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© 2011 IBM Corporation

Smarter Strategies for Economic Transformation… Watson Transforming Industries

Gerard M. Mooney General Manager Global Government and Education June 23, 2011

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Contents

A new era of talent intensive growth

Smarter strategies to drive economic transformation and development

Contents

Four Partners for

Economic Development

Government

Citizens

Business

Education


Skills and knowledge are becoming increasingly important drivers of economic growth and activity in cities and regions

Skills and knowledge are driving growth in income (Regional and urban data, 1999-2007, size of the bubble reflects income per capita, US$ PPP)

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The era of talent and innovation-led growth

Source: OECD Regional Statistics database, 2010 and IBM Global Center for Economics Development analysis

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As skills, knowledge grow in importance, demand - and competition - for higher quality workers is increasing

Source: CDEFOP, 2009 and 2010, and IBM Global Center for Economics Development analysis

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Change in demand for skills in EU27 Net increases in excess of demographic factors,

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For all organizations, uncertainty, risk and complexity in the external environment are increasing

Uncertainty

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• Networked economy

• Price instability

Pre-Crisis

Business Environment

• Data overload

• Credit Constraints• Industry

Restructuring

Sources: IBM Analysis, The Black Swan, Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Random House 2007

• Sovereign Defaults



The data deluge is real and oorganizations are struggling to understand how to use it to achieve results

Organisations are overwhelmed by the amount of data they have, and struggle to understand how to use it to achieve business results

N = 2512Source: IBM Institute for Business Value and MIT Sloan Management Review surveyGraphics and content: MIT Sloan Management Review, Fall 201010 Data Points: Information and Analytics at Work



Partnering and collaboration are now key and are becoming more important

Increased Network Complexities

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Executives expect collaborative relationshipswith third parties to increase

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Source: IBM Global Chief Supply Chain Officer Study

The era of talent and innovation-led growth

© 2011 IBM Corporation8 April 21, 2023Source: IBM Global Retail Industry, Worldinternetstats.com

At the same time, consumers are becoming smarter as technology fundamentally changes the way they interact and obtain information,

Internet users, millions,1995-2010

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… citizens are increasing informed, enabled and demanding

Source: IBM Global Retail Industry, Worldinternetstats.com

28.7% of the world’s population, are online

63% of adults research through social networks and blogs, and 47% of the time they are influenced by what they read

As of Jan 22, 2011 there were over 400,000 iphone apps and over 10 billion downloads


Contents



Contents

Four Partners for

Economic Development

Government

Citizens

Business

Education


A number of core systems play a crucial role in underpinning innovation, job creation and growth and are key for the economic development of cities

Public Safety

Government Services

Education

Healthcare

Transportation

Energy and Utilities, including water

Telecommunications



Cities and businesses can generate growth in the face of these challenges by innovating and getting ‘smarter’

Intensifying competition for

talent

Complexity and uncertainty

Smarter consumers

Innovation



IBM Global Entrepreneur SmartCamp finalists are world class



IBM Global Entrepreneur of the Year announced in Dublin



Leverage modern information technology to make systems and

services smarter

Leverage modern information technology to make systems and

services smarter

Leaders must act NOW in this new environment

Making such wise investments now to

build a smarter region will help to

drive economic transformation and

development



"It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change”

Charles Darwin (1809 -1882)


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