Fourth Industrial Revolution
5 ways the Fourth Industrial Revolution transformed 2017 (and 5 ways it did not)
Looking back at 2017, in what ways did emerging technologies significantly impact the world in the past 12 months?
Nicholas Davis
Bachelor of Arts, University of Sydney; Bachelor of Laws (Hons), University of Sydney; MBA (Hons), University of Oxford. Admitted to the Supreme Court of New South Wales as Solicitor and Barrister. Strategy professional and scenario expert focused on links between the private sector, non-profits and public policy in economic development, stakeholder management, organizational performance and risk management. 2001-03, Commercial Lawyer, Windeyer Dibbs Lawyers; 2003-06, Director, Oxford Investment Research. Since 2006, with World Economic Forum, focusing on catalysing responses to global, regional and industry challenges; Co-Editor, Global Risks 2011, Sixth Edition; Deputy Head and Adviser, Strategic Risk Foresight Team; Director, Head of Constituents and Strategic Initiatives; since 2013, Director, Head of Europe. Blogger on an inter-disciplinary view of scenarios, decision-making and systemic issues facing the world. Recipient of awards and honours, including: Australian Leadership Award; Fellow, Royal Society of Arts, UK (FRSA).
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Fourth Industrial Revolution
How governance is changing in the 4IR
In the face of rising inequality and falling trust, political leaders and their citizens are increasingly sceptical about further global integration. Yet at the same time, organisations a...
Australia's luck is running out. Could the Fourth Industrial Revolution change that?
Australia has recorded the longest period of growth in the developed world, but this masks a growing concern that the country is unprepared for the future. The Fourth Industrial Revolutio...
Emerging Technologies
This is what Martin Luther tells us about today's technological disruption
Five hundred years ago, Martin Luther used the printing press to spur debate on the Church's practice of "indulgences."
Future of Consumption
Disrupción en los sectores de consumo: cómo se transformará el modelo operativo tradicional
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Hacia un modelo de crecimiento económico centrado en el ser humano
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Fourth Industrial Revolution
Towards a human-centered model of economic growth
The 21st century calls for a new kind of leadership to inspire confidence in the ability of technology to enhance human potential rather than substitute for it. This is precisely the lead...
What is the fourth industrial revolution?
Are the technologies that surround us tools that we can identify, grasp and consciously use to improve our lives? Or are they more than that: powerful objects and enablers that influence ...
Environment and Natural Resource Security
Can we innovate our way out of climate change?
There’s no doubt that there is increasing awareness of the importance of sustainable development among states, citizens and organizations. The Pew Research Center’s Global Attitudes Surve...
Digital Economy and Society
5 ways of understanding the Fourth Industrial Revolution
As Professor Klaus Schwab has previously described, the world is in the early stages of the “Fourth Industrial Revolution”: a fundamental shift in how we produce, consume and relate to on...
Agenda in Focus: Civil Society
4 scenarios for the future of civil society
Through extensive expert and stakeholder consultation detailed in the World Economic Forum’s report, The Future Role of Civil Society, six critical driving forces that might significantly...
Fourth Industrial Revolution
3 ways social innovation is changing the world
Did you know that civil society is innovating like crazy? All sorts of organizations, from well-known international NGOs to tiny yet burgeoning social organizations, are experimenting wit...
Entrepreneurship
How can Europe become more innovative?
What will it take to make Europe more innovative? As the World Economic Forum’s Global Competitiveness Report has consistently indicated, increasing the quantity, quality and impact of in...
Entrepreneurship
Are you an undercover entrepreneur?
Tech entrepreneurs get all the love these days, but the scarcest and most important type of entrepreneur is the one innovating tirelessly to change the organization in which they work. In...
Future of Energy
Turkey 2014: Two strategies for unlocking growth
With economic growth rates improving in advanced economies, countries in Europe, the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), and Eurasia share an urgent economic imperative: unlocking new so...