Tag: World Economic Forum

Debate on the Fourth Industrial Revolution

In The World Economic Forum Abu Dhabi session on October 27, there was an interesting debate about the fourth industrial revolution.  Humankind is at the threshold of a new industrial revolution driven by the confluence of a staggering range of emerging technologies. How will politics, economies and societies be transformed? The participants were: Justine Cassell,… Continue reading Debate on the Fourth Industrial Revolution

Dealing with Disruption–The Next Ten Years

The World Economic Forum have published a new report on innovation, titled Dealing with Disruption. Unlike previous reports, this is not a downloadable PDF, but instead an interactive website available here. It is worth reading though, even in this not-so-user-friendly format. Disruptive innovation is a critical driver of progress. When we look at the past… Continue reading Dealing with Disruption–The Next Ten Years

The Future of Financial Services

The World Economic Forum have issued a new report on the Future of Financial Services. The report is very well written, and well aligned with projects we have done at Bearing for SWIFT and also new research on fintech clusters. For decades, banks, insurance companies and other asset managers have employed the same relatively static,… Continue reading The Future of Financial Services

What led to the Revival of the Worlds Cities?

Cities are in revival as the centres of economic and political development, and they are more often now than before pleasant places, as we noted in an article last year. Henri de Groot, Professor in Regional Economic Dynamics in Amsterdam, wrote a blog post on the World Economic Forums website this week, with an interesting… Continue reading What led to the Revival of the Worlds Cities?

Brave New World

Set in London of AD 2540, the novel Brave New World anticipates developments in reproductive technology, sleep-learning, psychological manipulation, and classical conditioning that combine profoundly to change society "Community, Identity, Stability" is the motto of Aldous Huxley’s utopian World State. Here everyone consumes daily grams of soma, to fight depression, babies are born in laboratories,… Continue reading Brave New World

Davos 2015 – The Global Economic Outlook

The World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2015 was held in Davos, Switzerland between 21 – 24 January 2015. Key topics of the meeting was the complexity, fragility and uncertainty factors that are potentially ending an era of economic integration and international partnership that began in 1989. What is clear is that we are confronted by… Continue reading Davos 2015 – The Global Economic Outlook

World Economic Forums Human Capital Index

One of the global challenges to economic growth is the expansion of talent, of human capital on a national as well as international level. Human capital is known to be the stock of knowledge, proficiencies, personal and social attributes embodied in the ability to perform work to produce economic value. In economist and corporate finance… Continue reading World Economic Forums Human Capital Index