In his theory of evolution, Charles Darwin famously stated: “It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent. It is the one that is the most adaptable to ch...
The Middle East is no exception to the global rise of non-communicable diseases – of which cardiovascular diseases (CVD) are the single largest killer. Statistics indicate that CVDs are r...
As Africa prepares to host the World Economic Forum in Durban, South Africa's largest and busiest port, there is much reason to focus on the continent, which continues to promote itself a...
Recent pandemic and epidemic outbreaks have cast a harsh light on the standard of primary healthcare in emerging markets.
Last week, Mark Zuckerberg announced “Facebook's plan to bring the global community together.” A few months earlier, a Swedish billionaire, László Szombatfalvy, established the Global Cha...
Enabling women and girls represents the single biggest opportunity for human development and economic growth. Despite this and many organizations working to address the issues, according ...
Poor sanitation comes with a $222.9 billion price tag and, as CEO of one of the world’s largest toilet manufacturers, I have a personal duty to tackle this immense crisis. Premature death...
According to the UN, the number of international migrants globally reached 244 million in 2015 – a 41% increase since 2000. This figure includes almost 20 million refugees. Governments ac...
The Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum has begun and this year there is an extraordinarily timely theme: responsive and responsible leadership.
As I look toward the future, I’m excited by what I see: technology that has the potential to answer some of our biggest questions, solve some of our toughest challenges and help us better...
Since we conducted our first CEO survey twenty years ago, the world has reshaped itself faster than we can reshape ourselves: from a massive increase in trade and financial flows and glob...
In 1996, as a graduate student at the Logic Group at Stanford, I wrote my PhD thesis on artificial intelligence (AI) titled Integrating Specialized Procedures into Proof Systems. I have r...
Factories have long held a place in the popular imagination, not just as sources of employment and community prosperity, but also as hectic, noisy, grimy and polluting facilities, where t...
Klaus Schwab, World Economic Forum Founder and Executive Chairman, has aptly described the digital transformation of commerce as a new industrial revolution. As stakeholders in the future...
In the face of disruptive developments in their industries and the world at large, CEOs need to act with speed and agility to pivot an organization’s focus. Continual change can be brutal...
