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Norway's parliament has opened public hearings into Jeffrey Epstein's connections with Norwegian politicians and diplomats after newly released U.S. records exposed a wider web of relationships between Epstein and members of the country's political and diplomatic elite. The parliament's scrutiny and constitutional affairs committee has summoned 11 current and former foreign and development ministers, including Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre, who served as foreign minister from 2005 to 2012. Former foreign minister Børge Brende, who resigned as president and CEO of the World Economic Forum after revelations about his relationship with Epstein, is also expected to testify. Brende has said he did not know about Epstein's criminal past when they first met in 2018 and has expressed regret that he did not investigate him more thoroughly.The hearings are part of a much broader reckoning in Norway, where several other prominent figures with Epstein ties are under police investigation on corruption allegations, including former prime minister Thorbjørn Jagland, former minister Terje Rød-Larsen and former diplomat Mona Juul. All three have denied criminal wrongdoing. Crown Princess Mette-Marit has also apologized for her friendship with Epstein, though she is not part of the parliamentary hearing. At the same time, parliament has created an external commission of academics and legal experts to examine more than 30 years of Norwegian diplomatic history and determine how these relationships developed, with the stated goal of restoring integrity and transparency in government institutions. The commission is expected to report its findings in early 2028.to contact me:bobbycapucci@protonmail.comsource:Norway's parliament probes Epstein links to politicians, diplomats

Norway's parliament has opened public hearings into Jeffrey Epstein's connections with Norwegian politicians and diplomats after newly released U.S. records exposed a wider web of relationships between Epstein and members of the country's political and diplomatic elite. The parliament's scrutiny and constitutional affairs committee has summoned 11 current and former foreign and development ministers, including Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre, who served as foreign minister from 2005 to 2012. Former foreign minister Børge Brende, who resigned as president and CEO of the World Economic Forum after revelations about his relationship with Epstein, is also expected to testify. Brende has said he did not know about Epstein's criminal past when they first met in 2018 and has expressed regret that he did not investigate him more thoroughly.The hearings are part of a much broader reckoning in Norway, where several other prominent figures with Epstein ties are under police investigation on corruption allegations, including former prime minister Thorbjørn Jagland, former minister Terje Rød-Larsen and former diplomat Mona Juul. All three have denied criminal wrongdoing. Crown Princess Mette-Marit has also apologized for her friendship with Epstein, though she is not part of the parliamentary hearing. At the same time, parliament has created an external commission of academics and legal experts to examine more than 30 years of Norwegian diplomatic history and determine how these relationships developed, with the stated goal of restoring integrity and transparency in government institutions. The commission is expected to report its findings in early 2028.to contact me:bobbycapucci@protonmail.comsource:Norway's parliament probes Epstein links to politicians, diplomatsBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-moscow-murders-and-more--5852883/support.

Norway's parliament has opened public hearings into Jeffrey Epstein's connections with Norwegian politicians and diplomats after newly released U.S. records exposed a wider web of relationships between Epstein and members of the country's political and diplomatic elite. The parliament's scrutiny and constitutional affairs committee has summoned 11 current and former foreign and development ministers, including Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre, who served as foreign minister from 2005 to 2012. Former foreign minister Børge Brende, who resigned as president and CEO of the World Economic Forum after revelations about his relationship with Epstein, is also expected to testify. Brende has said he did not know about Epstein's criminal past when they first met in 2018 and has expressed regret that he did not investigate him more thoroughly.The hearings are part of a much broader reckoning in Norway, where several other prominent figures with Epstein ties are under police investigation on corruption allegations, including former prime minister Thorbjørn Jagland, former minister Terje Rød-Larsen and former diplomat Mona Juul. All three have denied criminal wrongdoing. Crown Princess Mette-Marit has also apologized for her friendship with Epstein, though she is not part of the parliamentary hearing. At the same time, parliament has created an external commission of academics and legal experts to examine more than 30 years of Norwegian diplomatic history and determine how these relationships developed, with the stated goal of restoring integrity and transparency in government institutions. The commission is expected to report its findings in early 2028.to contact me:bobbycapucci@protonmail.comsource:Norway's parliament probes Epstein links to politicians, diplomatsBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-epstein-chronicles--5003294/support.

What happens to your credibility when you say you're going to do something and then don't follow through? It doesn't always look like a major betrayal. Sometimes it's the small promises, the casual "we should have lunch," the email you said you'd send, or the commitment you made without even realizing the other person heard it as a promise. Over time, those little gaps between what we say and what we do can shape how people experience us as leaders, partners, and business owners. In Episode 510 of Amplify Your Success, I'm joined by bestselling author, keynote speaker, leadership coach, and founder of the Extreme Leadership Institute, Steve Farber, for a conversation about the deeper meaning of keeping your word and why credibility is one of the most powerful forms of leadership currency. Steve's new book, The Radical Promise, brings this idea to life in a way that goes far beyond simply following through on a list of commitments. We talk about what it means to actually live in alignment with the values, principles, and standards we say are important, and why the gap between what we say and what we do can have such a profound impact on the people around us. We also get into the commitments we make without even realizing we're making them, the patterns that can cause us to overpromise, and what changes when we become more intentional about the words we use. And toward the end of our conversation, Steve gives us a simple one-week practice that can help us pay much closer attention to what we're saying, what we're committing to, and where we may have opportunities to strengthen our own credibility.   Key Takeaways: [00:03:09] Consistently doing what you say you will do is surprisingly rare, and the gaps between our words and actions can significantly affect how others perceive us. [00:05:39] Credibility is built through behavior, and great leadership requires us to actually live out the values and priorities we say are important. [00:10:35] Holding yourself 100% accountable to your own words can strengthen your effectiveness, reputation, relationships, and credibility. [00:13:22] Leaders earn the credibility to ask for accountability from others when they first establish that standard for themselves. [00:15:03] Doing what you say you will do goes beyond following through on promises and commitments to acting in ways that are congruent with your values. [00:19:02] Casual statements can become implied commitments, making self-awareness and intentional communication essential to protecting trust and credibility. [00:23:17] Identifying your personal patterns around overpromising, saying yes too easily, or failing to follow through can reveal where your own "say and do" gaps exist. [00:29:18] Following through on commitments to yourself, even after the original motivation fades, can create a positive feedback loop that strengthens your relationship with your own word. [00:32:21] Self-awareness, clear communication, and choosing to see commitments as opportunities can help create greater consistency between what you say and what you do. [00:41:44] Tracking both your explicit commitments and implied promises for one week can reveal patterns and help you become more intentional about the words you speak and the commitments you make.   About The Guest:  Steve Farber is a bestselling author, sought-after keynote speaker, and seasoned leadership coach and consultant who has worked with a vast array of public and private organizations across virtually every industry. He is the founder and CEO of The Extreme Leadership Institute, whose team has helped more than 25 companies earn a place on Best Places to Work lists. Farber is the author of six acclaimed books on leadership. His first, The Radical Leap, earned Fast Company's Readers' Choice Award and was named one of the 100 Best Business Books of All Time. His third book, Greater Than Yourself, debuted as a Wall Street Journal and USA Today bestseller. His fourth, Love Is Just Damn Good Business, has been featured on Wharton Radio and the World Economic Forum, and was named a top business strategy book by Book Authority. He also co-authored Twisted Business: Lessons from My Life in Rock and Roll with Jay Jay French, founder, manager, and guitarist of the iconic rock band, Twisted Sister. Farber is a member of the Transformational Leadership Council and serves on the nonprofit boards of the Community Alliance for Youth Success and Art as Mentorship.  His newest book, The Radical Promise: Mastering the Art of Doing What You Say You Will Do, is co-written with leadership luminaries Jim Kouzes and Barry Posner and published by John Wiley & Sons.   Connect With The Guest: Connect with Steve on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/stevefarber/      Follow Steve on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/stevefarber/ Check out Steve's Website For Some Great Resources - www.stevefarber.com    Resources Mentioned in This Episode:  Get Steve Farber's book, The Radical Promise, here and access a free sample chapter to get a first look at the book.  - https://theradicalpromise.com/  Want me to help you build out your Substack to amplify your thought leaders, build an aligned community and leverage an ecosystem that acts like your invisible sales force? 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For this episode, let's revisit a strategy skills classic featuring an interview with the author of Behind the Startup: How Venture Capital Shapes Work, Innovation, and Inequality, Benjamin Shestakofsky. This book draws on nineteen months of participant-observation research inside a successful Silicon Valley startup, and examines how the company was organized to meet the needs of the venture capital investors who funded it. Investors push startups to scale as quickly as possible to inflate the value of their asset. Benjamin Shestakofsky shows how these demands create organizational problems that managers solve by combining high-tech systems with low-wage human labor. Behind the Startup explains how the gains generated by these companies are funneled into the pockets of a small cadre of elite investors and entrepreneurs. Shestakofsky compellingly argues that we must focus less on fixing the technology and more on changing the financial infrastructure that supports it. Benjamin Shestakofsky is Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of Pennsylvania, where he is affiliated with AI at Wharton and the Center on Digital Culture and Society. He is the author of Behind the Startup: How Venture Capital Shapes Work, Innovation, and Inequality (on sale March 19, 2024, University of California Press). Shestakofsky's research centers on the relationship between work, technology, organizations, and political economy in the age of AI. Articles based on his research for Behind the Startup have been awarded the 2021 Star-Nelkin Paper Award from the American Sociological Association's (ASA) Section on Science, Knowledge, and Technology and the 2019 W. Richard Scott Article Award from the ASA's Section on Organizations, Occupations, and Work. His research has been supported by the Horowitz Foundation for Social Policy and the UC Berkeley Institute for Research on Labor and Employment. His work has been featured in the Financial Times, Axios, and in a publication of the World Economic Forum.   Author website: https://www.benjaminshestakofsky.com/ Book website: Behind the Startup: https://www.ucpress.edu/book/9780520395039/behind-the-startup X/Twitter: @bshestakofsky   Here are some free gifts for you: Overall Approach Used in Well-Managed Strategy Studies free download: www.firmsconsulting.com/OverallApproach McKinsey & BCG winning resume free download: www.firmsconsulting.com/resumepdf Enjoying this episode? Get access to sample advanced training episodes here: www.firmsconsulting.com/promo

