Min econ grtwth job creation jan2018

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BREAKING
NEW FRONTIERS
EXCEEDING
ALL EXPECTATIONS
Min. Economic Growth &
Job Creation
Dr Leahcim Semaj
January 18, 2018

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Dr. Leahcim Semaj
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“Spirituality is a kind of
psychological tool we use to get
ourselves into our natural state”
Alice G. Walton

Ministry of Economic Growth
and Job Creation
Achieving prosperity through partnership, economic
growth and sustainable development

Ministry of Economic Growth
and Job Creation
Water, Land, Environment, Housing,
Climate Change, Investment, Works

Portfolio Areas & Agencies
Agro Investment Corporation
Boundbrook Wharves Development Co. Ltd
Caymanas Development Company
Central Wastewater Treatment Ltd (CWTL)
Commission of Strata Corporation (CSC)
Development Bank of Jamaica
Environmental Foundation of Jamaica
Factories Corporation of Jamaica
Forestry Department

Housing Agency of Jamaica (HAJ)
Ocho Rios Commercial Centre Ltd (ORCC)
Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ)
Port Authority Management Services (PAMS)
Port Authority of Jamaica
Ports Management and Security Ltd (PMSL)
Real Estate Board (REB)
Road Maintenance Fund (RMF)
Rural Water Supply Limited (RWSL)

Seaside at Rose Hall Development Ltd (SR
Jamaica International Freezone Co. Ltd
Jamaica Mortgage Bank (JMB)
Jamaica Promotions Corporation (JAMPRO)
Land Administration and Management Programme (LAMP)
Montego Bay Conference Centre Limited
Montego Bay Freeport Limited (MBF)
Montego Bay Freezone Co. Ltd (MBFZCL)
National Environment & Planning Agency (NEPA)

 National Export- Import Bank of Jamaica
 National Hotels and Properties Ltd (NHP)
 National Irrigation Commission (NIC)
 National Land Agency (NLA)
 National Road Operating & Constructing Company (NROCC)
 National Water Commission (NWC)
 National Works Agency (NWA) St. Ann Development Company (SADC)
 Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN)
 Urban Development Corporation
 Water Resources Authority (WRA)

Who Will Save Jamaica?
Public Sector
Responsibility for
the quality of life of
the people of
Jamaica
Private Sector
Responsible to
increase value to
shareholders

The Birth of The Jamaican Economy
The bottom third of the class
left school and went out and
created businesses.
They then hired the top third
of the class to run those
businesses.

Black Parent Prayer
“Pass yu exam”
“Get a good job”

We Are Now in The New Work Order.
It is no longer muscle of the
masses toiling in the cane
field and factories that drive
the economy.
It is now brain power driving
intellectually based
enterprises that powers
knowledge based economies.

‘Pathways to Prosperity’
One of the major reasons for Jamaica continuing to be
poor is because
we have not succeeded in unlocking the
entrepreneurial productive capabilities of the
majority of our people.
To a large extent our socialization mantra for the
majority of our people has been and still is –
"Go to school, study hard, pass your
exams then go beg a job".

We Are Now in The New Work Order.
The requirement today is for
the top third of the class to go
out and create the jobs for
the rest of the class,
if Jamaica is to be able to evolve
into the new economies that runs
the world.

What Got You
Here
Wont Get You There
Unless You Find A New Gear
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The Bad News

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“We have all that we need
to create what we want
because all the resources
we need are in our minds”
Theodore Roosevelt

The 6 Other Reasons
Why Businesses Fail in Jamaica

Why Businesses Fail in Jamaica
 1. Post slavery laws forbidding Black people from doing business
Mothers and Wives
 2. Your DT Degree
What did your parents do?
 3. Poor Understanding of what people want and who is willing to pay
for what
 4. Limited knowledge of how money works
 5. Forgetting how Human Capital and Social Capital built rural
Jamaica
 6. Ignorance of the work of Adam Smith - 4 Capitals
 7. Lack of Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)

1. Post slavery laws forbidding
Black people from doing business

2. Your DT Degree
What did your parents do?

3. Poor understanding of what people
want and are willing to pay for

4. Limited knowledge of how
money really works

5. Forgetting how Human Capital and
Social Capital built rural Jamaica
Human
Capital
Social
Capital

6. Lack of Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)
In any year Business Format Franchises report a
success rate of 95%
in contrast to the 50% failure rate of new
independently owned businesses
Where 80% of all businesses fail in the first 5
years,
75% of all Business Format Franchises succeed!

Charles Darwin (1809-1882)

6 Paths to Prosperity in Jamaica
The Best & the
Brightest
The Tried & the
Proven
The Fittest &
the Fastest
The Dangerous
& Desperate
Health &
Wellness
The
Resurrection of
Ganganomics
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6 Paths to Prosperity in Jamaica
1. The best and the brightest – only way to get a job today
2. The tried and the proven – no more retirement
3. The fittest and the fastest in the world – our natural resource
4. The Dangerous and Desperate – Productive or destructive
5. The resurrection of ganganonics - Our green gold
6. Health & Wellness - Health, Agriculture & Education
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1. The Best And The
Brightest
– The best prospect today!

