Building capacity for organizations and the community

Strengths

Our community is bursting with an abundance of talented and passionionate citizens who are ready to serve individually and in organizations. Unfortunately much of that energy isn’t put to use. Like an unsold airplane seat, each day that passes with unused capacity is a true loss. SPG works to build capacity so that organizations can operate with optimal efficiency and the community can equally optimally match need with help. Our goal is that each person, organization and the community ends the day fulfilled with a satisfied feeling fully realized potential.

Government exists to serve its people. It has the resources and the charge to deliver value to the community much like a nonprofit, but it suffers diminished capacity under the weight of beaucracy and an operational ethos that doesn’t incentivize maximizing ‘profit’ in its iniatives. There are clear use cases, like our Lealman Exchange partnership, where marrying the resources and power of government with the operating prowess of a private operator can lead to spectacular results. We’re expanding the boundaries of the public/private partnership in theory and in practice.

Artificial Intelligence will be an monumental leap forward for humanity. It will transform nearly every aspect of our lives and upend the power balance between successful cities. Our region has the oppurtunity to establish itself at the forefront of the A.I. revolution and ‘climb the leaderboard’ as a destination for innovation, investment and talent. We’re establishing the Artificial Intelligence Center of Excellence (AICOE) in partnership with the St Petersburg Foundation to build our community’s AI capacity. Along with our partner organizations, we’ll deliver A.I. education, thought leadership and services to make sure we’re ready to thrive in the coming A.I. world.

Effective operations and management are the bedrock of capacity building. SPG partners with government and organizations to manage facilities, events and projects. We leverage our experience, partners and communication rails to deliver meaningful good to the community.