When Thomas Friedman began to write The World Is Flat in 2004, there was no Facebook or Twitter and “Skype was a typo.” Friedman contends that the...

Niall Ferguson is surprised by how little anti-European sentiment there is within Europe. The preferred solution for many is More Europe; Ferguson unp...

Michael Porter sees capitalism as a possible driver in tackling social problems. Adopting environmentally sustainable policies has been shown to be go...

Five percent of us have a genetic ability to function effectively on less than six hours sleep a night. For the rest of us, sleep deprivation – slee...

Ideas For Change: 20 percent of medical advice is incorrect for the simple reason that we all have a different genetic make-up. The number of patients...

“Never treat others as you would not like to be treated yourself.” Karen Armstrong describes this as the golden rule of spirituality that should b...

Not all the smart people work for your company. Henry Chesbrough explains how corporations can all benefit from open innovation. This is true both fro...

Session after session in Davos is focused on the future of our world, the economy and some of our biggest political and social challenges.

If the leadership establishment is equated with inflexibility or in many cases, immobility, we need leaders -- especially women -- who can offer flexibility of thought, facilitate creative new solutions in a fast-changing world, rally resources and think in new ways.

DAVOS, Switzerland -- They came, they feasted on smoked sturgeon and black truffle risotto, drank liquor paid for by global banks, endured dozens of s...

DAVOS, Switzerland -- Eric Schmidt, the executive chairman of Google, is clearly tired of modern-day Luddites complaining about the job-destroying for...

Rising incomes, of course, are a good thing. But a rapidly growing and more affluent population are straining the natural systems on which natural diversity, human health and prosperity depend.

Equilibrium between the economy, society and the environment must be viewed as complementary rather than a trade-off. This is not a zero-sum game.

DAVOS, Switzerland -- As much of the globe grapples with lean economic prospects, and as Europe in particular sinks toward a recession that could spre...

DAVOS, Switzerland — Leading finance chiefs sought to reassure anxious global business leaders on Friday that Europe is on track to solve its cr...

DAVOS, Switzerland -- A mile away, in the center of this posh ski resort, some of the most powerful people on earth are gathered in pinstripes, discus...

On behalf of Greenpeace and all of its supporters, I will be inside the WEF to hold corporations and governments to account and to ensure that the voices speaking against ecological destruction and rising inequality are heard.

Arianna discussed the European economic crisis in an interview with Facebook Live on Thursday at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. "...

DAVOS, Switzerland — Cash-strapped governments in Europe must persuade skeptical citizens to accept severe austerity measures if their countries...

What makes sense from a democratic perspective may not make sense from a moral point of view. Or so it was suggested earlier today at the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum at Davos.

Billionaire investor George Soros warned of a possible breakup of the European Union at the World Economic Forum's annual meeting in Davos, Switzerlan...

What solutions are working to increase numbers of women leading in corporations and how can those be amplified and accelerated? The World Economic Forum turned out to be the perfect place to begin a deep-dive inquiry.