Canada wants to compete in the global economy, but never seems to get there. The country has a highly educated population, a strong technology infrastructure, the people put in more hours per year of work than almost any other. Is government regulation holding Canada back? Is the business culture and social culture risk and technology adverse? Find out the facts in this report based on the World Economic Forum's Global Information Technology Report 2010-2011.

1. State
of
Produc-vity
in
Canada
As
of
2010-­‐2011

2. Overview
• Produc-vity
is
a
necessary
ingredient
to
compe-ng
in
the
global
economy
and
to
improve
your
ci-zen’s
standard
of
living
• Educa-on
is
oDen
seen
as
a
key
to
produc-vity
and
Canadians
are
well
educated.
• Why,
with
an
educated
workforce
and
the
necessary
technology
infrastructure,
does
Canada
lag
so
far
behind
other
developed
na-ons?
• I
take
a
look
at
the
World
Economic
Forum’s
Global
Informa-on
Technology
Report
2010-­‐2011
to
review
and
summarize
the
reasons
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3. Top
10
technology
savvy
countries?
Can
you
place
these
countries
in
the
right
order
of
tech
savvy?
" United
States
" Korea
" Canada
" Sweden
" Singapore
" Finland
" Switzerland
" Denmark
" Taiwan
" Norway
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4. 2010-­‐11
Ranking:
World
Economic
Forum
Global IT Readiness report 2010-2011
1. Sweden
2. Singapore
3. Finland
4. Switzerland
5. United
States
6. Taiwan
7. Denmark
8. Canada
9. Norway
10. Korea
Republic
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5. Canada
falls
in
technology
rankings…
" Canada
trails
seven
countries
when
it
comes
to
using
technology
to
compete
on
a
global
scale
" Canada
ranks
20th
in
the
world
for
spending
on
research
and
development
and
comes
in
95th
for
mobile
phone
penetra-on.
" QUESTIONS:
"
"
"
"
Is this a ‘bad’ rating?
Should we feel bad about how we are doing on a global
scale?
How are we not living up to our full potential?
Where are we missing the boat?

6. Before
we
answer…
• Let’s
look
at
the
facts
of
the
report…
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7. Network
Readiness
Framework
World
Rank
4
World
Rank
8
13
4
6
20
27
23
22
5
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8. So
what’s
holding
Canada
back?
•
•
•
•
•
The
market
environment
is
ready
(4th
in
world)
The
infrastructure
is
in
place
(4th)
The
government
is
using
IT
internally
(5th)
The
people
are
ready
to
use
IT
(6th)
But…
• Businesses
aren’t
using
the
infrastructure
(22nd)
• Individuals
aren’t
using
the
infrastructure
(23rd)
• Businesses
aren’t
embracing
IT
(20th)
• Government
not
promo-ng
IT
on
the
na-onal
agenda
and
compe-veness
plaborm
(27th)
• For
detailed
interpreta-on,
see
the
full
document
page
7
and
Tables
2,
3
and
4
on
pages
14,
15
and
16
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10. What
others
are
saying…
" Businesses
aren’t
mo-vated
to
use
technology
in
some
sectors
because
Canadian
regula-ons
shelter
companies
from
severe
interna-onal
compe--on
" Our
big
challenge
in
Canada
is
we
don’t
draw
on
the
technology
that’s
out
there
" «
We
don’t
realize
our
full
poten2al
»
"
Jim
Milway,
execu-ve
director
of
the
Ins-tute
for
Compe--veness
and
Prosperity.

11. What
others
are
saying…
•
“We
believe
there
is
a
strong
correla-on
in
investment
in
informa-on
and
communica-on
technology
and
produc-vity,”
•
Tamer
Azer,
researcher,
Canadian
Ins-tute
for
Compe--veness
■ Closing
the
gap
between
the
leading
countries
and
Canadian
business
investment
in
technology
should
be
a
priority.
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12. Wake
up
Call
• “Ontarians
are
among
the
world
leaders
in
work
effort
–
that
is,
the
hours
of
work
per
person.
But
we
are
laggards
in
crea-ng
economic
value
per
hour
worked.”
• Roger
L.
Mar-n,
Chairman,
Task
Force
on
Compe--veness
• Ontario
has
many
of
the
building
blocks
to
achieve
our
full
prosperity,
produc-vity,
and
innova-on
poten-al.
• Roger
L.
Mar-n
• We
are
working
harder
than
our
peers…
not
smarter
• Task
Force
on
Compe--veness,
Nov
2010
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13. We
need
to
pull
it
together
to
make
our
businesses
thrive
"
"
"
"
"
"
We
have
the
skilled
people
We
have
the
infrastructure
The
government
red
tape
has
been
cut
Our
tax
rates
make
us
compe--ve
on
a
world
wide
level…
WE
HAVE
ALL
THE
BUILDING
BLOCKS
BUT:
" Need
to
embrace
new
technologies,
new
methods
" Canadian
managers
are
less
comfortable
when
it
comes
to
integra-ng
new
technologies
in
to
their
business
1
3

14. So,
is
this
a
‘bad’
ra-ng?
•
No, it means that there is much room for
improvement..
•
If countries as small and frozen as Finland and Sweden and
Switzerland (positions 1, 3 and 4) can be consistently higher
rated than we are, we can do the same…
• leverage what you have
• evaluate risk
• seek out experts
• use the R&D knowledge in the Universities
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15. Contact
Informa-on
" Robert
Narejko
"
Rob@Base22.com
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