Essential reading for new stakeholders: OnTrackNorthAmerica's key insights, methods, and tools

At the heart of OnTrackNorthAmerica’s work are the twin practices of collaboration and coordination. We believe this combination is a superior means of ensuring that government and business serve the best interests of all stakeholders and, ultimately, the entire community. But are collaboration and coordination even possible given the competitive climate that capitalism has fostered for almost two centuries? And, on a more organic level, are people inherently altruistic, or are they self-centered?

OTNA’s foundational initiative is VitalRail, a multistakeholder industrial strategy for expanding freight rail service to the continent’s industries and communities. Strengthening rail infrastructure, educating stakeholders, and fostering collaboration are crucial for enhancing the national freight network and sustainable commerce.

Our process for redesigning industrial systems effectively integrates public-sector planning with private-sector commerce and capital. The uncommonly powerful results simultaneously benefit industries, businesses, communities, and the environment.

Industrial Land Value Optimization (ILVO) introduces a new framework for the development of industrial properties, enhancing their sale and lease value. This approach places sustainable logistics and market access at the center of property design. By conceiving of each property as a prosperous component of a modern Silk Road, ILVO expands the value of industrial land to landowners, developers, buyers, tenants, and the community.

OnTrackNorthAmerica has pioneered an innovative approach to stakeholder identification and cataloging that supercharges facilitation, collaboration, and results for any challenge or opportunity. We have successfully used this methodology for over thirty years, advising on infrastructure projects across 47 U.S. states and Canadian provinces. 360° Stakeholder Mapping serves as the cornerstone of all CAPSI Initiatives and IntelliConferences®.

IntelliConferences are multi-stakeholder, transparent, and efficient dialogues. They represent a new way to solve intractable problems using human intelligence. IntelliConferences, guided by our IntelliSynthesis® inquiry-based dialogue methodology, drive progress among stakeholders in advancing CAPSI Initiatives and realizing Collaborative Industrial Optimization.

OnTrackNorthAmerica has cultivated an inquiry-based approach to thinking that empowers researchers to envision innovative projects and produce workable solutions that stakeholders embrace. Researchers can use the following IntelliSynthesis questions as a guide when creating proposals, project designs, action plans, and solutions.