Technology the key to improved OECD rankings

Technology is a key enabler in making the New Zealand workforce more efficient and competitive in the global market. New Zealand's decline seem to be the overarching trend in the OECD rankings and paint a rather gloomy picture according to David Skilling, director of the New Zealand Institute.

In order to reverse the trend we need to work smarter not harder. The New Zealand workforce is one of the longest working in the OECD - and yet is one of the less efficient - primarily because of a lack of "tools" that improve efficiency and therefore productivity.

The following article at Computerworld provides a overview of the keynote speech delivered at the IBM Forum 06 by David Skilling.