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)

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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