What lies beyond the rankings? Grounded in the findings of the 2026 Travel & Tourism Development Index, this webinar unpacks the structural shifts shaping tourism competitiveness across more than 100 economies. The discussion explores where progress is accelerating, where vulnerabilities persist and what the findings mean for policy, investment and destination strategy. This is the full audio from a live-streamed video session available to watch for World Economic Forum partners and digital members. To become a digital member: https://www.weforum.org/join-us/individuals/ Digital members can watch the session here: https://toplink.weforum.org/sessions/a0WTG000001rJX02AM/beyond-the-rankings-travel-tourism-development-index-2026 Speakers:  Edmund Bartlett, Minister of Tourism at Ministry of Tourism of Jamaica Ramya Krishnaswamy, Head, Center for Urban Transformation; Member of ExCo at World Economic Forum Kelly Craighead, President at Vertimas Consulting Cara Morton, CEO Global Businesses and Operations and Member of the Executive Committee at Zurich Insurance Group Hawazen Nassief, Deputy Minister for International Relations at Ministry of Tourism of Saudi Arabia Links: Travel & Tourism Development Index: https://www.weforum.org/publications/travel-tourism-development-index-2026 Check out all our podcasts on wef.ch/podcasts:  YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@wef/podcasts Radio Davos - subscribe: https://pod.link/1504682164 Meet the Leader - subscribe: https://pod.link/1534915560 Agenda Dialogues - subscribe: https://pod.link/1574956552

España es el tercer país del mundo con mejores condiciones para el desarrollo del turismo, solo por detrás de Japón y Estados Unidos, según el nuevo Travel & Tourism Development Index 2026 del World Economic Forum. El índice sitúa después a Australia y Francia y concluye que 101 de las 110 economías analizadas han mejorado desde 2024. Conviene matizar que el ranking no mide directamente llegadas, ingresos o volumen turístico, sino factores como infraestructuras, conectividad, entorno empresarial, recursos turísticos, digitalización y capacidad para desarrollar el sector de forma sostenible y resiliente.Naciones Unidas ha aprovechado el Día Mundial del Turismo, celebrado ayer, para advertir de uno de los riesgos de la inteligencia artificial: que termine enviando a los viajeros siempre a los mismos destinos y plataformas. El lema de 2026 ha sido “Digital Agenda and Artificial Intelligence to Redesign Tourism”. António Guterres reconoce que la IA puede ayudar a pequeñas empresas, mejorar los servicios y generar nuevas oportunidades, pero reclama inversión en competencias digitales y un desarrollo tecnológico que beneficie también a trabajadores, comunidades y destinos emergentes.Iberia, Iberia Express y Sepla han alcanzado un acuerdo laboral y operativo indefinido que permitirá incorporar ocho aviones adicionales y crear 240 empleos directos. Las aeronaves se incorporarán entre 2028 y 2030 a la operación de corto y medio radio de Madrid-Barajas, además de las previstas inicialmente en el Plan de Vuelo 2030. El crecimiento implicará 80 nuevos pilotos, 160 tripulantes de cabina y 105 promociones a comandante.

News for 29th Sept covers Australia's unemployment rate rise plus SEEK's share price hit a 13-year low. CareerOne has renewed its AI partnership with Decidr for a third year, and the World Economic Forum reports women hold 65% of chief people officer roles but only 19% of CEO roles, and the Intergenerational Report says rising participation, especially among women and older Australians, will be key to the workforce ahead.

Increasingly, it seems like the corporate names that dominate headlines are much more diverse than they used to be. Samsung, TSMC, and SK Hynix. Alibaba and Tencent; BYD and DeepSeek. Sea and Grab. For twenty-five years, it seems like every major technology was American . That assumption is now under strain as innovation spreads from one place to many. Mehran Gul tries to map out this new network in his book The New Geography of Innovation: The Global Contest for Breakthrough Technologies (Simon and Schuster, 2026). From China's startlingly messy AI ecosystem to Singapore's government-led innovation, from South Korea's decades-old conglomerates still at the frontier to India's world-class talent that too often works abroad; from Europe's struggle to hold on to its best companies, to the deeper role of the state everywhere—including in Silicon Valley—and why the United States, far from declining, is extending its lead into a genuinely bipolar technological order.Mehran is a winner of the Financial Times/McKinsey Bracken Bower Prize. He attended Yale where he was a Fulbright Scholar, Fox International Fellow, and Teaching Fellow. He has been a Lead for the Digital Transformation of Industries at the World Economic Forum and an expert on Higher Education, Entrepreneurship, and Industrial Policy at the United Nations Industrial Development Organization. Before Yale, he studied at the Lahore University of Management Sciences. He has been a visiting scholar at the Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi and a Fellow with the Acumen Fund. You can find more reviews, excerpts, interviews, and essays at The Asian Review of Books, including its review of The New Geography of Innovation. Follow on Twitter at @BookReviewsAsia.Nicholas Gordon is an editor for a global magazine, and a reviewer for the Asian Review of Books. He can be found on Twitter at @nickrigordon. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

What changes when artists aren't simply invited to perform, but are given a seat at the table where ideas, policies, and solutions take shape? Joseph Fowler has spent his career moving between artistic disciplines, institutions, and cultural ecosystems around the world. After training at The Royal Ballet School and performing professionally as a dancer, his curiosity took him behind the scenes as a director, producer, programmer, and cultural leader—from London and Paris to Dubai. Today, as Head of Arts and Culture at the World Economic Forum, he brings artists and creative thinking into conversations about some of the world's most complex challenges. In this episode, Joseph reflects on the evolution that took him from performer to cultural leader, makes the case for creative imagination as an essential tool for solving problems, and explores why technology represents an opportunity as well as a challenge for artists. He also takes us inside the World Economic Forum's arts and culture programming, including the 2026 opening concert in Davos and The Cultural Table—an initiative designed to put artists at the center of conversations with leaders across business and civil society. ----- LINKS: World Economic Forum: https://www.weforum.org/  World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2026 Opening Concert: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCi_3S3s_60 World Economic Forum Cultural Table: https://www.weforum.org/stories/arts-and-culture/the-cultural-table-how-arts-and-culture-can-drive-global-change-and-collaboration/ 

