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Too smart to lead. Very high IQs correlate with less effective leadership.
BA, Oxford University; MBA, London Business School. 1988, journalist and news executive with CBS News, ITN, Sky News. 2005, Professor, Head of Journalism, City, University of London. Was with the World Economic Forum from 2009 to 2023: 2009, Managing Director, Head of Communications and Media; and later as Member of the Managing Board, Head of Foundations and Public Engagement. 2005-06, President, Britain's Media Society. Member: BAFTA; Royal Television Society. Co-Author: Crunch Time - How Everyday Life Is Killing the Future (2007); Can You Trust The Media? (2008). Recipient of awards.
Too smart to lead. Very high IQs correlate with less effective leadership.
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The Sustainable Development Impact Summit: outcomes and solutions.The US tops Germany and Japan. The world’s most competitive economies.
What happens in an Internet minute? Digital life in 2017.
Millennials prefer career and salary to enjoying life. The new Global Shapers Survey is out.
The rise and fall of cities. An animated map of the last 4,000 years.
Unequal opportunities — at first: 6 rules for AI and the future of work.
Trust in the age of AI. We need cybersecurity by design.The destruction of an economy. What went wrong in Venezuela.
Your life span may depend on your country. Pick South Korea, not the US.
Venture capital’s future? A computer’s remarkable success picking start-ups.Government by AI is here. Reconciling democracy with algorithmic regulation.