Jim Milway, Executive Director, Institute for Competitiveness & Prosperity, recently pointed out Ontario’s productivity is substantially less than 14 peer states in the US and one of the key reasons is that Canadian managers are less well educated than their American counterparts, and less likely to invest in innovation.

ICT leaders bear some responsibility for their dilemma. For decades some have calmly accepted the notion that their efforts are chronically misaligned with corporate goals, expensive, non-core and good candidates for outsourcing.

This picture must be changed. ICT leaders need to carve out a position of vision and trust in the Canadian corporate landscape in order to attract and retain tomorrow’s innovators. I’ve worked with dozens of bright, articulate Canadian ICT professionals in the US. Lets keep them here.