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Chairman Noh Gyuseong of the Korea Productivity Center

Chairman Noh Gyu-seong of the Korea Productivity Center is being interviewed on the 9th at the Korea Productivity Center in Jongno-gu, Seoul. Photo by Kang Jin-hyung aymsdream@

Kyuseong Noh, Chairman of the Korea Productivity Center (KPC) (age 63), is a distinguished scholar in the field of business administration and an expert in information and communication technology (ICT), actively engaged not only in academia but also in government and institutions. He graduated from the Department of Business Administration at Hankuk University of Foreign Studies and earned his master's and doctoral degrees in Management Information Systems from the same university's graduate school. His relationship with the Productivity Center began early. He started his career in 1986 as a senior researcher at the KPC and gained field experience while expanding his theoretical horizons through roles at Korea Credit Rating and the Korea Future Management Institute. Since 1997, he has been teaching as a professor in the Department of Business Administration at Sun Moon University. Since 2003, as president of the Korean Digital Policy Association, he has contributed directly and indirectly to the formulation of government digital economy policies. Notably, he has served as an advisory member of the 16th Presidential Transition Committee’s Economic Subcommittee 2, a member of the Ministry of the Interior and Safety’s Government Innovation Management Committee, a specialist member of the National Policy Planning Advisory Committee’s Economic Subcommittee 2, and a member of the Presidential 4th Industrial Revolution Committee. Since 2018, he has been serving as chairman of the KPC while concurrently chairing the Digital Innovation Subcommittee of the Government Innovation Promotion Council and acting as the chief representative of the Innovation Growth Council.

As an ICT expert in the era of the 4th Industrial Revolution, Chairman Noh has focused on strengthening the role of the KPC in leading the digital innovation growth of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). He stated, "Digital innovation can become a tremendous business opportunity through productivity enhancement and can also serve as a turning point for transforming the structure of our country." He added, "The KPC is actively supporting not only its own digital transformation but also the digital transformation of Korean companies." Chairman Noh also emphasized, "For the digital innovation of SMEs to succeed, five capability elements are necessary: establishing a digital vision and leadership, implementing digital strategic tasks, clarifying digital innovation areas, applying digital technologies and solutions, and innovating human capabilities and organizational culture." He stressed, "The KPC diagnoses the level of digitalization and proposes solutions based on the digital transformation capability model."

Chairman Kyuseong Noh’s Profile

▲ Born in Namwon, Jeonbuk ▲ Department of Business Administration, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies; Master’s and Ph.D. in Management Information Systems from the same university ▲ Senior Researcher at Korea Productivity Center ▲ Director at Korea Future Management Institute ▲ Professor at Sun Moon University ▲ President of the Korean Digital Policy Association (current) ▲ Member of the Presidential 4th Industrial Revolution Committee ▲ Chair of the Digital Innovation Subcommittee of the Government Innovation Promotion Council (current) ▲ Chief Representative of the Innovation Growth Council (current)

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