Leadership Development: Creative Policy Making and Innovative Solutions Presented By: Representative Terri McCormick, Wisconsin State Legislature

Decision Making as an Art

From Idea to Passage: The State Legislature

Step 1. Generating ideas and identifying important stakeholders Patterns and Solutions Data and Research Economic Indicators and Forecasts versus Standard Accounting

Step 2. Finding the experts and identifying goals and targets Step 2. Finding the experts and identifying 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 and support staff Legal Support (Wisconsin Legislative Council) Fiscal Support (Wisconsin Fiscal Bureau) Economic Indicators and Private Sector Measures Private Sector Attorneys

Step 4. Short-range gains versus long term solutions/ Policy versus Politics Branch and Root Decision Making Policy Implications with Econometric Models Political Implications – How to define the Safety Net

Step 5. Building coalition partners and “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” and securing the votes One vote at a time Coalitions within both political parties Leadership versus “followship”

From Passage to Action

The Local Governance Side Economic Development Relationship Between Local Government and State Interregional Tools for State Legislatures Leveraging Assets Instead of Creating Competition

Ideas in Action

Health Care Costs Reforms for Local Governments By the year 2020, health care costs will have exceeded salary income Information from the Wisconsin Association of School Boards

Three 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 stage for change

Industries Lost in Wisconsin Manufacturing 36% Government Percentage of change from % to 2002 Transportation 12% *Information from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Wisconsin Blueprint for Change: A Design for Job Growth in Wisconsin

Small 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 Corporation 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 Wisconsin

WCIC: Jobs Created

Conclusion Decision Making as an Art From Idea to Passage From Passage to Action Ideas in Action

Contact Information Representative Terri McCormick PO Box 8953 Madison, WI Office: Fax: