To conclude the 2024 National Competitiveness Forum, Mr. Brian T. Moynihan, Bank of America Chair and CEO, and Council on Competitiveness Chair, and the Hon. Deborah L. Wince-Smith, Council on Competitiveness President and CEO, reflected on their takeaways from the day’s speakers, the Council’s mission, and this critical moment in American competitiveness and innovation.
“The Council put together a call to action. Our job is to go out and execute it.”
Mr. Brian T. Moynihan
Chair and CEO
Bank of America and
Chair
Council on Competitiveness
Mr. Moynihan, after thanking the panelists and speakers who made the event so successful and engaging, looked back on his own tenure as the Chair of the Council, thankful to have been a part of so many high-level discussions on American innovation and for the opportunity to contribute to the Council’s work. Most importantly, he called on all attendees to work diligently to implement the recommendations called for in the Council’s Competing in the Next Economy: Innovating in the Age of Disruption and Discontinuity.
“Twenty years ago, the Council released our seminal report, Innovate America, which first addressed many of today’s competitiveness issues. But we do not have twenty more years to get these things done. Moving forward, speed and scale must be the mantra.”
The Hon. Deborah L. Wince-Smith
President and CEO
Council on Competitiveness
The Hon. Wince-Smith then charged all attendees to take the call to action back to their own communities so it could begin to transform innovation ecosystems nationwide. Ms. Wince-Smith argued there is no time to wait, and a good immediate step is to act on the concept of radical collaboration. She invited the Council community to come together and start doing the “big things” needed to ensure continuing U.S. innovation leadership.
The 2024 National Competitiveness Forum was a great success, thanks to the incredible speakers and leaders who came together to chart the course towards a more and competitive U.S. economy in the decades to come. In a final note of gratitude, Ms. Wince-Smith thanked the Council community for their extensive contributions to the Council, its mission, and the country, and she extended an open invitation to continue their active engagement in advancing U.S. productivity, security, and prosperity in the year ahead.