Increasingly, it seems like the corporate names that dominate headlines are much more diverse than they used to be. Samsung, TSMC, and SK Hynix. Alibaba and Tencent; BYD and DeepSeek. Sea and Grab. For twenty-five years, it seems like every major technology was American . That assumption is now under strain as innovation spreads from one place to many. Mehran Gul tries to map out this new network in his book The New Geography of Innovation: The Global Contest for Breakthrough Technologies (Simon and Schuster, 2026). From China's startlingly messy AI ecosystem to Singapore's government-led innovation, from South Korea's decades-old conglomerates still at the frontier to India's world-class talent that too often works abroad; from Europe's struggle to hold on to its best companies, to the deeper role of the state everywhere—including in Silicon Valley—and why the United States, far from declining, is extending its lead into a genuinely bipolar technological order.Mehran is a winner of the Financial Times/McKinsey Bracken Bower Prize. He attended Yale where he was a Fulbright Scholar, Fox International Fellow, and Teaching Fellow. He has been a Lead for the Digital Transformation of Industries at the World Economic Forum and an expert on Higher Education, Entrepreneurship, and Industrial Policy at the United Nations Industrial Development Organization. Before Yale, he studied at the Lahore University of Management Sciences. He has been a visiting scholar at the Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi and a Fellow with the Acumen Fund. You can find more reviews, excerpts, interviews, and essays at The Asian Review of Books, including its review of The New Geography of Innovation. Follow on Twitter at @BookReviewsAsia.Nicholas Gordon is an editor for a global magazine, and a reviewer for the Asian Review of Books. He can be found on Twitter at @nickrigordon. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Increasingly, it seems like the corporate names that dominate headlines are much more diverse than they used to be. Samsung, TSMC, and SK Hynix. Alibaba and Tencent; BYD and DeepSeek. Sea and Grab. For twenty-five years, it seems like every major technology was American . That assumption is now under strain as innovation spreads from one place to many. Mehran Gul tries to map out this new network in his book The New Geography of Innovation: The Global Contest for Breakthrough Technologies (Simon and Schuster, 2026). From China's startlingly messy AI ecosystem to Singapore's government-led innovation, from South Korea's decades-old conglomerates still at the frontier to India's world-class talent that too often works abroad; from Europe's struggle to hold on to its best companies, to the deeper role of the state everywhere—including in Silicon Valley—and why the United States, far from declining, is extending its lead into a genuinely bipolar technological order.Mehran is a winner of the Financial Times/McKinsey Bracken Bower Prize. He attended Yale where he was a Fulbright Scholar, Fox International Fellow, and Teaching Fellow. He has been a Lead for the Digital Transformation of Industries at the World Economic Forum and an expert on Higher Education, Entrepreneurship, and Industrial Policy at the United Nations Industrial Development Organization. Before Yale, he studied at the Lahore University of Management Sciences. He has been a visiting scholar at the Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi and a Fellow with the Acumen Fund. You can find more reviews, excerpts, interviews, and essays at The Asian Review of Books, including its review of The New Geography of Innovation. Follow on Twitter at @BookReviewsAsia.Nicholas Gordon is an editor for a global magazine, and a reviewer for the Asian Review of Books. He can be found on Twitter at @nickrigordon. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Increasingly, it seems like the corporate names that dominate headlines are much more diverse than they used to be. Samsung, TSMC, and SK Hynix. Alibaba and Tencent; BYD and DeepSeek. Sea and Grab. For twenty-five years, it seems like every major technology was American . That assumption is now under strain as innovation spreads from one place to many. Mehran Gul tries to map out this new network in his book The New Geography of Innovation: The Global Contest for Breakthrough Technologies (Simon and Schuster, 2026). From China's startlingly messy AI ecosystem to Singapore's government-led innovation, from South Korea's decades-old conglomerates still at the frontier to India's world-class talent that too often works abroad; from Europe's struggle to hold on to its best companies, to the deeper role of the state everywhere—including in Silicon Valley—and why the United States, far from declining, is extending its lead into a genuinely bipolar technological order.Mehran is a winner of the Financial Times/McKinsey Bracken Bower Prize. He attended Yale where he was a Fulbright Scholar, Fox International Fellow, and Teaching Fellow. He has been a Lead for the Digital Transformation of Industries at the World Economic Forum and an expert on Higher Education, Entrepreneurship, and Industrial Policy at the United Nations Industrial Development Organization. Before Yale, he studied at the Lahore University of Management Sciences. He has been a visiting scholar at the Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi and a Fellow with the Acumen Fund. You can find more reviews, excerpts, interviews, and essays at The Asian Review of Books, including its review of The New Geography of Innovation. Follow on Twitter at @BookReviewsAsia.Nicholas Gordon is an editor for a global magazine, and a reviewer for the Asian Review of Books. He can be found on Twitter at @nickrigordon. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Increasingly, it seems like the corporate names that dominate headlines are much more diverse than they used to be. Samsung, TSMC, and SK Hynix. Alibaba and Tencent; BYD and DeepSeek. Sea and Grab. For twenty-five years, it seems like every major technology was American . That assumption is now under strain as innovation spreads from one place to many. Mehran Gul tries to map out this new network in his book The New Geography of Innovation: The Global Contest for Breakthrough Technologies (Simon and Schuster, 2026). From China's startlingly messy AI ecosystem to Singapore's government-led innovation, from South Korea's decades-old conglomerates still at the frontier to India's world-class talent that too often works abroad; from Europe's struggle to hold on to its best companies, to the deeper role of the state everywhere—including in Silicon Valley—and why the United States, far from declining, is extending its lead into a genuinely bipolar technological order.Mehran is a winner of the Financial Times/McKinsey Bracken Bower Prize. He attended Yale where he was a Fulbright Scholar, Fox International Fellow, and Teaching Fellow. He has been a Lead for the Digital Transformation of Industries at the World Economic Forum and an expert on Higher Education, Entrepreneurship, and Industrial Policy at the United Nations Industrial Development Organization. Before Yale, he studied at the Lahore University of Management Sciences. He has been a visiting scholar at the Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi and a Fellow with the Acumen Fund. You can find more reviews, excerpts, interviews, and essays at The Asian Review of Books, including its review of The New Geography of Innovation. Follow on Twitter at @BookReviewsAsia.Nicholas Gordon is an editor for a global magazine, and a reviewer for the Asian Review of Books. He can be found on Twitter at @nickrigordon. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Increasingly, it seems like the corporate names that dominate headlines are much more diverse than they used to be. Samsung, TSMC, and SK Hynix. Alibaba and Tencent; BYD and DeepSeek. Sea and Grab. For twenty-five years, it seems like every major technology was American . That assumption is now under strain as innovation spreads from one place to many. Mehran Gul tries to map out this new network in his book The New Geography of Innovation: The Global Contest for Breakthrough Technologies (Simon and Schuster, 2026). From China's startlingly messy AI ecosystem to Singapore's government-led innovation, from South Korea's decades-old conglomerates still at the frontier to India's world-class talent that too often works abroad; from Europe's struggle to hold on to its best companies, to the deeper role of the state everywhere—including in Silicon Valley—and why the United States, far from declining, is extending its lead into a genuinely bipolar technological order.Mehran is a winner of the Financial Times/McKinsey Bracken Bower Prize. He attended Yale where he was a Fulbright Scholar, Fox International Fellow, and Teaching Fellow. He has been a Lead for the Digital Transformation of Industries at the World Economic Forum and an expert on Higher Education, Entrepreneurship, and Industrial Policy at the United Nations Industrial Development Organization. Before Yale, he studied at the Lahore University of Management Sciences. He has been a visiting scholar at the Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi and a Fellow with the Acumen Fund. You can find more reviews, excerpts, interviews, and essays at The Asian Review of Books, including its review of The New Geography of Innovation. Follow on Twitter at @BookReviewsAsia.Nicholas Gordon is an editor for a global magazine, and a reviewer for the Asian Review of Books. He can be found on Twitter at @nickrigordon. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Increasingly, it seems like the corporate names that dominate headlines are much more diverse than they used to be. Samsung, TSMC, and SK Hynix. Alibaba and Tencent; BYD and DeepSeek. Sea and Grab. For twenty-five years, it seems like every major technology was American . That assumption is now under strain as innovation spreads from one place to many. Mehran Gul tries to map out this new network in his book The New Geography of Innovation: The Global Contest for Breakthrough Technologies (Simon and Schuster, 2026). From China's startlingly messy AI ecosystem to Singapore's government-led innovation, from South Korea's decades-old conglomerates still at the frontier to India's world-class talent that too often works abroad; from Europe's struggle to hold on to its best companies, to the deeper role of the state everywhere—including in Silicon Valley—and why the United States, far from declining, is extending its lead into a genuinely bipolar technological order.Mehran is a winner of the Financial Times/McKinsey Bracken Bower Prize. He attended Yale where he was a Fulbright Scholar, Fox International Fellow, and Teaching Fellow. He has been a Lead for the Digital Transformation of Industries at the World Economic Forum and an expert on Higher Education, Entrepreneurship, and Industrial Policy at the United Nations Industrial Development Organization. Before Yale, he studied at the Lahore University of Management Sciences. He has been a visiting scholar at the Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi and a Fellow with the Acumen Fund. You can find more reviews, excerpts, interviews, and essays at The Asian Review of Books, including its review of The New Geography of Innovation. Follow on Twitter at @BookReviewsAsia.Nicholas Gordon is an editor for a global magazine, and a reviewer for the Asian Review of Books. He can be found on Twitter at @nickrigordon. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Matthew James Bailey, AI ethicist, joins Ryan to discuss the evolution of technology and "artificial intelligence." What is a bot, LLM, intelligence and consciousness? Are the models anything more than a mirrored version of our own creations? Will these creations be different in cultures with fundamentally different languages, such as the difference between Western alphabets and kanji? If spirituality doesn't fit into the right scientific paradigm, why do people, projects, names, and companies involved in AI appear to be using occult imagery -- circuit board sigils, logos of poisoned apples, black cubes, demons, and Biblical imagery? Further, why are data centers becoming like new holy centers off limits to everyone but the techno-priest class? Is AI being put through a sort of Labors of Hercules test to make it immortal and godlike?https://inventingworld3.com*The is the FREE archive, which includes advertisements. Subscribe to remove ads. The show has no sponsorship and has been banned countless places. 

Major sporting events can bring huge crowds and investment to host cities, but how much of that opportunity reaches local businesses? In this episode, Shayne MacLachlan from the OECD speaks with scientist, entrepreneur and investor Riana Lynn about what the 2026 FIFA World Cup meant for local food businesses in Atlanta and Mexico City. Drawing on her experience in both host cities, they explore how restaurants, food vendors, farmers and suppliers benefited from the tournament, and why some businesses were better placed than others to seize the opportunity. Looking beyond the final whistle, they discuss what host cities can do to turn a few busy weeks into a lasting legacy. From supporting small businesses and local supply chains to celebrating neighbourhood culture and creating opportunities that endure after the crowds have gone, the conversation asks how global sporting events can leave local economies stronger long after the tournament ends. Podcast host: Shayne MacLachlan - Public Affairs and Communications Manager at the CFE. As Public Affairs and Communications Manager, Shayne engages with policy issues concerning SMEs, tourism, culture, regions and cities to name a few. He has worked on a number of OECD campaigns including “Going Digital”, "Climate Action" and "I am the future of work". Podcast guest: Riana Lynn - CEO of Journey Foods Riana Lynn is a scientist, entrepreneur, and founder and CEO of Journey Foods, the company behind Journey AI, an intelligence and action platform for the global consumption economy. Journey AI helps companies find, understand, and build with the world's food, ingredient, supplier, and product intelligence. Journey has generated more than 110 billion personalized recommendations and built an intelligence graph spanning millions of ingredients, products, and suppliers, connecting food science, supply chains, and consumption intelligence. A fourth-generation food entrepreneur, former Track & Field athlete, and patented technologist, Riana's work spans North America, Europe, Asia, Africa, and Latin America. She has been recognized by Forbes, MIT Technology Review's Innovators Under 35, and the World Economic Forum as a Technology Pioneer. A former Google Entrepreneur in Residence, investor, and educator, she has taught at Stanford and Harvard and explores global food economics through her podcast. To learn more about this policy area, go to https://www.oecd.org/en/topics/sub-issues/culture-creative-industries-and-sports/leveraging-the-olympics-games-for-local-development.html To learn more about the OECD, our global reach, and how to join us, go to www.oecd.org/about/ To keep up with latest at the OECD, visit www.oecd.org/ Get the latest OECD content delivered directly to your inbox! Subscribe to our newsletters: www.oecd.org/newsletters

