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Gerald C. Chertavian (from left), Mary L. Fifield, Gregory Bialecki, and Rosabeth Moss Kanter discussed \u201cU.S. Competitiveness: Paths Forward,\u201d an HBS initiative, which included an appearance by Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino, who was brought in by wheelchair but rose to his feet to speak about how the city could be a model for the nation. <\/p>

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At an event at Harvard Business School<\/a> (HBS) that was three parts analysis and one part rally, participants tried to chart a new path forward for the sluggish U.S. economy \u2014 a move that may require a new definition of \u201ccompetitiveness.\u201d<\/p>\n

Highlighting the panel discussions Wednesday on \u201cU.S. Competitiveness: Paths Forward,\u201d an HBS initiative, was an appearance by Boston Mayor Thomas Menino, who was brought in by wheelchair but rose to his feet to speak about how the city could be a model for the nation.<\/p>\n

\u201cI believe that for America to be more competitive, it must be more collaborative,\u201d Menino said. \u201cThis approach delivered results for our city. It will also deliver results to our country.\u201d<\/p>\n

The mayor cited development of the South Boston waterfront and the creation of summer jobs for youth. \u201cJust look at what happened after the Marathon attack,\u201d he said. \u201cCity, state, and federal official worked together to collect evidence, keep our city safe, and bring the bombers to justice. Everyone put their egos aside.<\/p>\n

\u201cSometimes I wonder if Washington is capable of doing the same,\u201d Menino added. \u201cWe have to put away this Democrat-Republican nonsense.\u00a0 They get elected to help people, but it\u2019s criminal those people in Washington don\u2019t work together, don\u2019t speak together.\u201d<\/p>\n

Likewise, Michael E. Porter, Bishop William Lawrence University Professor, and Jan W. Rivkin, Bruce V. Rauner Professor of Business Administration, each led spirited discussions on how HBS alumni could play an active role in the national debate, countering the \u201ccircus\u201d in D.C.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are trying to understand what we can do to actually move the needle on both the quality of the debate and the facts underlying the debate and the political choices and compromises that we can make,\u201d said Porter.<\/p>\n

While many people say the country needs to be more competitive, \u201cwe don\u2019t have a robust and common understanding of competitiveness,\u201d he said. \u201cWhat this means is that people who should be allies are at cross-purposes with each other.\u201d<\/p>\n

The U.S. Competitiveness Project put forth this definition: \u201cThe United States is a competitive nation to the extent that firms operating in the U.S. can compete successfully in the global economy while supporting high and rising living standards for the average American.\u201d<\/p>\n

Republicans may focus on the global economy angle, Democrats on the living standards, but \u201ccompetitiveness occurs when we do both together,\u201d Porter said.<\/p>\n

Rivkin put the issue in historical context: \u201cWe worried at the beginning of the Industrial Age that the advent of mass production would mean there would be no jobs for the vast majority of the population, but we reinvested and gained productivity and expanded the economy.\u201d<\/p>\n

Innovation has driven the country\u2019s strength in world markets and quality of life, said Rosabeth Moss Kanter, the Ernest L. Arbuckle Professor of Business Administration, a panel moderator. \u201cBut that strength has to be nurtured.\u201d<\/p>\n

She added, \u201cWe count on start-ups for job growth in America. Start-ups turn out to be more successful when they are also linked to a rich ecosystem of partnerships and collaborations.\u201d<\/p>\n\r\n\t\n\n\t

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Gerald C. Chertavian (from left), Mary L. Fifield, Gregory Bialecki, and Rosabeth Moss Kanter discussed \u201cU.S. Competitiveness: Paths Forward,\u201d an HBS initiative, which included an appearance by Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino, who was brought in by wheelchair but rose to his feet to speak about how the city could be a model for the nation.\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\n\t\r\n\n

Three panelists outlined some of those collaborations. Mary L. Fifield, president of Bunker Hill Community College, described that school\u2019s partnership with a consortium of local businesses to create the Learn and Earn program, in which students work a day or two a week at a major corporations, receive mentorship, and are matched with a \u201cwork buddy.\u201d The model should be scaled up to include the state\u2019s other 14 community colleges, she said.<\/p>\n

Gregory Bialecki, secretary for the Massachusetts Executive Office of Housing and Economic Development, acknowledged that government is used to making rules, not partnerships, and that state officials must now learn to \u201cbe more collaborators and not order givers.\u201d<\/p>\n

