>> So my name is Rory O'Sullivan, and I'm the Deputy Director at Young Invincibles.
It's a nonprofit advocacy organization dedicated
to expanding economic opportunity for young adults.
A big part of my role is making sure that the organization is on the same page
on major strategic initiatives, whether it's public policy campaigns
or internal organizational development.
A good example of this is we're working this year to be very clear about our core values
and the story of our organization.
And that means that you could tap anyone on the shoulder by December of 2016
and they tell you broadly the same things --
you know, who we are, what we stand for, and where we're going.
What that looks like day to day is I'm just having a lot of conversations to get feedback
from all members of the organization.
With 45 full-time staff all over the country, everybody sort of brings their little bit
of knowledge, their little bit of perspective on what we do,
what we bring to the table to our partners, to the work.
And it's important for me to hear that and really spend some time listening to everyone,
and then going back and checking, "Okay, is this what I'm hearing?"
And then finally coming out, "Okay, here are the general themes.
These are really our core values.
This is our vision for the world and this is who we are."
Some of the big things that have come out of the --
and this is just very specific to my organization about who we are.
I mean, there is a strong entrepreneurial spirit that has started with some
of the founding generation putting this thing together and that a lot of the team
that has come on after I think really appreciates, and that we're very flexible,
very comfortable environment of change, always seeking opportunities.
And we place a huge value on young adult leadership and believe
that young people can take a major role in taking on the challenges of our generation.
And that could be big picture, big policy challenges, or even, you know,
much more smaller challenges that -- you know, taking on a campaign at your school.