The global economy continues to navigate a period of significant disruption, with ongoing conflicts in multiple regions, volatile bond markets and growing debate over the infrastructure, technologies and investments that could shape the future. How are companies adapting to these shifts and what trends are leading economists watching most closely? Join us for a discussion with chief economists on the forces shaping the global economy and what they see on the horizon. This is a briefing on the latest edition of the World Economic Forum's Chief Economists Outlook. Watch it here: https://www.weforum.org/meetings/sustainable-development-impact-meetings-2026/sessions/chief-economists-outlook/   Find the Outlook at:  wef.ch/chiefeconsep26 Speakers:  Saadia Zahidi, Managing Director, World Economic Forum Svenja Gudell, Chief Economist, Indeed Nela Richardson, Chief Economist, ADP Ufuk Akcigit, Deputy Chief Economist, World Bank Group   Check out all our podcasts on wef.ch/podcasts:  YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@wef Radio Davos - subscribe: https://pod.link/1504682164 Meet the Leader - subscribe: https://pod.link/1534915560 Agenda Dialogues - subscribe: https://pod.link/1574956552

Isaac Getz, professeur à l'ESCP Business School, auteur et conférencier, et Laurent Marbacher, auteur, conférencier et accompagnateur de dirigeants et d'équipes apprenantes. Ensemble, ils signent The Caring Company, en français L'entreprise qui prend soin, un livre nominé dans la catégorie Breakthrough Ideas du Thinkers50, ce qui revient à peu près aux Césars des idées de management.Ils se sont rencontrés en 2010 au bord de la piscine de Jean-François Zobrist, le patron de la fonderie Favi, et ils ne se sont plus quittés. Après avoir porté ensemble le mouvement de l'entreprise libérée, qui compte aujourd'hui 400 à 500 entreprises et administrations en France, ils sont partis sur trois continents chercher les entreprises qui étendent ce soin au-delà de leurs salariés. Aux clients, aux fournisseurs, aux communautés dans lesquelles elles vivent.Ce qui m'a frappé dans cette conversation, c'est à quel point ils refusent la case dans laquelle on voudrait les mettre. Ils ne sont ni les enfants du capitalisme ni ses procureurs. Ils décrivent des entreprises capitalistes, qui font des profits, qui écrasent leurs concurrents sur le terrain de la performance, et qui pourtant ne se lèvent pas le matin pour maximiser quoi que ce soit.Dans cet épisode, nous parlons de la différence entre une philosophie et un modèle, de la transaction comme croyance fondatrice de l'économie marchande, de ce que Laurent appelle le heartset shift plutôt que le mindset shift, du coût invisible du contrôle et de ce que devient une entreprise quand elle décide de traiter ses interlocuteurs comme des amis, à l'échelle de centaines de milliers de personnes.J'ai questionné Isaac Getz et Laurent Marbacher sur ce que j'appelle l'invisible dans l'entreprise. Tout ce qui compte vraiment et qu'aucun KPI ne saura jamais attraper. Leurs réponses m'ont fait reconsidérer ce que j'ai toujours pris pour du bon sens économique.Citations marquantes« Dire fait rire et faire fait taire. » (Isaac Getz, 38:50)« S'il y avait vraiment un tableur Excel qui expliquait que c'était bien d'accueillir les routiers de cette manière-là, toutes les usines et tous les transporteurs du monde le feraient. » (Laurent Marbacher, 14:33)« Le contrôle coûte beaucoup plus cher que la confiance. » (Jean-François Zobrist, cité par Isaac Getz, 01:03:50)« Quand quelqu'un me dit qu'il a abusé de moi gratuitement, c'est là que j'ai gagné. » (Daniel Abittan, cité par Isaac Getz, 01:02:24)« Elles ne vivent pas pour maximiser les profits, comme on ne vit pas pour maximiser la quantité d'eau qu'on boit. » (Isaac Getz, 01:09:00)Idées centrales discutées1. La philosophie crée, le modèle plaque (07:25 à 11:02)Une philosophie, ce sont quelques principes et des convictions. Un modèle, ce sont des structures et des pratiques qu'on importe et qu'on applique. Isaac Getz prend l'analogie de la démocratie, qui a produit six régimes en France et des centaines de versions dans le monde. Pourquoi c'est important : tant qu'on cherche le modèle à copier, on passe à côté du travail réel, qui est un chemin créatif co-construit avec les salariés. Un modèle plaqué par un patron ou un consultant ne marche jamais.2. La transaction est la croyance à démonter (17:02 à 19:02)Client, fournisseur, ce sont des concepts, des entités abstraites. Derrière, il y a des êtres humains. Adam Smith, philosophe moral avant d'être économiste, croyait profondément à l'amitié tout en la jugeant impensable dans l'économie marchande. Pourquoi c'est important : c'est le point où les deux auteurs se disent pionniers. Ils affirment qu'une entreprise peut traiter ses interlocuteurs comme des amis à l'échelle de centaines de milliers de personnes.3. L'invisible produit des résultats mesurables (19:02 à 23:54)Handelsbanken surpasse ses concurrents chaque année depuis 1973. Quand on leur demande grâce à quoi, ils répondent grâce à cet invisible. Leur principe : le conseiller en agence doit se comporter comme un bon médecin de famille. Pourquoi c'est important : les résultats sont mesurables, leur cause ne l'est pas. C'est exactement ce qui bloque les entreprises qui voudraient copier.4. Le care first plutôt que le profit first ou les trois piliers (39:40 à 44:35)John Elkington, qui a inventé le triple bottom line, a publié vingt ans plus tard un rappel de son propre concept dans la Harvard Business Review, comme on rappelle une voiture défectueuse. Dans la pratique, le profit décide et on aménage le reste autour. Isaac Getz et Laurent Marbacher rejoignent Milton Friedman sur un point : on ne peut pas courir plusieurs lièvres. Ils changent simplement de lièvre. Pourquoi c'est important : c'est la thèse centrale du livre, et elle est plus radicale que toutes les démarches RSE.5. Le pari, pas le calcul (24:40 à 26:24)Un modèle économique se calcule, avec un EBITDA de 14 % sur le papier. Ce dont ils parlent est un pari. Handelsbanken refuse la concurrence par les prix et construit sur ses valeurs, ce qu'Isaac Getz décrit comme un véritable blue ocean. Pourquoi c'est important : les autres entreprises ne peuvent pas prendre ce pari parce qu'elles n'ont pas fait le travail préalable sur leurs principes. Et si elles le prennent sans ce travail, elles le perdent.6. Le heartset shift (52:33 à 57:12)Laurent Marbacher refuse le terme mindset shift, qui ne parle que de représentations et de croyances. Ce qui bouge, c'est le cœur. Un dirigeant japonais perd 20 kilos en deux mois après avoir découvert une malversation dans son entreprise, incompatible avec le code d'honneur Bushido de sa famille. Pourquoi c'est important : certains dirigeants passent par cette métanoïa, d'autres avaient déjà ce cœur au départ. Mais dans tous les cas le travail personnel ne suffit pas, il faut ensuite construire l'environnement qui permet à tous de vivre ces principes.7. Les 3 % qui abusent ne dictent pas la règle (58:42 à 01:03:50)Adam Grant montre dans Give and Take que les givers occupent à la fois le bas et le haut des parcours professionnels. Ceux qui réussissent sont ceux qui ont su poser des limites. Dans les entreprises étudiées, 2 à 3 % des gens abusent du soin inconditionnel. Châteauform' refuse de remplacer le distributeur de savon en cristal par un modèle en plastique. Pourquoi c'est important : on construit pour les gens corrects, pas contre la minorité. Et le coût du contrôle qu'on installe partout n'apparaît sur aucune ligne du bilan.Questions posées dans l'interviewVous étiez déjà tous les deux sur l'entreprise libérée. Qu'est-ce qui s'est passé pour que vous alliez chercher au-delà des salariés ?C'est quoi la différence entre une philosophie et un modèle ?Est-ce qu'il y a un modèle économique derrière la maison des routiers de LSDH, ou c'est juste un coup ?Comment vous expliquez qu'on soit surpris de l'humanité de certaines entreprises, alors qu'on parle d'un truc assez basique ?C'est quoi la place de l'invisible dans l'entreprise, ce qui ne se mesure avec aucun KPI ?Si ça produit des résultats financiers et qu'on peut le mesurer, pourquoi les boîtes ne le font pas ?Toutes les marques ont des valeurs affichées au mur et personne n'est capable d'en parler. Qu'est-ce qui distingue les vôtres ?Est-ce que le triple bottom line, people planet profit, est vraiment accessible, ou est-ce qu'on ne peut pas travailler les trois en même temps ?Est-ce que tout ça ne démarre pas par un travail individuel du dirigeant, une forme de spiritualité même laïque ?Comment poser des limites pour que le soin inconditionnel ne se fasse pas dévorer par ceux qui en abusent ?Est-ce que le capitalisme financier est en train de s'adapter aux critiques, ou est-ce qu'il passe simplement entre les mailles du filet ?Références citées dans l'épisodeLivresThe Caring Company / L'entreprise qui prend soin, Isaac Getz et Laurent Marbacher, nominé Breakthrough Ideas au Thinkers50 (00:30, 16:17)Vos idées changent tout, Isaac Getz, 2003 (05:04)Give and Take, Adam Grant, sur les profils givers, matchers et takers (59:02)Les travaux d'Isaac Getz sur l'entreprise libérée, avec Brian Carney (01:53, 06:02)Entreprises et organisationsLSDH, Laiterie de Saint-Denis-de-l'Hôtel, près d'Orléans, environ 2 200 personnes, la maison des routiers installée dans une ancienne porcherie (11:17 à 14:23)La famille Schmittlin, laiterie alsacienne, épisode d'entraide sur quinze ans avec la famille Vasseneix (19:44 à 21:46)Handelsbanken, banque suédoise, fonds Oktogonen, performance supérieure à ses concurrents chaque année depuis 1973, 1 % du marché de détail britannique et 50 % du crédit aux PME pendant la crise des subprimes (21:46, 47:05, 49:15 à 52:33)Reitan, plus grand distributeur nordique, huit valeurs gravées dans la pierre et un livre bleu confidentiel, programmes de réalisation des rêves des salariés (31:54 à 36:49)Châteauform', les clients appelés des amis, l'anecdote du savon du site rue Saint-Dominique (45:12, 01:01:28)Favi, fonderie picarde (06:02)Alan et le remboursement par défaut (01:03:05)Lidl sorti de Norvège au bout de quatre ans, Aldi sorti du Danemark (34:42)Personnes citéesJean-François Zobrist, ancien patron de Favi, disparu (06:02, 01:03:50)Jan Wallander, l'architecte de la philosophie Handelsbanken (22:31)Anders Bouvin, ancien PDG de Handelsbanken, ex-patron de la division britannique développée