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Wednesday, February 3, 2010
Sustain knowledge centers to build talent
A recent visit to Saudi Arabia underscored again for me that the wise use of human talent is no less a priority around the world than it is in mid-Michigan.
The question that confronts us all is, how will we do it? How can we provide adequate educational opportunities to all citizens and develop the skills necessary to thrive in the global 21st-century knowledge economy?
I was in the Middle East January 24 to participate in the third annual session of the Global Competitiveness Forum (GCF) in Riyadh, which was built around the theme of sustainable competitiveness. Computer company CEO Michael Dell and former British Prime Minister Tony Blair were among the speakers at the three-day event.
While in Saudi Arabia, I also was able to participate in a celebration of our newly established relationship with the AlMajdouie Group, a family-owned, multipurpose supply chain freight forwarding and logistics company located in Dammam. The visit supported work being done by Executive Development Programs group and the Department of Marketing and Supply Chain Management in the Broad College of Business.
