners Network LLC
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℠
How Entrepreneurial
Energy Transforms into
Socioeconomic Energy
Entrepreneurial Energetics

Entrepreneurial energy, what is “it?”
What ignites it?
Who and what adds to it?
Who and what drains, stalls or destroys it — why?
Who and what transforms it?
Even against resistance, how do high-performing
entrepreneurs get and generate so much of it?
Where does it come from?
Where would the world be without it?
Entrepreneurial Energetics℠

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Generation-agnostic entrepreneurs are collaborating to develop cool things that matter.

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Post-Modern Skateboard that Ditches the Board

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Voice recognition technology matters and it’s cool. Development started 50+ years ago!

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New methods for 3-D printing are rising out of the ooze! This is cool and it could matter!

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Things “old,” that are hand-made and top-quality, CAN be “new,” cool — and should matter.

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New York City Cider bar (with 144 varieties) is both cool and matters — at least to some.

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Entrepreneurs are Founders, Co-Founders or Employees with Entrepreneurial Aptitude
Find the gap and fill
it with a new idea,
method, product,
service or other
alternative.

“For entrepreneurs, hope is
reductive; an ‘ask.’ Unwavering
confidence in what’s ahead
trumps hoping for it.”
—John R. Dallas, Jr.
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John R. Dallas, Jr.
Chief Alignment Officer
Hillview Partners Network
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“Listen for
Chicago’s
gaps to fill.”

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Viewing
Global
Success for
Greater
Chicago
Metroplex

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What you see is what you get. Aim for clear views.

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Viewing Chicago from a distance, from just-right hill-height . . .
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Date on Cover 16 October 2000Consider smoldering
socioeconomic
embers of the
Chicago Fire of 1871
Midwest Values vs.
Midwest Value
Separateness from
vs. Connection with
East Third of U.S. vs.
Middle of Country
Only 790.4 driving
miles between Willis
Tower and NYC’s
World Trade Center
(an 11-hour drive)
We need to stop
insulating and
isolating ourselves.
Illinois generates
well under 2% of
the nation’s
venture capital.
Investment dollars
go toward safety of
blue-chip stocks
and bonds. We’re
not known to
invest in ourselves
— i.e., not enough
interest in, or cash
investment for
supporting, local
entrepreneurs.
Today Chicago has
40,000+ Federal
employees and
40,000+ tech start-
up employees.
Both numbers are
climbing.

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“Well, not yet.
But after a
century of epic
mismanagement,
a sports empire is
in bloom.”
6-12 April 2015

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“In Chicago’s
small startup
subculture . . .”
5 January 2015
Excellent profile starts on
page 20 for Chicago’s
Emerson Spartz.

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Chicago. The “Windy” City?
Amarillo, Texas is the
windiest city in the
U.S., and Chicago is
NOT significantly
windier than any
other U.S. city. (Why
a negative nickname?)

Reputation for
Bloviating — the
Windiness of Our:
Superiority
Separateness
Self-sufficiency
Perilous pride
Half-truths
“Better than NYC,
London, the World...”
Reputation for
Blindness to
City’s Reality:
Politics is #1
Government #2
Unions #3
Business 4th?
Corruption
Provincial
Unforgiving, etc.
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Saying, “Chicago is the world’s greatest
city” separates us from the world.
Claiming, “Chicago is ONE of the world’s
greatest cities” connects us with the world.
Impact on buyers within earshot from New York, London, Dubai, Paris, San Francisco . . .

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Chicago’s inaccurate claims of uniqueness,
superiority, specialness, breakthroughs,
accomplishments etc. shatter trust and
scuttle best efforts to attract attention and
build credibility and socioeconomic strength.
Nautical Hurricane Warning

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Chicago. The Windy City.

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For decades we know we are living with the dark-
cloud legacy of corruption over our heads; from Al
Capone’s celebrated crimes to incarcerated former
governors. How can we expect the world to believe
our claim to have unimpeachable Midwest Values?
ABC News: “Little League strips Chicago of U.S. title
for using ineligible players.” —11 February 2015

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For the world looking-in, where are clear signs of
our so-called Midwest Values, work ethic,
capitalistic-mindedness, or even U.S. national
connectedness? What views, news and clues can
serious-minded analysts use for compelling
socioeconomic assessment? Are we seen as
hyper-local politics-obsessed? Business-focused?

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Chicago metro area is the world's 5th largest economy,
measured by Gross Domestic Product (GDP) — nearly
three times the economy of the San Francisco metro area.
Even with this amount of Chicago-generated wealth, San
Francisco's venture capital investment is thirty times (30X)
larger. Chicago is not as ready to invest in new ventures.

