Gard Global Group’s managing director, Pedzi Makumbe, gave a talk on Global Product Development at Harvard University. The talk highlighted the latest thinking in global product development, and the significance of interdisciplinary research. Success in GPD comes from considering the technology, engineering and social aspects of with people living in different countries.

Interesting article Ravi, but your views on the demise of the US are highly exaggerated. In a perfect world, we will continue moving towards a world of regional centers of excellence. In that particular case, we (US) will retain some of our competitiveness in areas where we are the best in the world. Hence the very notion of linking innovation and national competitiveness is NOT an outdated mental model. Secondly, the world is not perfect and there are many regional standards and policies that affect the flow of knowledge or innovation as you put it. This is particularly true in the case of the energy industry which is much more intertwined with local policy than the IT industry. See following link for original post: http://tinyurl.com/5adrws

Pedzi Makumbe, Gard Global Group’s managing director gave a well received talk at Colby College in Waterville, ME on the 19th of October. He was also featured in the inaugural issue of the Oak Scholars newsletter.