de zéro à plus de 200 agences (49:15, 51:38)Odd Reitan, fondateur du groupe Reitan (31:54, 35:30)Daniel Abittan, cofondateur de Châteauform' (01:02:24)Emmanuel Vasseneix, PDG de LSDH (19:44)Hubert Joly, qui a écrit un mot dans le livre (23:54)Jean-Charles Samuelian, Alan (01:03:05)Muhammad Yunus, prix Nobel de la paix, avec qui Laurent Marbacher a cocréé une banque de microcrédit au Chili (03:25)Peter Senge, organisation apprenante (03:25)Cynthia Fleury et les quatre dimensions du care, physique, psychique, social, environnemental (30:26)Adam Smith, philosophe moral avant d'être économiste (17:52 à 18:36)Milton Friedman, article du New York Times de 1970 (42:16, 01:05:39)John Elkington, inventeur du triple bottom line et auteur de son propre rappel dans la HBR (40:55)Olivier Hamant et la robustesse, référence de Grégory Pouy (28:44)Adam Grant (58:42)Thatcher et Reagan, et le there is no alternative (01:05:39, 01:12:05)ConceptsEntreprise libérée, 400 à 500 entreprises et administrations en France (06:24)Blue ocean strategy (25:39)Triple bottom line, people planet profit (39:40)Shareholder et stakeholder capitalism, World Economic Forum (40:55)Heartset shift contre mindset shift, métanoïa (53:27)Code d'honneur Bushido (54:13)Force for good (01:08:00)Timestamps clés00:13 Introduction et présentation des invités02:54 D'où vient leur intérêt pour le soin07:25 Philosophie contre modèle11:02 La maison des routiers de LSDH14:23 Pourquoi il n'y a pas de calcul derrière16:05 Pourquoi l'humanité en entreprise nous surprend17:02 La transaction comme croyance fondatrice19:02 La place de l'invisible19:44 L'histoire Schmittlin, quinze ans plus tard21:46 Handelsbanken et le médecin de famille23:54 Pourquoi les entreprises ne le font pas26:27 L'inflation de l'ego et l'endoctrinement des business schools30:26 Les quatre dimensions du care selon Cynthia Fleury31:54 Reitan et les rêves des salariés35:30 Les huit valeurs gravées dans la pierre36:49 Pourquoi les valeurs affichées au mur sont du vent39:40 Le triple bottom line et son rappel produit42:21 D'accord avec Friedman sur un point42:59 Care first45:12 Châteauform' et les clients appelés des amis46:11 Des principes, pas des méthodes47:05 Pourquoi une mesure isolée ne suffit jamais49:15 Handelsbanken et les PME britanniques pendant la crise51:22 Profits privatisés, pertes socialisées52:33 Le travail intérieur du dirigeant53:27 Le heartset shift57:12 Les réseaux de dirigeants58:42 Adam Grant et les givers01:01:28 L'anecdote du savon en cristal01:03:05 Alan et le remboursement par défaut01:03:50 Le coût invisible du contrôle01:05:39 Le capitalisme financier peut-il s'adapter01:12:05 Il y a une alternative01:13:12 ConclusionHébergé par Audiomeans. 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Our wrap of the biggest stories this week! As always, the wins: Hélène Huby raising a record $450 million for her European space company, the biggest round ever for an EU firm led by a female founder, and Australia cracking the top ten on the World Economic Forum's global gender equality rankings for the first time.Then, we dig into Ed Sheeran's claim of "neutrality" after Macklemore was dropped from his tour, then onto the HYROX incident and our obsession with pushing through and much more. This week's discussed stories include:Australia's record 8th place on gender equality is still no time for complacencyEd Sheeran claimed neutrality, then made the most political call of his careerThe HYROX poo incident exposes our obsession with pushing throughThe Sweeney ad isn't about sport, it's about who gets to profit from women's bodiesSubscribe wherever you get your podcasts, and head to womensagenda.com.au for the full stories. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome back to the Alt Goes Mainstream podcast.We went to Miami to sit down with the professor of infrastructure investing and Founder, Chairman, and Managing Partner of I Squared, Dr. Sadek Wahba. Sadek has blended academic knowledge and a practical approach to infrastructure investing to build I Squared into a $60B infrastructure investment firm in 14 years, some of which he has adroitly distilled into the 2024 book that he authored, Build: Investing in America's Infrastructure.We had such a fascinating and wide-ranging discussion that I've decided to break down our conversation into chapters.“We are enormously boring by design”: From the World Bank to building a $60B infrastructure investing behemoth[00:00:00–00:16:19]Sadek has been investing in a category, infrastructure, that he calls “invsible until it's missing.” He's brought experience as an economist at The World Bank and running Morgan Stanley Infrastructure as CEO to bear as he has built out I Squared into a leading infrastructure investment firm.Some notable quotes from this chapter:“You open your tap water, you never think where the water comes from … So you take a lot of that for granted.”“For better or worse, it may say something about us being enormously boring, but the only thing we do is infrastructure.”“With the boom in AI, and the need for power and data centers … add another five-plus trillion dollars that will need to be invested in transmission lines, power generation, data centers, fiber optics and all sorts of infrastructure.”No free lunch: ownership, regulation, and the ghost of Flint[00:16:19–00:32:40]U.S. infrastructure has shifted from private ownership to overleveraged municipalities. Sadek breaks down what has gone wrong with different infrastructure investment models around the world by dissecting who owns an asset, who manages it, who regulates it, and why collapsing those three roles into one is exactly what happened in Flint, Michigan.Some notable quotes from this chapter:“I'm sorry to say, but there's no free lunch. Whether it's a public good or not, that public good requires inputs, produces an output, and someone has to pay for it.” “There are three things that matter when you think about infrastructure: the ownership of the asset, who manages it, and who regulates it. If the entity that owns, manages, and regulates it are the same, you have a problem.”“They managed it, they regulated it, and they owned it. So if I wanted to complain to the regulator … the manager is the regulator. But the real owner is the manager who's also the regulator.” (Sadek on what happened in the Flint, Michigan water crisis).If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is[00:32:40–00:51:06]Sadek takes us inside I Squared's investing playbook. He discusses why they walked away from a Norwegian gas deal promising 14-15% returns, and why regulatory risk is the hardest thing to underwrite. Sadek also shares where he believes value is created in the next decade.If it's too good to be true, then it's probably not true. And that, for me, is rule number one.” “How can you make a return of 14%, 15% on something which is a hundred percent regulated and where you take very little risk? That, to me, doesn't exist.” “The adoption of AI technology is probably the single biggest opportunity we see in infrastructure over the coming years.”Fishing in a different pond: the mid-market and the democratization of infrastructure[00:51:06–01:07:19]Sadek explains how a firm that has a $15B fund to deploy still focuses on the “mid-market,” why banks have abandoned the $50-100M loan, and why individual investors can play a role in financing assets that they use every day.“Our funds could be $15B in size … people say, “You're joking, right? That's not mid-market” And the answer is, well, no, it is … because we invest globally.”“I hope the day comes where most airports in the US are not owned by funds, but they're publicly listed. Instead of being owned by a municipality, you and I can buy the shares of that company.”“If regulators are not paid, they're not incentivized to do a good job.”Onshoring, national security, and what drives Sadek[01:07:19–01:17:15]Sadek shares why private capital can help fill the gap for funding infrastructure needs as growing government debt makes it harder for governments to keep footing the bill. He also discusses the case for onshoring beyond politics and what motivates him. “Private capital will per force play a critical role if you want to maintain sustainable economic growth rates. If you want lower per capita income, if you want higher unemployment … then don't have the private sector invest in it.”“I can think of two reasons [for onshoring] that have nothing to do with politics: national security, and supply chain issues."“What drives me is to be able to produce something that people find useful, that people use to better their lives. And if you can do that in any small way, I think that's enormously rewarding.”BioDr. Sadek Wahba is Chairman and Managing Partner of I Square Capital, an independent global infrastructure investment manager based in Miami, Florida, with $60 billion in assets under management.He has worked at Morgan Stanley where he was the CEO of Morgan Stanley Infrastructure, a global platform for infrastructure investment and as an economist at The World Bank. Sadek is an advocate for transformative approaches to infrastructure investment and a frequent commentator about the need for more investment in infrastructure to promote sustainable economic growth. He was a presidential appointment to the National Infrastructure Advisory Council, which advises the White House on reducing the physical and cyber risks and improving the security and resilience of critical infrastructure in the U.S. He was part of the expert committee on the World Economic Forum's first report on global infrastructure investments and was named Global Infrastructure Personality of the Year twice, as well as Global Infrastructure Personality of the Decade, by Private Equity International (PEI). He frequently appears on Bloomberg, CNBC, Nasdaq, and other networks, including Op-eds in the Financial Times and other leading journals.He holds a Ph.D. in economics from Harvard University, an M.Sc. in economics from the London School of Economics (LSE) and a B.A. in economics from the American University in Cairo. He is a published author on economic research and one of his publications was selected by MIT as one of their 50 most influential papers in the last 50 years His book Build: Investing in America's Infrastructure published by Georgetown University Press published in 2024 is in its second printing.Sadek is a Senior Fellow at the Development Res...

