----Enterra Solutions, the leader in Enterprise Resilience
Management(TM), and The New Rule Sets Project, which maps the impact
of globalization on companies , governments and nations, today
announced the formation of a strategic alliance.icbsummit.

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The New Rule Sets Project, LLC was founded by Thomas P.
Registration is $399 for corporate employees and $299 for employees of
non-profit organizations. The EDC coordinates industry cluster activities and provides
business assistance to companies in Sarasota County in partnership with
chambers of commerce, local governments and other organizations throughout the
county and the region. 240 or visit
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And they will understand how to create a new
organizational architecture to respond to those dynamics.
"To successfully compete in today's marketplaces, companies must apply
their most rigorous thinking to problem solving," said Kathy Baylis, EDC
president .

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About the Economic Development Corporation of Sarasota County
The Economic Development Corporation of Sarasota County (EDC) is the
private, not-for-profit corporation charged with implementing Sarasota
County's economic development strategy to add high-wage jobs and diversify the
local economy.

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In addition to the joint briefs and collaborative consulting
solutions, Enterra and The New Rule Sets Project will also offer a
range of thought-leadership products and proprietary intellectual
property pieces, including white papers, seminars, and executive
briefs tailored to specific industry sectors. NRSP uses innovative scenario planning, lateral thinking,
and active listening techniques to engage its clients - leaders and
decision-makers in government, security , and industry - in a learning
dialogue. Business leaders from across the country will discuss the
importance of innovation and creative thinking to business and organizational
success, and they will team with local creative talent to lead interactive,
hands-on workshops which will teach these skills.S.

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Under the terms of the alliance, the two organizations will advise
corporations and government agencies about the dynamics of
globalization, and about Enterprise Resilience(TM), which allows
organizations to respond quickly, effectively and consistently to
global stressors and opportunities.
Enterra Solutions offers them a new organizational architecture
for tangibly responding to those stressors and achieving sustainable
competitive advantage.

The Conference Teaches Innovation and Creativity for Business

SARASOTA, Fla.com.

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The critical question
is whether gap states will effectively integrate into the core. "From different perspectives, we work on
the same set of issues."
"Business and governmental leaders understand that their
organizations are under stress, but not necessarily why," said
Barnett. The firm helps its clients discover the sets of rules that
enable or impede them across organizational sectors and geographical
boundaries .

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Enterra Solutions and The New Rule Sets Project (NRSP) will also
work together to develop a range of consulting products.

Sarasota to Host National Innovation Creativity Business Summit

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An innovation expo will also be held during the Summit, showcasing the
many assets Sarasota has to offer businesses seeking new resources for human
capital, creative services, and sites for expansion. For information on registration or
sponsorship opportunities call 866-734-9661 or send an email to
info@icbsummit.

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By identifying the rules and best practices that
protect critical assets, and then translating them into executable
software code applications that are embedded in the organizational IT
core, Enterra provides a system for making an enterprise resilient and
responsive - able to sense its environment, systematically detect and
counter threats, mitigate risks, and capitalize on opportunities. The
Summit will be held in locations usually not associated with conference
sessions , introducing attendees to Sarasota and furthering the objective of
creativity. and the only one in Florida.

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Barnett, a noted strategic analyst and consultant, nationally known
public speaker, and the New York Times best-selling author of The
Pentagon's New Map, a comprehensive examination of the role of
globalization in driving changes in rule sets - and of rule set gaps
in creating disruption , risk and opportunity.

About Enterra Solutions, LLC

Enterra Solutions pioneered the field of Enterprise Resilience
Management(TM) and is helping critical infrastructure entities to
establish resilient operations and value chains.

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Enterra Solutions, founded by Stephen F. "As a result of our joint brief and integrated consulting
offerings, they will come to understand the fundamental dynamics of
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About The New Rule Sets Project, LLC

The New Rule Sets Project , LLC, (NRSP) was formed around Thomas
P. Tom has erected signposts to the future
and the role of NRSP is to help direct traffic down the right road. Ringling School is recognized as being
among the best and most innovative visual arts colleges in the United States
as well as a leader in the use of technology in the arts.

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Generally, these will be for-profit companies or organizations.

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Tom Barnett and The New Rule Sets Project
provide a new way for business and government leaders to understand
the environmental stressors that result from globalization.
Organizations that wish to learn more about these joint offerings
can contact Michael Aubin, Enterra's Vice President of Business
Development , at (781) 801-6437, or at maubin@enterrasolutions. The firm does this during "summiteering:" intensive ,
executive-level explorations of simulated futures, posited and
positive. Approximately 1,000 students are enrolled from
46 states and 33 foreign countries.

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" In all its efforts, NRSP is determined to develop and
implement Tom's concepts, working with others toward that goal.

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According to Barnett,
the world is divided into core states that operate by one set of
rules , and gap states that operate by another.

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Security and policy challenges need to be understood and managed in
these terms, he says.M.edcsarasotacounty.

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Enterra Solutions New Rule Sets Project Announce Strategic Alliance

DeAngelis, a thought
leader in the area of Enterprise Resilience Management(TM),
entrepreneur and Visiting Scientist at the Software Engineering
Institute at Carnegie Mellon University, provides a platform that
enables businesses and government organizations to respond effectively
to these global dynamics - also by taking a rules -based approach.
"An alliance between our organizations makes perfect sense -
through it, we will be able to bring a new level of value to the
marketplace," said DeAngelis. The community has a robust arts and cultural environment,
innovative technologies and a thriving spirit of entrepreneurialism on
Florida's Gulf Coast.

About Ringling School of Art and Design
Ringling School of Art and Design is a fully accredited four-year college
located in Sarasota, Florida.

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NRSP works collaboratively and strategically with its clients to
develop groundbreaking ways of thinking about and creating desired
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This will
entail integration of the NRSP offerings into Enterra's Enterprise
Resilience Management Solution(TM) (ERMS(TM)) as a front-end module on
globalization issues, as well as integration of the ERMS offerings
with the NRSP's governmental consulting work. This joint offering will
capitalize on the convergence of new rules sets and information
integration and assurance requirements among national security
organizations and critical infrastructure entities. Enterra's Enterprise
Resilience Management Solution(TM) (ERMS(TM)) combines a proprietary
best-practices methodology and leading-edge technology solutions with
resilient business process outsourcing.
"Creativity is the commodity in our future economy," said Larry Thompson,
president of Ringling School of Art and Design. Founded in 1931,
Ringling School is the oldest private, non -profit studio-based college of art
and design in the southeastern U.

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Enterra Solutions transforms organizations into Resilient
Enterprises(TM)., Ringling School of Art and Design
and the Economic Development Corporation of Sarasota County (EDC) will host
the first Innovation Creativity Business Summit from October 5 - 7, 2005 in
Sarasota."
The interactive workshops and activities will be customized for each
attendee to match their specific skill levels and workplace challenges. Additional registration information available at
http://www.

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Barnett's vision for the world and his message of "A Future Worth
Creating. For more information about
Enterra Solutions and its Enterprise Resilience Management(TM)
solutions, please visit www . We are excited about sharing expertise from our
community with the nation's business leaders.

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Tom 's
book, The Pentagon's New Map (Putnam, 2004), marks an historical
crossroad of many highways . "Sarasota is a center of
creativity. For information call 941-955-2508, ext.

This would include research on trends and emerging issues of change, change impact assessment, scenario building and planning , organizational vision (visioning), and long-range strategic planning, as well as lectures, keynotes , workshops, and facilitation focussed on those topics.

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M. "The Summit will help managers and executives find new, creative
ways to make productive and stimulating changes in the workplace that have
real impact.