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25 February 2015

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A recent report from Accenture concludes
Illinois has the sixth-largest high-tech
economy in the United States. Newly
elected Governor Bruce Rauner is on-record
for being dissatisfied with this low ranking.
(13 February 2015)

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This stealth
campaign’s bold
creators and/or
sponsors are still
incognito; yet
unidentified:

Errors of Making the World about Chicago
Instead of Making Chicago about the World
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The bid’s fate was sealed at this sad juncture.
Yes, Aon
Building,
Hancock
Center and
Willis Tower
are shown
burning in
flames of
the co-
opted torch
symbol.
Why?

In the 1970s — 40+ years ago — the last of the “big business
monuments” were opened in Chicago. What happened?
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Hancock Broke Ground 1965
Opened 1968
Willis Broke Ground 1970
Opened 1974
Aon Broke Ground 1970
Opened 1974
No known building plans for major corporations.

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Note emphasis in The Honorable Michael Bloomberg’s Twitter bio: "Entrepreneur,
philanthropist, and three-term mayor of New York City“ | @MikeBloomberg
Small Slice of Manhattan’s Sprawling Skyline, Winter 2015

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In nearly 7,000 known
languages around the
world, how does
“Chicago” translate into
global socioeconomic
significance?
(Map depicts cities or
regions with largest
Internet traffic connecting
data with other hubs.)

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Realistic, productive, and more positive way to think . . .
—Messenger You Pledged to Not Shoot

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—The Messenger You Pledged Not to Shoot
Tourists
Conventions
Urban dwellers
Government agencies
Government operatives
Government suppliers
Franchise expansion
Branch offices (Many!)
Academicians
Start-up entrepreneurs
Film and TV production
Freight and logistics
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. . . always in the making

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Few Fortune 500 companies
are headquartered in Chicago.
Companies here are relatively
small compared to others on
the annual list of 500 biggest.
Eight (8) of the Fortune 500
are based in Chicago
while an additional
25 are elsewhere in Illinois;
total in IL of 33 of top 500.
(As of June 2014)

What would keep large results-driven
businesses from locating in Chicago?
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Has the third largest U.S. city neglected to focus mostly
on ways jobs and money are generated, in favor of near
preoccupation with ways public money is allocated?
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What still weighs
Chicago down?
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Who?
What?
When?
Where?
Why?
How?
Wow?
Now?

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1. Be BOLD for the world!
2. Be comfortable in the world!
3. Be committed to the world!
4. Be courageous in the world!
Please take this personally.
It’s about us as individuals.
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Think deeper . . .
Think wider . . .
Think higher . . .
Think Big!
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 Local-to-regional
 Local-to-national
 Local-to-global

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Is Chicago the U.S. Small Business Capital City?
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Chicago’s Zeitgeist
Yesterday | Today | Tomorrow
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“The zeitgeist is a spirit of the age or spirit
of the time; the intellectual fashion,
emotional state, and/or dominant school of
thought that typifies and influences the
culture of a particular period (era) in time.”

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Paternalism
Dependency
Neediness
Distrust
Entitlement
Impatience
Low Confidence
Fear, etc.

A Patriarchal Culture’s People
 Dependent — or excessively interdependent
(instead of individuals or organizations sensing
their independence and being independent)
 Fearful and often exceptionally needy
 Risk-averse and frequently greedy
 Focused too tightly on the home front
 Craving and demanding protection
 An underlying sense of entitlement to Dad’s
protective approval and HELP (money, etc.)
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Client Confidential and Resource Proprietary

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Shouting The Chicago Fire got votes.

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“Free” became an entitlement

A politically transgressive view . . .
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After the Chicago Fire of 1871, major
corporations and other businesses grew
to depend upon elected and appointed
officials in ways a capitalistic free-
enterprise economy was to always avoid.
General Sheridan’s Martial Law remains
embedded in many Chicagoans’ DNA.

After The Fire of 1871,
socioeconomically Chicago fell
and stayed behind — “like
Mrs. O’Leary’s cow’s tail,” as
the barnyard saying goes.
Rome blamed Emperor Nero
for its 64 A.D. fire.
“Cow Town” Chicago
blamed an innocent cow.
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Lost loved ones
Lost property
Lost assets
Lost jobs
Lost dreams
“Feeling lost”

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Imagine trust-busting impact on Chicago’s prospective buyers in
New York, London, Paris, Dubai, San Francisco and other great cities.

U.S. Independence and Chicago
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4 July 1776 The U.S. Declaration of Independence was signed in
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
1788 — The United States Constitution was ratified (12 years later).
1837 — Chicago was incorporated 61 years after The Declaration
was signed, and 49 years after The U.S. Constitution was ratified.
1861-1865 — The U.S. Civil War galvanized the nation’s attention;
arresting attention away from newly incorporated Chicago.