Cutting the greenhouse gas emissions from heavy industry has often been framed as a cost problem: why pay more for low-emission products when the conventional versions are cheaper? But many companies are pushing ahead, with an eye on staying competitive, securing supply chains and preparing for future markets. This episode hears from two companies and an investor who say low-emission technologies are already making business sense. All three are involved in the First Movers Coalition, a World Economic Forum initiative working with companies and governments to make low-emission technologies commercially viable. Speakers: Jennifer Holmgren, CEO of LanzaTech Rebecca Boudreaux, President & Chief Executive Officer, Oberon Fuels Rajesh Swaminathan, Partner, Khosla Ventures, USA Noam Boussidan, Programme Head, First Movers Coalition Links: First Movers Coalition: https://initiatives.weforum.org/first-movers-coalition/home Follow the Sustainable Development Impact Meetings 2026: https://www.weforum.org/meetings/sustainable-development-impact-meetings-2026/ Related podcasts: The Hormuz shock, AI and China: the state of global energy, with Jason Bordoff: https://www.weforum.org/podcasts/radio-davos/episodes/amnc26-energy-china-hormuz-oil-gas-renewables-bordoff/ A "fundamental shift" in energy thinking: the Energy Transition Index 2026: https://www.weforum.org/podcasts/radio-davos/episodes/energy-transition-index-2026/ The scientific advances ready to change the world: the Top 10 Emerging Technologies 2026: https://www.weforum.org/podcasts/radio-davos/episodes/top-10-emerging-tech-2026/ Check out all our podcasts on wef.ch/podcasts:  YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@wef/podcasts Radio Davos - subscribe: https://pod.link/1504682164 Meet the Leader - subscribe: https://pod.link/1534915560 Agenda Dialogues - subscribe: https://pod.link/1574956552  

Today's guest is Aaron David Miller, senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Between 1978 and 2003, he served at the State Department as an historian, analyst, negotiator, and advisor to Republican and Democratic secretaries of state, where he helped formulate U.S. policy on the Middle East and the Arab-Israel peace process, most recently as the senior advisor for Arab-Israeli negotiations. In this episode, Alon and Aaron discuss the current state of Israeli-Palestinian affairs and what the prospects are for peace, including regionally, what we may see from the upcoming elections in Israel, the current status of the Iran war and its implications for the region, the Gulf states' concerns about their security in the war's aftermath, Israel's gains and losses from the war, and the state of US foreign policy under Trump toward the region. Full bio Aaron David Miller is a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, focusing on U.S. foreign policy. He has written five books, including his most recent, The End of Greatness: Why America Can't Have (and Doesn't Want) Another Great President (Palgrave, 2014) and The Much Too Promised Land: America's Elusive Search for Arab-Israeli Peace (Bantam, 2008), and hosts Carnegie Connects, Carnegie's premier live podcast. He received his PhD in Middle East and U.S. diplomatic history from the University of Michigan in 1977. Between 1978 and 2003, Miller served at the State Department as an historian, analyst, negotiator, and advisor to Republican and Democratic secretaries of state, where he helped formulate U.S. policy on the Middle East and the Arab-Israel peace process, most recently as the senior advisor for Arab-Israeli negotiations. He also served as the deputy special Middle East coordinator for Arab-Israeli negotiations, senior member of the State Department's policy planning staff, in the Bureau of Intelligence and Research, and in the office of the historian. He has received the department's Distinguished, Superior, and Meritorious Honor Awards. Miller is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, and formerly served as resident scholar at the Georgetown Center for Strategic and International Studies. He has been a featured presenter at the World Economic Forum and leading U.S. universities. Between 2003 and 2006 he served as president of Seeds of Peace, a nonprofit organization dedicated to empowering young leaders from regions of conflict with the leadership skills required to advance reconciliation and coexistence. From 2006 to 2019, Miller was a public policy scholar; vice president for new initiatives, and director of the Middle East program at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. Miller's articles have appeared in the New York Times, Washington Post, Politico, Foreign Policy, and Foreign Affairs. He is a frequent commentator on CNN, MSNBC, NPR, BBC, and Sirius XM radio.

About This Episode  In this episode, Frank Cottle talks with Charlene Li — one of the most established voices in business transformation and disruptive leadership. A New York Times bestselling author of seven books, Li founded the disruptive analyst firm Altimeter Group, served as Chief Research Officer at PA Consulting, and now runs her own firm, Quantum Networks Group. She has advised 49 of the Fortune 100, spoken at the World Economic Forum, TED, and SXSW, and was named one of the most creative people in business by Fast Company. Her latest book, Winning with AI: The 90-Day Blueprint for Success, co-authored with Dr. Katia Walsh, is — in her words — not a technology book, but a leadership and strategy book.    The conversation starts where most AI conversations refuse to: identity. If the machine can do it, who are we? From there, Li dismantles the "AI-first" label, names the scarcity trap behind headcount-cutting AI strategies, and lays out the unglamorous groundwork — mindset, skill set, toolset, decision set — that lets companies move fast because they can move safely.   

Matt Abrahams explains the pitfalls of outsourcing your communication to AI—and how you can use it to enhance your communication instead.— YOU'LL LEARN — 1) Why polish is no longer an advantage—and what is 2) The many ways AI can hurt or help your communication skills3) How “Costco credibility” helps you win moreSubscribe or visit AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep1180 for the full transcript! — ABOUT MATT — Matt Abrahams is a leading expert in communication with decades of experience as an educator, author, podcast host, and coach. As a Lecturer in Organizational Behavior at Stanford University's Graduate School of Business, he teaches popular classes in strategic communication and effective virtual presenting. He received Stanford GSB's Alumni Teaching Award in recognition of his teaching students around the world. When he isn't teaching, Matt is a sought-after keynote speaker and communication consultant. He has helped countless presenters improve and hone their communication, including some who have delivered IPO road shows as well as TED, World Economic Forum, and Nobel Prize presentations. His online talks garner millions of views and he hosts the popular, award-winning podcast Think Fast, Talk Smart The Podcast. His previous book Speaking Up without Freaking Out: 50 Techniques for Confident and Compelling Presenting has helped thousands of people manage speaking anxiety and present more confidently and authentically.• Book: Think Faster, Talk Smarter: How to Speak Successfully When You're Put on the Spot• AI ChatBot: ChatMatt• LinkedIn: Matt Abrahams• Newsletter: Think Fast Talk Smart• Podcast: FasterSmarter.io• Website: MattAbrahams.com— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW — • Study: “Individual differences in adult decision-making competence” by Wändi Bruine de Bruin, Andrew M Parker, and Baruch Fischhoff• YouTube: Brendan Dell• Book: "Improv Wisdom: Don't Prepare, Just Show Up" by Patricia Ryan Madson• Past episode: 1010: Getting the Most Out of Generative AI at Work with Jeremy Utley— THANK YOU SPONSORS! — • Shopify. Sign up for your free trial at Shopify.com/awesomepod• Vinted. Download the Vinted app for free to start selling with no seller fees!• Fitnexa. Get $10 off the SomniPods3 with the link and code AWESOMESee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

