the workers are there but they’re not. 2. Rising Attrition You need to create way more new economic base jobs every year than you used to 3. Decoupling of Wages from GDP We may need a new economic system soon. 4. New Program Approaches Remote work may be the greatest source of new economic base jobs now. 5. Precision Planning Algorithms Plan, manage and account for results better or prepare to die. 3
the workers are there but they’re not. 2. Rising Attrition You need to create way more new economic base jobs every year than you used to 3. Decoupling of Wages from GDP We may need a new economic system soon. 4. New Program Approaches Remote work may be the greatest source of new economic base jobs now. 5. Precision Planning Algorithms Plan, manage and account for results better or prepare to die. 7
automation, business models, disruption, boomer owned business attrition… 2. Decreasing economic base job multiplier: as the proportion of service sector jobs supported by each economic base job continues to shrink from big box retailing, internet sales and permanent decline in service sector consumption from pandemic impacts… 9
the workers are there but they’re not. 2. Rising Attrition You need to create way more new economic base jobs every year than you used to 3. Decoupling of Wages from GDP We may need a new economic system soon. 4. New Program Approaches Remote work may be the greatest source of new economic base jobs now. 5. Precision Planning Algorithms Plan, manage and account for results better or prepare to die. 10
the workers are there but they’re not. 2. Rising Attrition You need to create way more new economic base jobs every year than you used to 3. Decoupling of Wages from GDP We may need a new economic system soon. 4. New Program Approaches Remote work may be the greatest source of new economic base jobs now. 5. Precision Planning Algorithms Plan, manage and account for results better or prepare to die. 12
the workers are there but they’re not. 2. Rising Attrition You need to create way more new economic base jobs every year than you used to 3. Decoupling of Wages from GDP We may need a new economic system soon. 4. New Program Approaches Remote work may be the greatest source of new economic base jobs now. 5. Precision Planning Algorithms Plan, manage and account for results better or prepare to die. 16
way we practice economic development today, that would boost our productivity and credibility, what would it be? What things do we not do enough of, don’t do at all or don’t do well enough?
Marketing & Sales Apparatus Marketing Sales Completion Hard Assets Land Buildings Infrastructure Workforce Qualified workers Housing Education Community Quality Leadership & Business Climate Leadership Tax and regulatory climate Planning Organization Solowork Extractives & Energy Startup Retirement Visitor Film Employer Agriculture Federal Government $ Capital Equity Debt Community Program Apparatus 20
economic development? 2. How many economic base jobs does the community need to save or create? 3. How many could be saved or created with a reasonable amount of additional support? (How many from your BR&E program?) 4. Does total job creation potential meet, fall short, or exceed your needs? By how much? What is your predicament? 5. Which factor of production gaps must be cured for the potential new jobs to materialize? What specific interventions, programs, projects and policy changes are required? When must they be completed? Who is on the hook for completion? 6. What changes need to be made to your community’s economic development apparatus to ensure the planning, underwriting, management and accounting gets done? 22
jobs does the community need to restore or create in order to recover from the economic crisis? 2. How do you define BR&E? (scope, primary metric, methodology, level of effort…) 3. How many economic base jobs could your BR&E program save, expand or convert during the planning period? 4. Which job creation program theaters could benefit from a formal BR&E program? 5. Which factor of production gaps must be cured for the potential establishments/jobs to be saved, expanded or converted? 6. What specific interventions, programs, projects and policy changes will be needed to cure the gaps? 7. How do you propose to underwrite, manage and account for each critical program element. 8. What organizational changes are implied? 23
the workers are there but they’re not. 2. Rising Attrition You need to create way more new economic base jobs every year than you used to 3. Decoupling of Wages from GDP We may need a new economic system soon. 4. New Program Approaches Remote work may be the greatest source of new economic base jobs now. 5. Precision Planning Algorithms Plan, manage and account for results better or prepare to die. 26