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How connected was Chicago with the rest of the country? Were we
disconnected by-default — more so than strategically aligned?
1871 —The Chicago Fire probably placed Chicago on the nation’s
mind — only six years after the end of The Civil War, 34 years after
Chicago was incorporated, 88 years after The US Constitution was
ratified, and 95 years after the Declaration of 1776 was signed.
Feeling vulnerable and “separate,” in 1871 did Chicago’s citizens
connect through a sociopsychological Declaration of Dependence
(e.g., connecting trough governments and public officials)?
U.S. Independence and Chicago

Be pleased, not proud!
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Aim to be personally
pleased about Chicago’s
ongoing renaissance.
Admit pride distracts us
from acknowledging our
socioeconomic truths.
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Love Chicago for it’s ever-readiness to soar to new heights.
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What’s love got to do with it?

http://vimeo.com/88065833
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You will want to watch “Chicago, a Film by
The Chicago Board of Education” (c.1945):
Wintertime video of modern-day Chicago
from a camera mounted on a drone:
http://youtu.be/ZjiB_MBBNY4

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The Ready City

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Thank you!

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for additional value if this deck is also
distributed as a PDF “handout.”

Shame
Depression,
Hopelessness,
Faithlessness
Increased Risk
for Physical
and Mental
Illness
Antisocial
Derision and
Alienation of
Others
Delusion, Self-
Sabotage,
Pathological
Deceptiveness
Pride
Anxiety,
Panic,
Fearfulness,
Stress
Overeating,
Obesity,
Low/No
Exercise
Addiction to
Substances
and High-Risk
Behaviors
Anger, Rage,
Abusiveness
Self-Ego
Absorption
Possible Interlocking
Manifestations of
Insidious Shame and
Perilous Pride
(For Discussion Purposes Only)
Client Confidential | Resource Proprietary | Copyright © 2005-2015 Hillview Partners Network LLC
Shame and pride
essentially paralyze us.
Remorse moves us down
deep inward for assessment.
Regret lifts us back up for
learning what we can.
Reconciliation accelerates
forward motion.
“Barely scratch the thin veneer of pride and almost
invariably you will find deeply embedded shame.”
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“Faith trumps hope for shaping your future.
Hope is an ‘ask.’ Faith is a personal fact.”

Reaching Higher Ground for Clearer Views
toward Vision, Viability and Victory
 Strengthening knowledge
 Going beyond the obvious
 Breaking through barriers
 Digging deeper
 Reaching wider
 Soaring higher
 Think differently
 Act decisively
 Dare boldly
 Accept consequences
 Fail insightfully
 Succeed humbly
 Self and others
 Perception and judgment
 Preparedness and process
 Detours and delays
 Regret and forgiveness
 Providence and mystery
Focus Multiplier™ for Increasing Domain Awareness for Leaders
Strategic Alignment for Metacognitive Thinking and other Effort
Climbing to Just-Right Hill-Height,
A Vantage Point to Your Advantage℠
Digging, drilling and thinking deeper for
reaching, climbing and soaring higher.
Resource Proprietary | Copyright © 2005-2015 Hillview Partners Network LLC | All Right Reserved
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Left Brain for Viability:
Uses logic
Detail-oriented
Defines “it”
Knows object’s name
Facts rule
Words and language
Present and past
Math and science
Comprehends
Knowing
Acknowledges
Order/pattern perception
Reality-based
Forms strategies
Practical
Safe (risk-averse?)
Humble by deduction
Asking:
Who?
What?
When?
Where?
Why?
How?
Wow?
Right Brain for Vision:
Uses feeling
Big-picture oriented
Describes “it”
Knows object’s function
Imagination rules
Symbols and images
Present and future
Philosophy and religion
Senses intrinsic value
Believing
Appreciates
Spatial perception
Imagination-based
Presents possibilities
Impetuous
Risk-ready and able
Hubris-prone (caution!)
Inviting:
Mindfulness
Engagement
Free-association
Uncertainty
Randomness
Regret (not shame)
Providence
Views toward Victory
Views toward Viability < > Views toward Vision
^
High-Impact Leader Lens™ (HILL) for
Viewing from Higher Ground Ceaseless Change
The HILL Model™ for
Vision, Viability and Victory
Viability
Vision
Courage
(Situational)
Wisdom
(Strategic)
Trust
(Conditional)
Patience
(Tactical)

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Strengthening knowledge
Going beyond the obvious
Breaking through barriers
Digging deeper
Reaching wider
Soaring higher
The HILL Model™ for Vision, Viability and Victory
High-Impact Leader Lens™ (HILL) for Viewing from Higher Ground Ceaseless Change
Focus Multiplier™ for Increasing Domain Awareness of Fully Responsible Leaders
Facilitating Metacognitive Alignment toward Dynamic Strategies, Tactics and Metrics
Infuse Wisdom for:
(Strategic)
Courage
Wisdom
Trust
Patience

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Think differently
Act decisively
Dare boldly
Accept consequences
Fail insightfully
Succeed humbly
Invoke Courage to:
(Situational)
Courage
Wisdom
Trust
Patience

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Self and others
Perception and judgment
Preparedness and process
Detours and delays
Regret and forgiveness
Providence and mystery
Instill Patience with and
Trust in:
(Tactical and Conditional respectively)
Courage
Wisdom
Trust
Patience

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