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Here and Davos I see that necessity is the mother of invention and Europe needs its fair share of 'change-making' babies right now.
As the Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum, there is a palpable sense of urgency given how ineffective most of the current policy strategies are turning out to be, and hence a need to look at the world through the lens of complexity.
I told a homeless man that I was going to the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos and he asked me: "Will this make any difference to my life"?
If we are going to stand a chance at achieving the sustainable, inclusive, growing societies we seek, we will have to address the fact that millions and millions of marginalized children are not attaining anywhere near the kind of educational outcomes they need.
I really hope to build some solid partnerships during this Forum based on the principles of shared values, so we can build a model that brings growth for everyone, everywhere... Together, Building Futures!
We are not looking to the World Economic Forum delegates to reinvent the wheel. What we need is for our political leaders to look beyond the narrow and restrictive prism of austerity to put jobs and growth at the center of plans to reboot the global economy.
Davos is a circus. CEOs and icy snow banks abound in equal measure. How to be practical, dynamic and create the right impression, while battling the elements at the same time?
After a year characterized by major upheavals, many feel like we are watching a global system disintegrate: financial and debt crises, unemployment, political paralysis, social inequality, food and energy crises, and the list goes on. There is an urgent need for leaders to act.
Unstructured play gives kids the space they need to tinker and take risks -- both vital for the budding entrepreneur. Yet, too frequently these opportunities are being taken away from our kids.
At Davos this year, we want to launch a transformation to bring the energy and ingenuity of industry to bear on addressing the urgent problem of climate change.
Many of the systems on which the global economy relies are abuzz with 21st century energy and creativity, but governed -- and constrained -- by 20th century norms and institutions. If only it were as easy as doing a Windows Update.
The lack of competition in our deregulated high-speed Internet marketplace has gotten so bad that the U.S. has gone from number one in broadband penetration at the close of the 20th century down to 25th in the world.
"Magicians will always tell you the trick is the most important thing," Marco Tempest tells us shortly after ushering us into his magical lair, "but I'm more interested in telling a story."
The current global economy is in fact an "un-economy": it's unfair, unsustainable, unstable, and is making many people unhappy. Opportunity is a lost hope for many, as social mobility in America is now less than in Western Europe.
The vote by the U.S. Senate to proceed with sanctions to "punish" China for its currency policy is hypocritical and is a further sign of Washington's inability to deal with U.S. economic problems.
