october 11, 2011 robert weissbourd city vitals: how do we measure the success of cities? ceos for...
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October 11, 2011
Robert Weissbourd
City Vitals: How Do We Measure the Success of Cities?
CEOs for Cities 2011 Fall National Meeting
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Data for What Purposes?
Strategic - driven by desired outcomes
Quality not Quantity - “answers, not data”
User Driven - no ‘data dumps’; no ‘map madness’
User Friendly - task and market oriented
Customized - specialized to user needs and
systems
Current - up-to-date, recurring
Standardized - broad coverage and usability Translating Research to Practice:
Determining the Right Information Resources to Drive Change
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Metropolitan Business Planning
Leverage Points
for Sustainable and Inclusive
Prosperity
EnhanceRegional
Concentrations
DeployHuman CapitalAligned with
Job Pools
DevelopInnovation-
EnablingInfrastructure
Increase Spatial
Efficiency
Create EffectivePublic & Civic
Culture & Institutions
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Similar view of importance and function of innovation; many overlapping metrics
Possible additional factors Business Dynamics
Metrics: Churn, employment turnover
Research and DevelopmentMetrics: Academic R&D
expenditures
DEGREE OF OVERLAP( %)
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Heavy overlap, more exclusive emphasis on networks/connections rather than broader efficiency of moving people, goods, ideas
Possible additional factors: Transit Accessibility Jobs-Housing Mismatch Density
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Except for citizen engagement, less focus on the institutional environment for economic success
Possible additional factors: Government Fragmentation Tax-Value Proposition Governance
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Agreement on importance of human capital; different understanding of drivers/practice
Possible additional factors: Alignment with Job
Creation/Market Demand Labor Market Efficiency Job Structure (middle skills) and
Mobility
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Different view of role, and particularly cause and effect, with respect to amenities.
Additional factors important on margins (and intra-metro): Good Housing and Safety Proposition Retail Services Access to Job Centers
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Limited focus on the production side of the economy (harder to reduce to metrics); some similar top line metrics
Possible additional factors: Productivity and GRP Growth in Concentrated
Industries and Functions Specializations in Emerging
Knowledge Sectors
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October 11, 2011
Robert Weissbourd
CEOs for Cities 2011 Fall National Meeting
DISCUSSION
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High HC Occupation
s
Productive Industries
Knowledge Functions
It’s not the Chicken or the Egg – It’s the Incubator
It’s not the Chicken or the Egg – It’s the Incubator
Active Human Capital Industry
IT’S ABOUT PRODUCTIVITY
To Attract Knowledge Workers, Build an Economy Characterized by High-Human Capital
Occupations and Functions
Knowledge Workers