# Strategic Ideation - 1

**Pod 1:** dc, yj, uv
**Focus area:** GET PAID!

## Brief
With your pod, generate a list of possible **goals and strategic initiatives** within your assigned focus area - incorporating the trends and surfaced themes

Come up with 5+ ideas in 20 minutes

## Ideation Area...

- Publishing our work more
- (dc: we've had positives from this)
- yurko: valuing yourself and you'll get more work
- Value ourselves accurately/appropriately:
* Scan for rates among our collaborators/cooperators

* Find ways to make money doing mission driven work
* Long term: circulate money within our solidarity economy and hope that it comes back to us also
* Invest in developing ourselves as a coop developer (pcc etc.)
* Pitch on end-to-end projects (e.g., that might be more design/dev focused) that have a small infra component
* Access stupid neolib money - pitch ourselves as responsible tech company, build on qm work
* Pitch ourselves into the community scene: mesh bike trailer flags and being at street festivals :cry: -- sow the seeds for later projects
* Communities:
* Just Transition
* Housing Affordability -- ACORN
* Courage Coalition
* Remote work strategies
* Follow the money! Pay attention to gov money

## APPDENDIX: Ideation Toolkit

Example goal: Collaborate with Great Lakes Region Coops.
Example strategic initiative: Host a meet and greet with other cooperatives in the Great Lakes region to discuss possibilities of collaboration and ways we can support each other.

### Trends
**Trend 1**: Growing adoption of digital technology; cost and tech literacy are barriers
**Trend 2**: Canadians are concerned about their security and privacy
**Trend 3**: Declining trust in most tech companies
**Trend 4**: Feelings of vulnerability and social inequity driving Canadians toward coop models
**Trend 5**: Desire to secure worker's rights and livelihoods as we transition to post-carbon/sustainable economies
**COVID-19 + Protests agains Police Brutality**: What will be the long term effects? How can we help?

### Hypha AGM Themes
* Secure more projects
* Do more infra client work
* Showcase and publish our work
* More financial control and better tracking
* Find budget to invest in meaningful ways
* Be neighbourly on the DWeb
* Build with other coops
* Collaborate more as a team
* Respond to the needs of our community during crisis
* Demonstrate our committment to our values

#### Goals and Initiatives
* Hiring and HR - individuals and skills we want to grow with
* Workflow and processes - streamlining our work
* Infrastructure - tools, automations, our virtual office
* Partnerships and collaborators
* Service and product offerings
* Budgeting and tracking
* Investments
* Personal development and learning