1. Innovation-based leadership :Is Canada ready ? Philippe Le Roux, president plr@pheromone.ca twitter: @dioplr www.pheromone.ca Canada and the Global Digital Environment
2. « Imagination is more important than knowledge .» Albert Einstein Canada and the Global Digital Environment
3. « Innovation has nothing to do with how much R&D dollars you have. When Apple came up with the Mac, IBM was spending at least 100 times more in R&D. It’s not about money. It’s about the people you have, how you’re led, and how much you get it. » Steve Jobs Canada and the Global Digital Environment
4. « The world is changing very fast. Big will not beat small anymore. It will be the fast beating the slow. » Rupert Murdoch Canada and the Global Digital Environment
5. « We don’t have a traditional strategy process, planning process like you’d find in traditional technicals company. It allows Google to innovate very, very quickly, which I think is a real strength of the company. » Eric Schmidt Canada and the Global Digital Environment
6. Are we ready for the 98% failure rate ? Canada and the Global Digital Environment
7. Are weready ? Canada 1.0 Knowledge-basededucation Long analysis Resultorientedmanagement Fewsuccesseswellplanned Processmanagement Following the rules Canada 3.0 Thinking-basededucation Failfast! Initiativeorientedmanagement Manyfailuresandsuccesses Changemanagement Breaking the rules Canada and the Global Digital Environment
8. Few opportunities to open the path to innovation Governments must make broadband Internet access a public commodity, not a market Regulators must assure an actual competition in telecom market and stop the oligopoly Universities and colleges must teach people to think not to work Institutions (public, private, medias) must challenge what they do not how they do it Canadian must dream about Canada 3.0 Economy does not make us dream ! Canada and the Global Digital Environment