The CEO of Anthropic has warned that the increasing rate of development could lead to rogue artificial intelligence agents taking over the internet, potentially causing hundreds of billions of dollars in damage. Elon Musk and the OpenAI boss Sam Altman both said they agreed with Dario Amodei whilst a former Anthropic researcher, Jacob Coxon, has told the BBC there was a strong chance that all humans could die in the immediate future without a slowdown. Also, the Reform UK right-wing populist party receives two donations worth nearly 100 million dollars. The Indian-British novelist, Salman Rushdie, speaks to the BBC about a new film which documents his attempted murder with never-before-seen footage of the attack. Yemen says it has struck back against Houthi fighters in the strategic coastal city of Mocha. Chile is in mourning after at least sixteen elderly people were killed in a fire at a nursing home. And Kazakhstan's Elena Rybakina proves why she's the women's world number one in tennis after winning the US Open in New York. The Global News Podcast brings you the breaking news you need to hear, as it happens. Listen for the latest headlines and current affairs from around the world. Politics, economics, climate, business, technology, health – we cover it all with expert analysis and insight. Get the news that matters, delivered twice a day on weekdays and daily at weekends, plus special bonus episodes reacting to urgent breaking stories. Follow or subscribe now and never miss a moment. Get in touch: globalpodcast@bbc.co.uk Photo: CEO and Co-Founder of Anthropic Dario Amodei speaks during the 56th annual World Economic Forum meeting in Davos, Switzerland Credit: REUTERS/Denis Balibouse

Episode SummaryOto sits down with Derrick Broze — independent investigative journalist, documentary filmmaker, and founder of The Conscious Resistance Network — for a conversation that starts in a Texas state prison and ends with 23 acres in the mountains of central Mexico.Derrick's awakening didn't begin with Ron Paul or the Federal Reserve. It began the week before he turned 21, when he was arrested for possession of crystal meth and went on to serve 18 months. He walks Oto through what losing everything taught him, how a library book on cannabis history cracked open his first real questions about the drug war, and how a decade of journalism led to his YouTube channel being deleted in October 2020 with 76,000 subscribers.From there they dig into the pyramid of power, the parasite class and its relationship to addiction, and where blockchain genuinely serves freedom versus where tokenization becomes a control grid.The back half is the part worth staying for. Derrick lays out exit and build — his answer to people who consume doom and call it awareness — including the Conscious Agora eco-village he's spent five years assembling, the Freedom Cells network that grew from 2,000 to 40,000 people during COVID, and his rewrite of the World Economic Forum's own essay: Welcome to 2030. I own land, live amongst like-minded people, and life has never been better.CHAPTERS0:00 – Trailer 0:56 – Intro & Meet Derrick Broze 1:56 – The Red Pill: Ron Paul, Jim Marrs & 9/11 2:36 – Arrested at 20: Meth, Prison & Hitting Bottom 3:56 – Life as a Felon & the Book That Changed Everything 5:56 – Waking Up to the Drug War's Real Origins 6:56 – January 2020: Seeing It Coming From Mexico 8:56 – Publishing "How to Opt Out" Two Months Before COVID 10:26 – Deleted: 76,000 Subscribers Gone Overnight 11:56 – Shadowbanning & Why He Doesn't Trust the Numbers 13:56 – From the War on Terror to the Biomedical State 15:56 – The Pyramid of Power: Who Is "They"? 17:56 – Addiction, Power & the Root of Dependency 20:56 – Five Years of Research Into One Question 23:56 – Why the Answer Is a Mindset, Not a Family 25:56 – Catherine Austin Fitts & the Independent Media Alliance 27:56 – Tokenization: Liberation Tool or Control Grid? 29:56 – Blockchain Isn't Good or Bad, It's a Tool 34:56 – How His View on Bitcoin Changed 37:56 – Digital Gold vs. Real World Currency 39:56 – Cash, Monero & Why Community Is the Real Currency 42:56 – 23 Acres: Building the Conscious Agora 44:56 – Sugarcrete, Tiny Homes & the Holistic Education Center 46:56 – The Greater Reset Becomes The People's Reset 50:56 – What Technocracy Actually Looks Like 52:56 – Denmark, Digital IDs & the World They're Building 53:56 – Liberation 2030: What's YOUR Vision? 54:56 – Who Profits From Your Doom Scrolling 56:56 – Alchemizing "You Will Own Nothing" 57:56 – The People They Left Behind — That's Us 58:56 – The Books: Trilogy, Technocratic State, Pyramid of Power 1:00:56 – A Man of My Word & Why Addiction Needs Talking About 1:03:56 – Freedom Cells: Mutual Aid, Decentralized 1:06:56 – 2,000 to 40,000 During COVID 1:08:56 – Just Because COVID's Gone Doesn't Mean the Agenda Is 1:09:56 – Two Minutes in Front of a Million PeopleKEY TAKEAWAYSDerrick's spiritual awakening predated his political one by four years. Prison and hitting bottom came first; the Federal Reserve and Ron Paul came after. His work has always been the intersection of internal and external freedom.His YouTube channel was deleted in October 2020 for an interview that YouTube said conflicted with World Health Organization standards. It was restored in mid-2025 with videos and thousands of subscribers missing, and has not moved from 74K since.On blockchain he refuses both camps. He calls himself a "freedom maxi" — the technology is a tool, the World Economic Forum's vision for tokenization is not the same as a private crypto that keeps you out of the banking system, and collapsing the two is a failure of nuance.His central challenge: plenty of people monetize your fear and never offer a solution, because doom scrolling is the business model. If you don't want their 2030, what's yours? Write it down.The Conscious Agora is six households on 23 acres outside Morelia, paid off in January 2025 without a bank — partly in crypto — with a vetting process currently open for three more.LEARN MORE / CONNECTThe Conscious Resistance: https://theconsciousresistance.com A Man of My Word: https://amanofmyword.com The Pyramid of Power: https://thepyramidofpower.net Freedom Cells: https://freedomcells.orgCONNECT WITH OTO: Instagram – https://instagram.com/otogomes Website – https://otogomes.live(For educational and entertainment purposes only. Not legal, medical, or financial advice.)

Return after a week off with a wide-ranging roundup covering AI tools, Earth's rotation, ancient protective statues, Canadian politics, surveillance, climate data, archaeology, body brokers, and geopolitical theories. The hosts trade clips, react to current events, test AI summarization tools, and explore how symbolism, institutions, and hidden power structures shape the stories they're discussing.   To gain access to the second half of show and our Plus feed for audio and podcast please clink the link http://www.grimericaoutlawed.ca/support. For second half of video (when applicable and audio) go to our Substack and Subscribe. https://grimericaoutlawed.substack.com/ or to our Locals  https://grimericaoutlawed.locals.com/ or Patreon https://www.patreon.com/grimericaoutlawed Key topics The hosts return after a two-week break and catch up on what's happening in their lives. Darren and Graham test Claude and Grok for summarizing dense information and debate whether AI tools rely too heavily on mainstream sources. A scientific paper about Earth's rotation and changes in the length of day is translated into plain English. Graham explains the history and symbolism of the Lamassu, ancient winged guardian statues from Mesopotamia. The destruction of Lamassu statues by ISIS is compared with the construction of a giant Prometheus statue near Starbase in Texas. The hosts discuss Prometheus, the Statue of Liberty, technological ambition, and the symbolism of monumental art. Darren and Graham revisit JD Vance's comments about "doing God's work" and debate how much context is lost in short political clips. Flock cameras, surveillance systems, and possible replacements become part of a broader discussion about institutional control. The episode explores claims involving Davos, chemtrails, weather modification, and the reliability of viral investigative videos. 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For this episode, let's revisit a strategy skills classic interview with an award-winning marketer, TEDx speaker and authority in harnessing the instinctive mind to accelerate brand and business growth,  founder and CEO of Triggers, Leslie Zane. Leslie is the author of The Power of Instinct: The New Rules of Persuasion in Business and Life. In her book, Leslie shows that to grow a brand, business, or even a social movement, traditional persuasion tactics fall short. Instead, you must connect to the instinctive mind. And to do this, you need to understand the science of consumer choice and employ techniques that work with a person's brain, not against it. Leslie Zane is an award-winning marketer, TEDx speaker and the foremost authority in harnessing the instinctive mind to accelerate brand and business growth.    In her early career at P&G and Johnson & Johnson, Zane championed the position that what people say is unreliable and that telegraphic cues are more powerful than direct communication, but her unconventional thinking was often disregarded. In 1995, she founded Triggers®, the first brand consulting firm rooted in behavioral science, where she continued to champion the primacy of the instinctive mind in brand decisions. With her groundbreaking discoveries in boosting salience, the Brand Connectome® and Growth Triggers®, Zane and her team have delivered over $20 billion in incremental revenue for Fortune 100 clients.  Today Triggers' strategies are evident in diverse fields from consumer-packaged goods, health care and insurance to fighting anti-Semitism, showcasing its versatility.  An alumna of Yale, Harvard Business School and Bain & Company, Zane is a recipient of the Congressional Women of Distinction and the Ogilvy Award. In 2021, she coined the term "Covid-stasis" forecasting the pandemic's lasting psychological and behavioral effects.  Zane has been published in prestigious publications including Knowledge@Wharton, Harvard Business Review, World Economic Forum, Newsweek and Ad Age. Zane is a board member of El Centro Hispano, the leading non-profit empowering Hispanic immigrants with skills to thrive in the United States. Get The Power of Instinct here: https://rb.gy/l3ofdo Claim your free gift: Free gift #1 McKinsey & BCG winning resume www.FIRMSconsulting.com/resumePDF Free gift #2 Breakthrough Decisions Guide with 25 AI Prompts www.FIRMSconsulting.com/decisions Free gift #3 Five Reasons Why People Ignore Somebody www.FIRMSconsulting.com/owntheroom Free gift #4 Access episode 1 from Build a Consulting Firm, Level 1 www.FIRMSconsulting.com/build Free gift #5 The Overall Approach used in well-managed strategy studies www.FIRMSconsulting.com/OverallApproach Free gift #6 Get a copy of Nine Leaders in Action, a book we co-authored with some of our clients: www.FIRMSconsulting.com/gift

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Executives at the World Economic Forum in Davos are asking for data governance but the data profession wasn't in the room to answer. The gap isn't the business's understanding. It's ours.

