Blogging from the World Economic Forum Summit on the Global Agenda, held in Dubai, November 20 – 22 2009
Rethinking the world – World Economic Forum style
November 19 2009: For the next three days I will be participating in and blogging from the World Economic Forum Summit on the Global Agenda in Dubai… [more]
From the Summit on the Global Agenda: Technology innovation as an enabler of social innovation
November 20 2009: It’s the end of day one at the World Economic Forum Summit on the Global Agenda, and I’m sitting in my rather comfortable hotel room overlooking Palm Island, trying to pull my thoughts together. It was a day for meeting old friends, making new acquaintances, listening to stirring speeches and exploring new challenges. As you would expect from a 700 person-strong brainstorm, there were moments of disorientation and confusion. But even these were stimulating in their own way – rather cleverly, the World Economic Forum has orchestrated a setting where serendipity becomes commonplace… [more]
Serendipity at the Summit on the Global Agenda
November 21 2009: Good brainstorms are oft anticipated and rarely encountered. So I tend to get a little excited when I find myself in one that stimulates rather than stultifies… [more]
What’s technology innovation got to do with it? Final thoughts on the Summit on the Global Agenda
November 22 2009: As this weekend’s Summit on the Global Agenda came to a close this morning, I was left with an abiding impression of a looming yet largely hidden potential crisis in global security and prosperity: A failure to develop and use technology innovation effectively in serving the growing needs of society… [more]