Basic Sector Strategies Presentation to Illinois Integrated Business Services Team May 2017

1. Illinois Sector Strategies 101
Michael Baker
Manager – Strategic Planning & Innovation
Office of Employment & Training
Illinois Department of Commerce & Economic Opportunity
Some slides based on Illinois Sector Partnership Regional Training presented by Lindsey Woolsey, The Woolsey Group
& Emily Lesh, Colorado Workforce Development Council and Maher & Maher
Partnership
WHAT?
HOW?
WHY?
WHO?

2. Workforce Innovation & Opportunity Act
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“Business driven talent solutions that integrate
education, workforce and economic development
resources across systems to provide businesses,
individuals, and communities with the opportunity
to prosper and contribute to growing the state’s
economy.”
The Illinois Vision:

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4. Program Silos

5. Program Silos

6. WHAT’S THE UNIFYING COMMON VISION?
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ECONOMIC PROSPERITY
Improved competitive position
via access to skilled workers
Improved lives via access to good
paying, career pathway jobs

7. Common vision …
Common goals
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Educational
Systems
Economic
Development
Workforce
System
Targeted
Demand
Sectors

8. The OLD Talent Pipeline
Agriculture
Healthcare
Manufacturing
Transportation
Distribution
LogisticsBased on a slide by Maher & Maher, © 2015
Education, Training &
Support Services

9. The OLD Talent Pipeline
Agriculture
Healthcare
Manufacturing
Transportation
Distribution
LogisticsBased on a slide by Maher & Maher, © 2015
Train & Pray
Education, Training &
Support Services
No Priority

10. Improving the Talent Pipeline
Healthcare
Manufacturing
Transportation
Distribution
Logistics
Agriculture
Based on a slide by Maher & Maher, © 2015
Education, Training &
Support Services
SupplySide
vs.
Demand Side

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Workforce
Innovation &
Opportunity
Act
Education,
Economic &
Workforce
Development
Sector
Strategies
Business
Engagement

12. Q: What does “business engagement”
mean to public workforce &
education partners?
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13. Q: What does
“public sector engagement”
mean to business?
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14. Q: What does public
sector engagement
mean to business?
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Will
Rogers, Jr.
“I don’t make jokes. I just watch the
government and report the facts.”
Milton
Friedman
“The government solution to a problem
is usually as bad as the problem.”
Sen. Daniel
Patrick
Moynihan
“The single most exciting thing you
encounter in government is competence,
because it’s so rare.”
Ronald
Reagan
“The nine most terrifying words in the
English language are, “I’m from the
government and I’m here to help.”

16. FROM THIS CHAOS…
“Hello.
I’m from the GOVERNMENT and…”

17. TO THIS STREAMLINED APPROACH
1 voice
Many Employers
Greater Leverage
for Change
Sector
Partnership

18. This slide created by Collaborative Economics, Inc.

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20. © 2015 Maher & Maher

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Cluster of companies in same industry
Common issues / perspectives
Employers from Stakeholders to
Stockholders
Shared agenda is opportunity for growth and improved competitiveness
Priorities & activities
Business-driven & community supported
Civic entrepreneurs are key
It’s about people and relationships
Dynamic evolution vs. one right model
Mix of Science & Art - Regions lead and own
their partnership – NO political boundaries
Sector Strategies Guiding Principles

23. “In theory, Theory and Practice are the same.
In practice, they are not.”
- C Reid
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Data
&
(Employer)
Demand
Driven

25. Current employment Short-term change
in jobs (2-years)
Long-term change in
jobs (10-years)
Current & past
Location Quotients
Current wages
No. of establishments
Average no. of jobs per
establishment
Job demand
projections (growth +
replacements)
Occupational data
Local knowledge
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KEY DATA ELEMENTS
Use as many as you have available

26. Sector Strategies Recipe
(Illinois Framework)
ALERT!
Repeat as needed until launch

27. Are you “Go” for launch?

28. 3 VITAL Topics for Sector CEOs to Consider
90 Minute Launch Meeting 3-50 Sector Businesses
3. ESTABLISH A GAME PLAN
How are we going to hang together
and organize for real outcomes?
What are we going to do together?
2. IDENTIFY PRE-COMPETITIVE ISSUES
What do we ALL need to ensure our companies stay competitive?
1. IDENTIFY SECTOR OPPORTUNITIES
What’s going on in our industry,
particularly in this region?
What are the big opportunities for
growth in our companies right now?

29. Businesses-Led Sector
Partnerships: Agents of Change

30. Workforce & Education Service Shift
From:
• Business services are localized,
single-agency, and focused on
labor exchange
• Training investments are
applicant-driven and not
aligned to growth sectors
• Credential attainment not
linked to target sector needs
• Career Center organization and
service delivery not tied to
career opportunities and
pathways in target sectors
• Job placement as goal and
service end point
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To:
• Business services are regionalized and
coordinated among partners to deliver
diverse solutions
• Training is driven by industry and
business needs (Demand-Driven)
• Credential attainment aligned to
identified industry needs and targets
• Sector focus reflected in Career Center
organization, partnerships, customer
flow, and service planning and delivery
• Long-term career development along
clear career pathways in targeted
industry sectors
© 2015 Maher & Maher

31. Stakeholders to STOCKholders
Agriculture
Manufacturing
Transportation
Distribution
Logistics
Based on a slide by Maher & Maher, © 2015
Healthcare
Service Strategies
Aligned to Sector-Based
Career Opportunities
Sectors
Regional Sector
Partnerships

32. Sustainability:
A Single Sector
Partnership at Work