Today
Youth unemployment is rising and
jobs have become scarce for those
leaving school
They can save themselves
(and the rest of us),
if they choose to accept the
challenge.

What do they bring to the table?
They are the most tech savvy and demanding generation
ever on this planet
Technology is in their DNA.
The internet is their life.
They will use it for everything
They will be a transient workforce.
They will 'follow the work' and live where the work is
based.

Gleaner Study on Migration (Jan 12, 2014)
Education levels of those who would
migrate
Less than high school …..28%
High School/HEART…….. 37%
College, University, Graduate School
………………………. 43%

PATH 2 TO PROSPERITY IN JAMAICA
THE TRIED AND THE PROVEN
- NO MORE RETIREMENT

THE FITTEST AND THE FASTEST IN THE WORLD
- OUR NATURAL RESOURCE
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The Jamaica International Institute of
Sprinting Excellence
Global funding – U$750M

THE DANGEROUS AND DESPERATE
– PRODUCTIVE OR DESTRUCTIVE

Western World’s Biggest
Social & Economic Problem
Male
Young
Uneducated
Unmarried
Unemployed
Unemployable
The Economist, Sept 28, 1996

Youth (16-30 yrs) Arrested for
Selected Major Crimes in Jamaica
MURDER
S
SHOOTING ROBBERY BREAKIN
G
RAPE CARNAL
ABUSE
72% 77% 75% 60% 67% 66%
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Youth (16-30 yrs) Victims or
Selected Major Crimes in Jamaica(
MURDERS SHOOTING ROBBERY BREAKING RAPE
47% 54% 40% 25% 50%
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THE CHOICES FOR THE SOCIETY
More investment
in Education
in Occupational Training
In Entrepreneurship
More investment
in welfare
in police
in prisons

The Dangerous and The Desparate
The total cost of
crime in Jamaica
amounted to $12.4
billion,
or 3.7% of the
country's GDP.
The economy could
boost its growth rate
potential
by 5.4% if the homicide
rates were reduced to the
levels of Costa Rica.
(8.9 per 100,000)
 (EVERTON PRYCE - Sunday, Nov 17, 2013

THE RESURRECTION OF GANJANOMICS
– WE WERE THE FAITHFUL STEWARDS

Economists
have estimated that legal marijuana is a
$100-billion industry.

“Aligning the Cultures of the Ministry of
Economic Growth and Job Creation”
Land Water Environment Housing
Investment
Climate
Change
Works

Ministry
of
Economic
Growth
and Job
Creation
Vision Statement
• A Jamaican economy which consistently
meets or exceeds its growth targets, while
providing meaningful jobs and economic
opportunities for all in a sustainable manner.
Mission Statement
• Provide visionary leadership, appropriate
legislation, innovative policies and coordinated
implementation which facilitate investments,
sustained growth and prosperity for all in an
environmentally sustainable manner.

Ministry of Economic Growth and
Job Creation
What Are You Core Values?

Mission, Vision, Values and Work:
Aligning The Organization for Higher Levels of
Personal Satisfaction and Productivity
Workforce ALIGNMENT Company
Mission SHARED Mission
Vision SHARED Vision
Values SHARED Values
Satisfaction
Levels
HIGH Satisfaction
Levels
Synchrony

One set of
Values
Convergent
Visions
Divergent
Missions

One set of
Values
Vision
Statement
Mission
Statement
Each
Agency
to clearly
articulate

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The Elements of a Ideal Mission
Statement
(1) A mission statement should be no longer than a
single sentence
(2) It should be easily understood by a 12 year-old
(3) It can be recited by memory even under stress
(4)It should be memorable and measurable

The Vision Statement
This is what members of
the community imagine
that the company could be
under the best of
circumstances

“Give Us Vision Lest We Perish”

Imagine your ideal

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The Core Values
Should shape the Organizational Culture;
this includes a shared vision of who we are and
where we are headed.
It encompasses everything from the way we treat
our customers,
to how we deal with each other and our suppliers -
all our stakeholders
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The Core Values
What values will allow “The Ministry of
to optimally execute its mandate to the
benefit of all the stakeholders
Who are the leaders?
What must they do?

Change Cannot be Managed
 Leaders will be required to:
Buy the changes designed
Live the changes implemented
Sell the changes to all
Enforce the changes at all levels
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Are You Ready?
Are willing to live Your mission?
Do You All share the vision?
Are You ready to live the values?
Failure is NOT an option!!
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The Leaders

Putting It All Together:
Sony’s Vision in the 1950s

Sony - Core Ideology
Core Ideology
Core Values
Elevation of the Japanese culture and national status
Being a pioneer-not following others; doing the
impossible
Encouraging individual ability and creativity

Sony - Purpose
To experience the sheer joy of
innovation and the application of
technology for the benefit and
pleasure of the general public

SONY - Envisioned Future
BHAG
Become the company most known
for changing the worldwide poor
quality image of Japanese
products

SONY - Vivid Description
We will create products that become pervasive
around the world. . . .
We will be the first Japanese company to go into
the U.S. market and distribute directly. .
We will succeed with innovations that U.S.
companies have failed at
such as the transistor radio. . . .

