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{{DISPLAYTITLE:Welcome to OnTrackNorthAmerica's Industry Action Plans}}
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<center><span style="color:orange;"><h3>Where stakeholders in Canada, the United States, and Mexico redesign our industrial systems for sustainable life.</h3></span></center>
= <center>Where stakeholders throughout North America redesign industrial systems that work for everyone.</center> =


You are invited to participate. Our first Industry Action Plan is VitalRail, focused on optimizing the use of railroads as the backbone of an integrated, balanced multimodal transportation network that serves all industries. Progress relies on genuine collaboration across sectors, addressing the fragmentation in our industrial systems—from natural resources and agriculture to production, distribution, consumption, and recycling.
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We employ a proven inquiry-based methodology, IntelliSynthesis®, that facilitates:
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=====We have a challenge ahead of us.=====
Our industrial systems are not optimized for sustainability or profitability. The truth is, neither marketplace dynamics nor vested interest lobbying lead to smart supply chains. From natural resources, agriculture, and raw materials to production, consumption, and recycling, our society can redesign its fragmented industrial systems.


* Comprehensive information gathering
=====Why do we need to meet this head-on?=====
* Innovative brainstorming
Civilization on a resource-limited planet cannot thrive without a new level of thinking, planning, and investing. We are missing out on opportunities to improve efficiencies and profits.
* Actionable decision-making among diverse stakeholder groups
=====How does OnTrackNorthAmerica address this problem?=====
OnTrackNorthAmerica is the set of understandings, principles, methodologies, and tools for society to redesign our industrial systems. This redesign requires the collective intelligence of all stakeholders, across government, industry, and communities. We engage with you, right here, to co-create integrated solutions. This OTNA WorkSpace has been built to continually gather and summarize your input through IntelliConferences® and IntelliSynthesis® into smart policies, plans, and investments.


== What do we mean by industrial systems? ==
===== Welcome to OnTrackNorthAmerica! =====
We use the term “industrial systems” to encompass the complete set of commercial, policy, and planning activities involved in delivering materials and products for modern civilization’s survival and satisfaction. Industrial systems include all inputs and impacts, including land use, transportation, recycling, and disposal. What occurs between properties is often as significant as what happens at a property.<h2>What do we mean by redesign?</h2>
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Redesigning industrial systems means working together to find and employ ways to increase efficiency and reduce the negative impacts. It begins with stakeholders establishing collective goals and pragmatic measures while recognizing the reality of prior strategies and investments. Redesigning may require the sensible reconstruction, repurposing, and/or relocation of some facilities. For instance, to create the most effective strategic mineral supply chain, we would intentionally locate lithium mines, battery plants, vehicle factories, and recycling facilities to optimize systemwide logistics. We call this design process [[Collaborative Industrial Optimization|"Collaborative Industrial Optimization."]] Redesigning also calls for an inspiring evolution of the human element by incentivizing organizations and individuals to contribute to systemwide sustainability. 
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<h2>Who are the stakeholders?</h2>
You are all stakeholders, along with everyone involved in or directly affected by our industrial systems. Developing action plans for sustainable industries requires complete stakeholder representation. OnTrackNorthAmerica has already cataloged over 32,000 stakeholders across North America’s industrial, political, and geographic landscape. And for each Action Plan process we initiate, we will invite additional stakeholders throughout North America to work towards complete representation from all sectors: academia, advocacy, business, community, funders, government, labor, and media.


<h2>How do we work together as stakeholders?</h2>
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We convene stakeholders in IntelliConference® forums that apply IntelliSynthesis®, our breakthrough question-and-response dialogue method, for efficient input from large groups of diverse stakeholders. We invite participants from all relevant sectors in a given system or region to ensure representation of all perspectives. Each participant agrees to read and respond timely to rounds of questions. The facilitation team creates and shares a digest of each round of responses, saving participants time. Outlier perspectives are considered for the value they may offer the group. The IntelliConference® and IntelliSynthesis® processes are explained in greater detail elsewhere on this website. 
=====Current IntelliConferences=====
'''[[Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern Merger IntelliConference]]'''
=====In-Gear Initiatives=====
'''[[VitalRail]]'''
=====Latest News=====
We're putting the finishing touches on the OTNA WorkSpace. Soon, you'll be able to join a community dedicated to transforming industry through [[Collaborative Industrial Optimization]]. '''Stay tuned!'''
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<h2>What do we mean by sustainable life?</h2>
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Sustainable life is the long-lasting, harmonious co-existence of humans and nature.<h2>Why include Canada, the United States, and Mexico?</h2>
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Canada, the United States, and Mexico already engage in extensive cross-border commerce and can greatly benefit from improved coordination. Industry Action Plans are crafted for specific industrial systems and geographic regions while maintaining vital connections to all related plans, rather than producing isolated solutions. Unlike conventional studies that typically sit on a shelf, our dynamic process generates immediate, tangible outcomes through ongoing stakeholder engagement.
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Latest revision as of 16:56, 4 November 2025

Where stakeholders throughout North America redesign industrial systems that work for everyone.

We have a challenge ahead of us.

Our industrial systems are not optimized for sustainability or profitability. The truth is, neither marketplace dynamics nor vested interest lobbying lead to smart supply chains. From natural resources, agriculture, and raw materials to production, consumption, and recycling, our society can redesign its fragmented industrial systems.

Why do we need to meet this head-on?

Civilization on a resource-limited planet cannot thrive without a new level of thinking, planning, and investing. We are missing out on opportunities to improve efficiencies and profits.

How does OnTrackNorthAmerica address this problem?

OnTrackNorthAmerica is the set of understandings, principles, methodologies, and tools for society to redesign our industrial systems. This redesign requires the collective intelligence of all stakeholders, across government, industry, and communities. We engage with you, right here, to co-create integrated solutions. This OTNA WorkSpace has been built to continually gather and summarize your input through IntelliConferences® and IntelliSynthesis® into smart policies, plans, and investments.

Welcome to OnTrackNorthAmerica!

Next steps for learning more


Current IntelliConferences

Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern Merger IntelliConference

In-Gear Initiatives

VitalRail

Latest News

We're putting the finishing touches on the OTNA WorkSpace. Soon, you'll be able to join a community dedicated to transforming industry through Collaborative Industrial Optimization. Stay tuned!

OnTrackNorthAmerica

Contact us

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1700 Sansom Street, Suite 701

Philadelphia, PA 19103 USA

Phone: +1 215-564-3004






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