the amount of ideas and innovation generated by these conferences can not be understated. How ever I feel that the amount of action that is generated is not in proportion to the ideas. It is all well and good to have Mega Leaders get on a topic and generate streams of thought towards a progressive result. These ideas and the funding needs to trickle down to the organizations that are in the trenches hammering out real solutions every day.

I understand that each of the attendees and presenters have been involved in great works over the years. If we are going to have change in our energy, such as a “miracle” as defined by Mr. Gates we need to support the innovators in the field not the “innovators” that got us to where we are today.

I work in the premise that (1) what gets measured gets done; and, (2) the way the game is scored determines the way the game is played. The economic implosions of 2007 and 2008 has been coming for a very long time because the basic metrics of society are fatally flawed. Chip Conley is moving in the right direction. Bhutan has other elements of a better set of metrics. The world has to do better than money profit growth, stockmarket price growth and GDP growth as the key metrics of success and progress.

Community Analytics (CA) moves the focus from an organization to a community … where people live! CA uses not only the concepts of money profit accounting, but an enhanced system that also takes value into account. Value determines quality of life. Value adding is the way this improves over time. Sustainability is integrated into the metrics … so also is human capital in all its aspects.

Metrics are important … and technology could make amazing things possible!