European Union for World Leadership

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• European Union for World Leadership
• Competition,
• Innovation
• Technology

12th National Quality Congress, Istanbul
Bob Barbour Chief Executive Centre for
Competitiveness
1315 Ekim / October 2003
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Irelands Business Environment
How Does Ireland Measure up?
Source Economist Intelligence Unit 2003
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The Futures Challenge!!!

• HOW CAN Northern Ireland continue to?
• Develop a Culture of Innovation Enterprise
• Enhance the use of Technology and Innovation in
  Government Business sector
• Create a Coherent RD Competitive
  Infrastructure

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What is Changing?

• Lifestyles
• Work, organisation and location
• Politics
• Government local, regional, national and
  international
• Commerce
• Demographics
• Entertainment
• Education
• All in the space of one generation

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Education Societal Change

Life Sciences

Size of Economy
Information
KNOWLEDGE
Industry
Agriculture
CAPITAL
LAND
Time
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Problem Types

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Problem Types

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Problem Types

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Problem Types

TASK Process Creation
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OUR CHOICE AS A SOCIETY

• Ask what kind of society technology progress will
  create
• Policy-technocrat approach
• And/Or
• What kind of society do we want to create
  utilising technological progress
• Think Tank approach (PPP)

Dr Chris Yapp
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VALUES of the INFORMATION SOCIETY?

• Competitiveness with social inclusion
• Risk Management rather than minimizing it
• Lifelong learning for all
• Social Innovation, not technological invention
• Smallish is beautiful
• Participation over representation
• Interdependence over independence
• Value added with values

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Types of Innovation

• Incremental
• Radical
• General Purpose

Continuous
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Government / EU Foresight Programme!

• Helps Governments and Firms Anticipate
• Future Demands and Plan accordingly.
• Identification of Emerging Science
• Technology to ensure Future Competitiveness
• Long Term Sector Strategies Sustainability
• International Networking Clustering

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N Ireland Private Sector Response

• Establishment of
• The Centre for Competitiveness (CforC)
• as a private sector, not for profit,organisation
• To actively support the development of an
  internationally competitive economy through
  innovation, productivity and quality excellence
  in the private, public voluntary sectors.

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Partnerships

• Member of N.I. Economic Development Forum
  (Chaired by Minister of Economy)
• Member of N.I. Business Alliance
• Universities Colleges
• Public Sector Agencies Local Government

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N.I. Economic Forum (PPP) Priorities

• MEDIUM SHORT TERM (Strategy 2010)
• To Increase Knowledge Productivity
• To Innovate Create
• To Support Enterprise
• To be Outward Looking
• To Promote Equality of Opportunity Social
  Inclusion
• To Enhance the Capabilities Skills of People,
  and.
• To Establish the Physical Infrastructure
  necessary to support current future needs.

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CforCs Support Systems - Examples

• Innovation - Technology Tracking (Foresight
  Panels)
• - Innovation Capability Assessments
  Feedback
• Productivity - Process People Development
• - New Product Project Mgt
• Quality Excellence Competitiveness
  Assessments
• - EFQM Recognition
• - Benchmarking Index

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Innovation Model - CforC

• Example Collaborative Model (Cluster)

Exemplar Projects Net Partner (NIAC) Modern
Nomad SolTex Global
New / Brands Markets
New Products
Collaborative / Joint Ventures
Company Examples
Bombardier Du Pont H.P. BTNI Nortel Galen Randox N
orthbrook Etc
C for C Project Mgt
Invest NI Universities
Lead Companies
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Exemplar Innovation Project

• Spin-out from Multinational
• SolTex Global LtdA Collaborative Opportunity for
  Northern Ireland

Delivering Process Technology Product
Technology Opportunities for N.I. SMEs
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Soltex Global Ltd

SolTex Global Partner Spin Outs SBUs
Collaborative RD With Euro Irish companies
and supported by academia
Volume Sales Profits directed to RD
Marketing Company Identify outlets for Product
X to sponsor future product development
collaboration
Idea To develop SolTex as a incubator for local
collaboration in the genesis of knowledge-based
technical textiles companies
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Collaborative Projects

Northern Ireland Based Company
Board of Directors (XX / Invest N.I. /
CforC) Executive Team (Operations/Marketing / RD)
Collaborative, Incubative (Process, Product, and
Company)
Project 1
Project 2
Project 3
Project 4
Advanced Materials
New Products
University Research
Etc
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Critical Innovation Factors

• Active, Committed Top Management
• Strong Strategic Direction
• Customer-Centred Approach
• Skilled Innovation leaders
• Deliberate Idea Generation Process
• Marketing, Technology Business development
  working together
• Seamless Innovation Process with Robust Tools
  Methods.

Source Farsight Group
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Douglas Robertson

• The generation that is
• alive today has the opportunity
• to build a new civilisation.
• This is a chance not given
• to every generation
• (The New Renaissance 1999)

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Alan Kay

• The Best way to predict
• The future is to invent it

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European Union For World Leadership

Thank you for your attention Special Thanks
to KalDer Material Sources Centre for
Competitiveness Dr Chris Yapp, HP.
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