1. Innovation through Leadership:
Achieving Economic Growth with
Educational Strategy
Gil Taran, Chief Executive Officer
iCarnegie, Inc.
www.icarnegie.com

2. Agenda
 Information, Communication
Technology
 The good, the bad and the ugly
 Science and Technology Education
 The 21st century knowledge worker
 The Road ahead

3. “There is little doubt…that education and training
are decisive in national competitive
advantage…
Education and training constitute perhaps the
single greatest long-term leverage point
available to... government in upgrading
industry.”
Michael Porter, Harvard Business School

4. Economic Growth Our Changing World
New
Competitive Technologies,
World Devices and
Applications
Flow of
goods,
services,
jobs

5. The Good and the Bad…

6. Back to Economic
Growth
 Generating growth through
increased productivity requires
 Better technology
 Skilled labor force
 Technological innovations (creation of
knowledge)

7. Common Global Themes
 Shortage of skilled workforce
 Shortage of teachers and/or
educational content
 Desire by governments to invest in
workforce development
 Realization that this can only be met
through education

8. "We cannot sustain an economy based on
innovation unless we have citizens well educated in
math, science, and engineering. If we fail at this,
we won't be able to compete in the global
economy."
Bill Gates, Microsoft founder

9. ROI for Education
Figure
1
Data Presented by Robert B.
Kozma, ICT Education reform
and Economic Growth, 2008

10. Needed Approach
Foundational Soft Skills Experience
Knowledge & Accelerator
Comm. Projects
Problem Solving, Learn by Doing, Outcome
Based and Profession Focused

11. Workforce Development
Technical Skills
Technical Skills & Soft Skills
Decision Support Skills
Strategy & Leadership Skills

12. Where to From Here?

13. Thank You!