Research Series:
Innovation & Technology
The Conference Board of Canada facilitates innovation—from inspiration to implementation—through impactful peer-to-peer learning and research. Our goal is to increase Canada’s global competitiveness by improving private and public sector innovation performance and technology creation and adoption. We achieve this by fostering Canada’s innovation ecosystem and studying the impact of technology on society.
Featured Researcher
Alain Francq
Director, Innovation and Technology
Alain advances and implements the Innovation and Technology teams’ research agenda and takes an enterprise-wide approach to strategy implementation. Alain is the primary subject matter expert and spokesperson for emerging trends and critical challenges that Canadian leaders face in the realms of innovation and technology.
Risky Business
September 4, 2024
To start a business requires a massive leap of faith. Is that spark of an idea strong enough to grow into a viable business? Will the gamble pay off, making those long years of sacrifice and hard work worth it? Even if a start-up survives the first gruelling five years (a benchmark not even one-third of goods-producing companies and close to half of service-producing companies achieve), the prospect of scaling operations becomes even more challenging.
Spotlight • 30-min read
Innovation & Technology Publications
Canada has no shortage of entrepreneurial ambition, but tech founders find it challenging to grow…
Nous étudions l’incidence potentielle de l’automatisation sur les besoins en compétences et la demande de…
We address the potential impact of automation on future skills requirements and labour demand in…
Businesses will need to adjust their AI governance and operations to meet these new, specific…
Le bilan comparatif de l’innovation de cette année présente une évaluation factuelle des résultats de…
This year’s Innovation Report Card provides an evidence-based assessment of our nation’s performance across 21…
Executive Councils & Research Centres
Canadian Centre for the Innovation Economy
Canada has a highly educated workforce and strong research capability but fails to turn these advantages into commercial success and innovation-based economic growth. This problem is known as Canada’s innovation paradox.
Strategic Risk Council
Our world is rapidly accelerating and interconnecting. So too are the risks. Does your organization have the strategy to match? The Strategic Risk Council convenes fluid, collaborative risk leaders to develop the practices and systems of the future.
Council for Chief Privacy Officers
Stay ahead of critical privacy issues. Share and compare best practices with other senior privacy executives from major organizations across a variety of industry sectors.
Council for Chief Data & Analytics Officers
Join other senior executives who are thinking about the same issues as you. Learn how your organization can become more dynamic and competitive in your use of data analytics.
Council of Chief Information Officers
Investment in technology does not automatically guarantee success. Discover how other CIOs in public and private sector organizations are managing information technology and information management challenges and opportunities.
Council for Innovation and Commercialization
Canada’s economy is not living up to its potential to innovate. This council works to better understand and address why, while also providing executives with the contacts, concepts, tools, and learning experience to improve innovation performance.
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