Meeting the Challenges of the New Economy
Impresa is a Portland-based consulting firm providing economic analysis, policy development, communication, capacity building and evaluation services. Nearly all of our work deals with helping our clients--businesses, governments, non-profits, individuals--understand and deal effectively with unfolding changes in the economy.
We believe a central and recurring aspect of this changing economy is the role that knowledge creation plays in driving economic success. The ability to create economically valuable new ideas, not simply to access information, seems to explain the difference between workers, businesses and communities that are flourishing, and those that are floundering. Consequently, strategies for coping with economic change revolve around four dimensions of learning:
 | learning for workers - higher skills, including problem-solving,
teamwork and communication
| learning for firms - structuring work organization to promote
innovation and tap the talents of all workers
| learning for industries - building the connections among firms
that stimulate progress in clusters, and
| learning for communities - nurturing those aspects of local
culture and institutions that stimulate innovation and learning by workers,
firms and industries. | |
Our work centers in helping our clients to fashion, implement, evaluate and improve strategies in each of these four areas. We invite you to visit our website to learn more about our viewpoint and our services.