Gerald Chertavian, founder and CEO of Year Up, focused on how education must respond to workforce needs. Today 6.7 million 16-to 24-year-olds with a high school education are out of school and out of work, he said. Yet, \u201cThirty percent of jobs in this country are middle-skilled jobs, which means you need a high school degree but not necessarily a four-year degree.\u201d<\/p>\n

Any discussion of the U.S. economy must include an analysis of the debt, and Robert Kaplan, the Marvin Bower Professor of Leadership Development Emeritus<\/i>, cheerfully admitted he would provide \u201cthe gloomy panel\u201d with David Walker, founder and CEO of Comeback America Initiative. The picture they painted was gloomy, indeed.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe bottom line is that the government has grown too big, promised too much,\u00a0 waited too long to restructure, and it needs to restructure sooner rather than later,\u201d Walker said. He said the government lacks three things taught in every management 101 class: a plan, a budget, and metrics for performance. \u201cWe\u2019re zero for three \u2014 that\u2019s called a strike out.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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Menino, who was brought in by wheelchair but rose to his feet to speak about how the city could be a model for the nation. <\/p><p class=\"wp-element-caption--credit\">Photos by Stephanie Mitchell\/Harvard Staff Photographer<\/p><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\t<div class=\"article-header__content\">\n\t\t\t<a\n\t\t\tclass=\"article-header__category\"\n\t\t\thref=\"https:\/\/news.harvard.edu\/gazette\/section\/nation-world\/\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\tNation & World\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\n\t\t<h1 class=\"article-header__title wp-block-heading \">\n\t\tToward a more competitive U.S.\t<\/h1>\n\n\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t<div class=\"article-header__meta\">\n\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-post-author\">\n\t\t\t<address class=\"wp-block-post-author__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"author wp-block-post-author__name\">\n\t\tStephanie Schorow\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p class=\"wp-block-post-author__byline\">\n\t\t\tHarvard Correspondent\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/address>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<time class=\"article-header__date\" datetime=\"2013-05-17\">\n\t\t\tMay 17, 2013\t\t<\/time>\n\n\t\t<span class=\"article-header__reading-time\">\n\t\t\t5 min read\t\t<\/span>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"article-header__subheading wp-block-heading\">\n\t\t\tCollaboration a theme in discussion around HBS analysis\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\n<\/header>\n"},"2":{"blockName":"core\/group","attrs":{"templateLock":false,"metadata":{"name":"Article content"},"align":"wide","layout":{"type":"constrained","justifyContent":"center"},"tagName":"div","lock":[],"className":"","style":[],"backgroundColor":"","textColor":"","gradient":"","fontSize":"","fontFamily":"","borderColor":"","ariaLabel":"","anchor":""},"innerBlocks":[{"blockName":"core\/freeform","attrs":{"content":"","lock":[],"metadata":[]},"innerBlocks":[],"innerHTML":"\n\t\t<p>At an event at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hbs.edu\/Pages\/default.aspx\">Harvard Business School<\/a> (HBS) that was three parts analysis and one part rally, participants tried to chart a new path forward for the sluggish U.S. economy \u2014 a move that may require a new definition of \u201ccompetitiveness.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Highlighting the panel discussions Wednesday on \u201cU.S. Competitiveness: Paths Forward,\u201d an HBS initiative, was an appearance by Boston Mayor Thomas Menino, who was brought in by wheelchair but rose to his feet to speak about how the city could be a model for the nation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI believe that for America to be more competitive, it must be more collaborative,\u201d Menino said. \u201cThis approach delivered results for our city. It will also deliver results to our country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The mayor cited development of the South Boston waterfront and the creation of summer jobs for youth. \u201cJust look at what happened after the Marathon attack,\u201d he said. \u201cCity, state, and federal official worked together to collect evidence, keep our city safe, and bring the bombers to justice. Everyone put their egos aside.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSometimes I wonder if Washington is capable of doing the same,\u201d Menino added. \u201cWe have to put away this Democrat-Republican nonsense.\u00a0 They get elected to help people, but it\u2019s criminal those people in Washington don\u2019t work together, don\u2019t speak together.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Likewise, Michael E. Porter, Bishop William Lawrence University Professor, and Jan W. Rivkin, Bruce V. 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It will also deliver results to our country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The mayor cited development of the South Boston waterfront and the creation of summer jobs for youth. \u201cJust look at what happened after the Marathon attack,\u201d he said. \u201cCity, state, and federal official worked together to collect evidence, keep our city safe, and bring the bombers to justice. Everyone put their egos aside.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSometimes I wonder if Washington is capable of doing the same,\u201d Menino added. \u201cWe have to put away this Democrat-Republican nonsense.