Leadership Development: Leadership Development: Creative Policy Making and Creative Policy Making and
Innovative SolutionsInnovative Solutions
Presented By: Representative Terri McCormick, Wisconsin State Legislature
Decision Making as an ArtDecision Making as an Art
The Four P 's
T h e P a ss ion T h e P la nn ing T h e P ro ce ss T h e P re ss
From Idea to Passage: From Idea to Passage: The State LegislatureThe State Legislature
Step 1. Generating ideas and Step 1. Generating ideas and identifying important stakeholdersidentifying important stakeholders
Patterns and SolutionsData and ResearchEconomic Indicators and Forecasts versus
Standard Accounting
Step 2. Finding the experts and Step 2. Finding the experts and identifying goals and targetsidentifying goals and targets
The Wise Men and Women-Private sector experts
National trends versus State Needs
Regional and Community Advocacy within the State Context
Step 3. Pulling in the legal masters Step 3. Pulling in the legal masters and support staffand support staff
Legal Support (Wisconsin Legislative Council)
Fiscal Support (Wisconsin Fiscal Bureau)Economic Indicators and Private Sector
MeasuresPrivate Sector Attorneys
Step 4. Short-range gains versus long Step 4. Short-range gains versus long term solutions/ Policy versus Politicsterm solutions/ Policy versus Politics
Branch and Root Decision MakingPolicy Implications with Econometric
ModelsPolitical Implications
– How to define the Safety Net
Step 5. Building coalition partners Step 5. Building coalition partners and “sunshining” the processand “sunshining” the process
The Message and the Art of Technology
The Press as a Partner Trade Publications and
Communications
Step 6. Getting the majority to “yes” Step 6. Getting the majority to “yes” and securing the votesand securing the votes
One vote at a time Coalitions within both
political parties Leadership versus
“followship”
From Passage to ActionFrom Passage to Action
The Local Governance SideThe Local Governance Side
Economic Development Relationship Between Local Government and State
Interregional Tools for State LegislaturesLeveraging Assets Instead of Creating
Competition
Ideas in ActionIdeas in Action
Health Care Costs Reforms for Local Health Care Costs Reforms for Local GovernmentsGovernments
By the year 2020, health care costs will have exceeded salary income
Information from the Wisconsin Association of School Boards
Three Areas of Proposed LegislationThree Areas of Proposed Legislation
Total Compensation Packages: Providing More Options for Quality Choices
Strengthening Fair Market Practices: Opening Bids and Experience Ratings
Supporting Aggressive Reforms for Local Governments: Improvements for the Wisconsin Public Employer’s Group Health Insurance Program
Wisconsin’s economy-Setting the Wisconsin’s economy-Setting the stage for changestage for change
Industries Lost in WisconsinIndustries Lost in Wisconsin
Manufacturing36%
Government Percentage of change from 1972 16%to 2002
Transportation12%
*Information from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Wisconsin Blueprint for Change: A Wisconsin Blueprint for Change: A Design for Job Growth in WisconsinDesign for Job Growth in Wisconsin
B lueprin t fo r C hange
S m a ll B u s ine ss R e g u la tio n R e fo rm
R e g u la tion R e fo rm
C a p ita l Inve stm e nt C orp o ra tion
C o rpo ra te Inve s tm e nt C ap ita l In fras tru ctu re /T ra nsp o rta tion
Small Business Regulation ReformSmall Business Regulation Reform
Creates a Small Business Regulatory Review Board
Requires that agencies write clear cut rules Calls for agencies to appoint a Small Business
Regulatory Coordinator in each agency to assist businesses in understanding those rules
Establishes a centralized, searchable website that will post all new rules submitted
Wisconsin Capital Investment Wisconsin Capital Investment CorporationCorporation
Works with professors, entrepreneurs, and angel networks to create viable, new economy companies
Competitive, performance driven, and market guided
Housed in the Capital Investment Corporation (CIC)
Accountable through tax credits and the oversight of the Wisconsin Leadership Board (non-partisan entity)
WCIC: Economic Benefit to WCIC: Economic Benefit to WisconsinWisconsin
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State After 15Years
WCIC Current Program
WCIC: Jobs CreatedWCIC: Jobs Created
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WCIC Current Program
ConclusionConclusion
Decision Making as an ArtFrom Idea to PassageFrom Passage to ActionIdeas in Action
Contact InformationContact Information
Representative Terri McCormick
PO Box 8953
Madison, WI 53708-8953
Office: 608-266-7500
Fax: 608-282-3656