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Our effort to learn through comparing

Valley Benchmark Cities. Our effort to learn through comparing. We compare for context. We compare for validation. We compare to track our progress. We compare for motivation. We compare to understand. If we don’t compare, others will. What’s in it for us?.

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Our effort to learn through comparing

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  1. Valley Benchmark Cities Our effort to learn through comparing

  2. We compare for context

  3. We compare for validation

  4. We compare to track our progress

  5. We compare for motivation

  6. We compare to understand

  7. If we don’t compare, others will

  8. What’s in it for us? “Residents who experienced … ‘operational transparency’ in government services – seeing the work that government is doing – expressed more positive attitudes toward government and greater support for maintaining or expanding the scale of government programs.” Harvard Business School study, 2013

  9. How will you know how you are doing without context?

  10. Valley Benchmark Cities

  11. Valley Benchmark Cities • Sales Taxes • Property Taxes • Utility Bills • Permit and Development Fees • Land Use Impacts • Salaries and Benefits • Sustainability Indicators What have we compared?

  12. “Evidence suggests that improved performance occurs at a much greater rate when performance measures are compared.” Smith and Hartung, 2004

  13. Brent Stockwell | Strategic Initiatives Director City of Scottsdale | City Manager’s Office 480-312-7288 | Bstockwell@ScottsdaleAZ.gov

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