Five for the Future is a Call to Action. In this hyper-competitive, rapidly changing environment, it is only prudent to glance in the rear view mirror from time to time. But America needs more than rear view mirror policies.

The United States needs a roadmap for success in the global economy—one that charts a strategic direction between complacency and panic. And the time to act is now, when the U.S. margin of leadership is strong.

Our success will, in large measure, be built on our ability to understand how the game has changed and respond with a new set of strategies and capabilities:

• Lead in research discoveries that promise to create whole new industries and markets
• Build on knowledge and technology fusions that have the capacity to transform products and services
• Provide every American with the tools to compete in the global economy
• Develop risk intelligence and resilience in an age of turbulence
• Extract value by being a first mover in addressing global challenges

This demands an environment that supports innovation in all its forms and anticipates the new dynamics that create competitive advantages for robust risk management and productivity-enhancing approaches to sustainability. It offers a framework for policy makers, presidential candidates, private sector decision makers and others to move forward decisively to secure America’s competitive future.

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William Bates, Vice President for Government Affairs
Debra van Opstal, Senior Vice President for Policy and Programs

Five For the Future is built on the work of many of the Council’s programs and program leaders. From the groundbreaking benchmarking in the Competitiveness Index to the cutting edge research on the economic impact of high performance computing to new approaches to regional innovation, resilience and sustainability, Council initiatives paved the way for the Five for the Future.

Special thanks are due to Chad Evans, the Vice President for Strategic Initiatives; Randall Kempner, Vice President of the Regional Innovation Initiatives; Susan Rochford, Vice President for Energy and Sustainability Initiatives; and Suzy Tichenor, Vice President and Director of the High Performance Computing Initiative. Special recognition to Carol Ann Meares for creative content and to Melanie Lum.

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Table of Contents

    * Welcome Letter
    * Compete: Five for the Future
    * Roadmap for Competitiveness in the 21st Century
    * Creating Competitive Advantage
    * Council on Competitiveness Executive Committee
    * Council Membership
    * National Affiliates
    * Council Staff
    * About the Council

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Welcome Letter

Three years ago, the Council on Competitiveness’ Innovate America report announced to the world that innovation was the key to economic growth and success in global markets.

That call echoed from one end of Pennsylvania Avenue to the other, from the corporate boardroom to the university classroom and from state capitals to capitals around the world.

Today, the Council’s corporate CEOs, university presidents and labor leaders remain committed to ensuring the future prosperity of all Americans through enhanced competitiveness in the global economy and the creation of high-value economic activity in the United States.

That commitment requires a constant reassessment of national and global economic factors, as well as where the opportunity exists to put into play the Council’s thought leadership and its members’ time and resources.

Five for the Future is the culmination of this process and it lays out what we believe must be the critical components of America’s competitiveness agenda in an increasingly globalized economy.

About the Council on Competitiveness:

WHO WE ARE

The Council’s mission is to set an action agenda to drive U.S. competitiveness, productivity and leadership in world markets to raise the standard of living of all Americans.

The Council on Competitiveness is the only group of corporate CEOs, university presidents and labor leaders committed to the future prosperity of all Americans and enhanced U.S. competition in the global economy through the creation of high-value economic activity in the United States.

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HOW WE OPERATE

The key to U.S. prosperity in a global economy is to develop the most innovative workforce, educational system, and businesses that will maintain the United States’ position as the global economic leader.

The Council achieves its mission by:

• Identifying and understanding emerging challenges to competitiveness
• Generating new policy ideas and concepts to shape the competitiveness debate
• Forging public and private partnerships to drive consensus
• Galvanizing action to translate policy into action and change

The Council on Competitivness is a non-partisan, non-governmental action tank located in Washington, D.C.

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