Sony - Vivid Description
Fifty years from now,
our brand name will be as well known as any in the
world . . .
and will signify innovation and quality that rival
the most innovative companies anywhere. . . .
"Made in Japan"
will mean something fine, not something shoddy

One set of
Values
Vision
Statement
Mission
Statement
Each
Agency
to clearly
articulate

- Jamaican Proverb
- Theodore Roethke
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Old Ways, New Doors

You Can’t Give What You Don’t Have!!

As Jesus said;
“You must do
something”
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TIME FOR OUR PRAYER BREAKFAST

The Jesus Model: You Must Do Something
1. The paralyzed man –
“Pick up your bed and go home”
2.Man with the paralyzed hand –
“Stretch out your hand”
3. The widow’s dead son – “Young man, get up”

4. The man with the demons –
“Go back home and tell what God has done for you”
5.The dead girl – “Get up child”
6.Feeding the 5,000 – “Make the people sit down
in groups of about 50 each”

7.The boy with an evil spirit –
“Bring your son here”
8. The crippled woman –
“He placed his hand on her and at once she
straightened herself up and praised God”
9. Ten men with a skin disease –
“Go and let the priest examine you”

10. The blind man –
“Jesus spat on the ground and made some mud
with the spittle; he rubbed the mud on the
man’s eyes and told him, “Go and wash your
face in the pool at Siloam”

“For The Sake Of 10”
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For The Sake of 10: Genesis 18:23-33
 23 Abraham approached him (The Lord) and
said, “Will you sweep away both the righteous
and the wicked?
24 Suppose you find 50 righteous people living
there in the city - will you still sweep it away and
not spare it for their sakes?
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 25 Surely you wouldn’t do such a thing, destroying the righteous
along with the wicked.
 Why, you would be treating the righteous and the wicked
exactly the same! Surely you wouldn’t do that! Should not the
Judge of all the earth do what is right?”
 26 And the Lord replied, “If I find 50 righteous people in Sodom, I
will spare the entire city for their sake.”
 27 Then Abraham spoke again. “Since I have begun, let me speak
further to my Lord, even though I am but dust and ashes.

28 Suppose there are only 45 righteous people
rather than 50?
Will you destroy the whole city for lack of 5?”
 And the Lord said, “I will not destroy it if I find 45
righteous people there.”

 29 Then Abraham pressed his request further. “Suppose there are
only 40?”
And the Lord replied, “I will not destroy it for the sake of
the 40.”
 30 “Please don’t be angry, my Lord,” Abraham pleaded. “Let me
speak—suppose only 30 righteous people are found?”
 And the Lord replied, “I will not destroy it if I find 30.”
 31 Then Abraham said, “Since I have dared to speak to the Lord,
let me continue—suppose there are only 20?”

 And the Lord replied, “Then I will not destroy it for the
sake of the 20.”
 32 Finally, Abraham said, “Lord, please don’t be angry with me if I
speak one more time. Suppose only 10 are found there?”
 And the Lord replied, “Then I will not destroy it for the
sake of the 10.”
 33 When the Lord had finished his conversation with Abraham, he
went on his way,
 and Abraham returned to his tent.

FOR THE SHAKE OF 10 - 10

“WHAT IF WE START WITH 10 TODAY?”
 If you convince (infect) 1 other person each month and each person who is
convinced does the same
 In 19 months we will have 2,621,440 people!!
 The world …will take us 2.5 years!!
 Do we have 10 people committed to saving Jamaica?
 “Once you are pointed in the right direction, each tiny step gets
you closer”
"Never believe that a few caring people can't change the world.
For, indeed, they are the only ones who ever have." Margaret Mead

How To Save The World:
One Person at a Time
Month Healers Month Healers Month Healers
1 10 13 40960 25 167,772,160
2 20 14 81920 26 335,544,320
3 40 15 163840 27 671,088,640
4 80 16 327680 28 1,342,177,280
5 160 17 655360 29 2,684,354,560
6 320 18 1310720 30 5,368,709,120
7 640 19 2,621,440 31 10,737,418,240
8 1,280 20 5,242,880 32 21,474,836,480
9 2,560 21 10,485,760 33 42,949,672,960
10 5,120 22 20,971,520 34 85,899,345,920
11 10,240 23 41,943,040 35 171,798,691,840
12 20,480 24 83,886,080 36 343,597,383,680

WE CAN FIX JAMAICA!

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Leahcim Semaj, Ph.D
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