\u00a0 They get elected to help people, but it\u2019s criminal those people in Washington don\u2019t work together, don\u2019t speak together.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Likewise, Michael E. Porter, Bishop William Lawrence University Professor, and Jan W. Rivkin, Bruce V. Rauner Professor of Business Administration, each led spirited discussions on how HBS alumni could play an active role in the national debate, countering the \u201ccircus\u201d in D.C.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are trying to understand what we can do to actually move the needle on both the quality of the debate and the facts underlying the debate and the political choices and compromises that we can make,\u201d said Porter.<\/p>\n<p>While many people say the country needs to be more competitive, \u201cwe don\u2019t have a robust and common understanding of competitiveness,\u201d he said. \u201cWhat this means is that people who should be allies are at cross-purposes with each other.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. Competitiveness Project put forth this definition: \u201cThe United States is a competitive nation to the extent that firms operating in the U.S. can compete successfully in the global economy while supporting high and rising living standards for the average American.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Republicans may focus on the global economy angle, Democrats on the living standards, but \u201ccompetitiveness occurs when we do both together,\u201d Porter said.<\/p>\n<p>Rivkin put the issue in historical context: \u201cWe worried at the beginning of the Industrial Age that the advent of mass production would mean there would be no jobs for the vast majority of the population, but we reinvested and gained productivity and expanded the economy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Innovation has driven the country\u2019s strength in world markets and quality of life, said Rosabeth Moss Kanter, the Ernest L. Arbuckle Professor of Business Administration, a panel moderator. \u201cBut that strength has to be nurtured.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She added, \u201cWe count on start-ups for job growth in America. Start-ups turn out to be more successful when they are also linked to a rich ecosystem of partnerships and collaborations.\u201d<\/p>\n\r\n\t\n\n\t<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img src=\"https:\/\/news.harvard.edu\/gazette\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/051513_paths_forward_177_500.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-138832\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Gerald C. Chertavian (from left), Mary L. Fifield, Gregory Bialecki, and Rosabeth Moss Kanter discussed \u201cU.S. Competitiveness: Paths Forward,\u201d an HBS initiative, which included an appearance by Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino, who was brought in by wheelchair but rose to his feet to speak about how the city could be a model for the nation.\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\n\t\r\n\n<p>Three panelists outlined some of those collaborations. Mary L. Fifield, president of Bunker Hill Community College, described that school\u2019s partnership with a consortium of local businesses to create the Learn and Earn program, in which students work a day or two a week at a major corporations, receive mentorship, and are matched with a \u201cwork buddy.\u201d The model should be scaled up to include the state\u2019s other 14 community colleges, she said.<\/p>\n<p>Gregory Bialecki, secretary for the Massachusetts Executive Office of Housing and Economic Development, acknowledged that government is used to making rules, not partnerships, and that state officials must now learn to \u201cbe more collaborators and not order givers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Gerald Chertavian, founder and CEO of Year Up, focused on how education must respond to workforce needs. Today 6.7 million 16-to 24-year-olds with a high school education are out of school and out of work, he said. Yet, \u201cThirty percent of jobs in this country are middle-skilled jobs, which means you need a high school degree but not necessarily a four-year degree.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Any discussion of the U.S. economy must include an analysis of the debt, and Robert Kaplan, the Marvin Bower Professor of Leadership Development <i>Emeritus<\/i>, cheerfully admitted he would provide \u201cthe gloomy panel\u201d with David Walker, founder and CEO of Comeback America Initiative. The picture they painted was gloomy, indeed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe bottom line is that the government has grown too big, promised too much,\u00a0 waited too long to restructure, and it needs to restructure sooner rather than later,\u201d Walker said. He said the government lacks three things taught in every management 101 class: a plan, a budget, and metrics for performance. \u201cWe\u2019re zero for three \u2014 that\u2019s called a strike out.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n<\/div>\n"}},"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":126230,"url":"https:\/\/news.harvard.edu\/gazette\/story\/2012\/12\/getting-down-to-business\/","url_meta":{"origin":138809,"position":0},"title":"Getting down to business","author":"harvardgazette","date":"December 14, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Advancing America\u2019s economic competitiveness should be a top priority for elected leaders, Harvard Business School professors Michael E. Porter and Jan W. 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