Regional communities are made up of

Regional communities are made up of thousands, even millions of people, without an official hierarchy and with no
single individual in charge. The establishment of a change agenda for such an entity and management of an action
plan to implement the change are formidable challenges even for highly skilled organizational development experts.
Virtually all individuals, however, belong to just such an organization, because they live and work in a regional
community. According to the Brookings Institution (2011), 83% of the U.S. population lives in metropolitan regions,
85% of jobs are based there, and these regions represent the nation’s hubs for economic growth. Because they are
home to such high concentrations of population and economic activity, it is important to understand how regions
function. This article examines a new model for regional transformation, Strategic Doing, and offers North Central
Indiana as a case study.