The GFCC Competitiveness Decoder

The GFCC Competitiveness DecoderTM

A tool for thinking, learning – and action.

Roberto Alvarez

Chad Evans

decoder.thegfcc.org

What sparkedthe Decoder’s™ creation?

What’s theDecoder’sTM rationale?

Growth and development are

complex phenomena…

…But humanity has investigated and

uncovered meaning from far more

complex phenomena.

How did we develop the DecoderTM?

2 0 1 1 2 0 1 2 2 0 1 3

Project needidentified

Project and “community of

interest and

action” kick off

Intro of projectDimensions vetted

Initial review of data and findings

Review

Decoder

preview

2nd GFCC Annual Meeting

1st GFCC Metrics Committee Meeting

GFCC Metrics Project Review3rd GFCC Annual Meeting

2nd GFCC Metrics Committee Meeting

Porto Alegre, Brazil Dubai, UAE São Paulo, Brazil

Dublin, Ireland Moscow, Russia

4th GFCC Annual Meeting

Seoul, Korea

What differentiates the Decoder™?

Hard dataStatic & dynamic metricsCurrent & future perspectiveFocus on driversCountry clustering and customizationBased on GFCC principlesGFCC website as a benchmark focal point

So, what is the DecoderTM?

Tool Focused on data

Mastering complexity

National improvement

Web

enable

d

8 dimensions

139 metrics

65 countries

12 years

8 dimensions

164 metrics

103 countries

35 years

How does the DecoderTM work?

Summing up...

Data ... not just concepts

New concept for competitiveness analysis

A rational comparative tool, country to country

Learning and mastering complexity

(Over time) a powerful tool for improvement

WH A T I S N E X T ?

+ data

+ features

+ dialogue

Roberto Alvarezralvarez@abdi.com.br@robertoalvarez

Chad Evanscevans@compete.org@chadevans1019

decoder.thegfcc.org