Dr. Toby Cosgrove is the former President and CEO of Cleveland Clinic, where he now serves as Executive Advisor. A cardiac surgeon and inventor, he is a member of the Cleveland Medical Hall of Fame and the Cleveland Business Hall of Fame, and has addressed the World Economic Forum at Davos and the Senate HELP Committee. In this episode of DGTL Voices, Toby tells Edward Marx about nearly flunking out of Williams College before anyone discovered he was dyslexic, running a hundred-bed casualty staging flight in Vietnam at 28, and the two decisions he's proudest of from his tenure at Cleveland Clinic, both about purpose and language rather than buildings. Plus: the three problems he thinks AI has to solve in healthcare, and his advice for people who want the C-suite. Connect with Marx Advisory at https://bio.marxadvisory.com/

Del Bigtree — Emmy-winning producer, host of The HighWire, the most watched independent voice in health media. Dr. Roger McFillin — board-certified clinical psychologist. Del brought Roger on The HighWire for a segment on the Lindsay Clancy case. Then he kept the cameras rolling for Off the Record, the long-form Friday conversation where the show goes places broadcast television never would. Twenty minutes in, this one went somewhere neither of them expected. Neither backed away from it. "If I said these things to the wrong person, it would be identified as delusional." Watch The HighWire — new episodes every Thursday, Off the Record every Friday. thehighwire.com

Coming to you from Whidbey Island, Washington this is Stories From Women Who Walk with Wednesdays on Whidbey and your host, Diane Wyzga. El Toro Sailing. My US Navy pediatric nurse off-duty days were spent sailing a tiny boat in the shipping channel off the Port of Norfolk. Believe it or not I sailed an 8x4 foot single-masted, centerboard El Toro that flew across the water. An old skipper powered a battered motor boat across the waves, curling around my boat with a great rooster tail spraying, and hurled a white styrofoam block wrapped with an old rope. It landed right in my lap. The block had been hollowed out to fit 2 cold cans of beer. That was a good day! Bad days. But when the days weren't so good, when I had more downs than ups, kids got worse, some died, moms needed comforting and support when dads were away at sea, self-doubts about working pediatrics crowded my thoughts, or a well-deserved leave was cancelled, I had to learn to “hold fast.” Hold Fast at Sea. For centuries sailing was a dangerous profession, and ships were often caught in storms or rough seas. “Hold fast!” commanded sailors to secure equipment, and ropes or lines to prevent accidents or maintain safety and stability on ships especially during turbulent weather conditions. Sailors would shout “hold fast!” to each other when they needed to grab onto something firmly so that they wouldn't get thrown off balance by the towering waves. Sailors learned quickly that “hold fast” means to maintain a firm grip on something despite external forces trying to pull it away. It could come down to saving a life or “man overboard” at a time when few boys and men knew how to swim. Hold Fast Today. Over time, “hold fast” came to mean strength, perseverance and determination in facing adversity when challenges threatened to unmoor your own stability. While the old nautical term and the present day variation have distinct meanings, they share a common thread: steadfastness. Whether you're holding onto a rope during rough seas or standing up for what you believe in, “hold fast” requires unwavering commitment and resilience. The Future Will Prevail. The unprecedented conditions we find ourselves in today demand a grounded personal presence of internal strength and determination, maintaining one's grip on values, kindness, empathy, and holding on to hope. The worn out, deteriorated, broken-down, and decaying patriarchy is railing against the future. The future will prevail. We must hold fast so that it arrives. Hold fast with all the resilience you can muster even when you feel you cannot hold fast a moment longer. That is the place the tide will turn. CTA: What if we hold fast and we get things right? Check out World Economic Forum's Sustainable Development Vision for 2030 to give yourself a bit more hope: Thank you for listening. I'm glad you're here. You're invited: “Come for the stories - stay for the magic!” Speaking of magic, Subscribe & Spread this episode with a generous 5-star review & comment—it helps us all—& join us next time! AND! Stop by my Quarter Moon Story Arts website during reconstruction, email me [info@quartermoonstoryarts.net] to arrange a no-obligation Discovery Call, and stay current with me as Quarter Moon Story Arts on Substack while I renovate that site, too. Stories From Women Who Walk Production Team Podcaster: Diane F Wyzga & Quarter Moon Story Arts Music: Entering Erdenheim by Steve Schuch & Night Heron Music ALL content and image © 2019 to Present Quarter Moon Story Arts. All rights reserved. Enjoy my work? Share & attribute it to Diane Wyzga of Stories From Women Who Walk podcast with a link back to the original source.

3 Takeaways from my conversation with Deniz Kent, CEO of Prolific Machines: 1. Moonshot thinking starts with a real problem. Deniz saw conflict over resources and asked: what if cells could make everything we need? That question built a company. 2. The best technology has the lowest cost AND highest quality. When those two things align — adoption follows. Every time. 3. Assemble people smarter than you. Deniz conceived the idea. Then got out of the way and hired scientists better than himself. That's leadership.   --- About Deniz Kent, PhD • Co-Founder & CEO, Prolific Machines (Oct 2020–Present). Conceived the core technology, built the leadership team, and secured $90 M+ from top-tier investors including Breakthrough Energy Ventures, In-Q-Tel, Ki Tua Fund, Mayfield. • GSK, Scientist (Sep 2014–Sep 2015). Developed in-vitro monocyte-derived dendritic cell models to investigate tolerogenic receptors. • University of Bristol, Tumour Immunology Researcher (Sep 2014–Sep 2016). Investigated adenosinemediated suppression of CD8⁺ T cells. • UMass Medical School, Visiting Scholar (Jun 2019–Dec 2019). Advanced collaborative research on hepatic cell models. Domain expertise & credentials • Conceived the vision for optogenetic bio- manufacturing and moved to the U.S. to co-found and lead Prolific Machines. • PhD, Centre for Stem Cells & Regenerative Medicine, King's College London ('16–'20). Co-discovered a novel human liver stem cell population (Segal & Kent et al., Nat Comm 2019). Led first high-throughput small-molecule screen on iPSC-derived hepatocytes—identifying 7 novel hits, 2 under patent. • Technical specialties include optogenetics, single-cell RNAseq, iPSC differentiation, AI-driven bioprocess optimization Notable awards & recognitions • Deniz is a member of Founder's Pledge and was appointed to the World Economic Forum's Bioeconomy Initiative. Connect with Jon Dwoskin: Twitter: @jdwoskin Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jonathan.dwoskin Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thejondwoskinexperience/ Website: https://jondwoskin.com/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jondwoskin/ Email: jon@jondwoskin.com Get Jon's Book: The Think Big Movement: Grow your business big. Very Big! Connect with Deniz Kent, PhD: Website: https://www.prolific-machines.com  X: https://x.com/prolificmachine   LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/prolific-machines    *E - explicit language may be used in this podcast.

About This Episode In this episode, Frank Cottle sits down with David Grossman — one of America's foremost authorities on leadership and change communication inside organizations. Grossman is founder and CEO of The Grossman Group, a trusted executive coach to the C-suite, and a six-time author whose award-winning Heart First series is applauded by leaders worldwide. His latest book, The Heart Work of Modern Leadership: 6 Differentiators of Exceptional Leaders (Amplify Publishing Group, 2026), is an Amazon Best Seller across four business categories. His commentary has been featured in the Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Fortune, Fast Company, Newsweek, the World Economic Forum — and Allwork.Space.   The conversation moves from The Grossman Group's research with The Harris Poll — which found AI to be the single biggest change-management issue in business today — into the surprising heart of his new book: it's not the bad leaders organizations should worry about. It's the good ones.

This episode of The New Abnormal podcast features Fredy Vargas Lama, PhD. He's a renowned senior consultant and advisor in long-term strategy and foresight, focused on government transformation and foresight-informed policy design.His career has taken him from economics and corporate risk into government, where he became Peru's national director for foresight and long-term vision, before moving into academia, consultancy and international foresight networks. A central theme that he covered in our conversation is the development of futures thinking in Latin America. Fredy argues that long-term planning was historically constrained by political perceptions. The greatest barriers today are institutional and cultural. Governments frequently lack structures encouraging officials to think beyond electoral terms; long-term initiatives are abandoned when administrations change, which makes sustained action particularly difficult. Fredy also distinguishes anticipatory governance from conventional foresight. Rather than simply exploring possible futures, it links anticipation directly to decision-making, embeds future-oriented thinking continuously within institutions, and builds policymaking and public administration around a future-facing perspective. The objective is therefore institutional capability rather than simply better forecasting. Our discussion also included the OECD and World Economic Forum, whose value Fredy sees in connecting int'l expertise, generating multidisciplinary perspectives and enabling those advising govts and major organisations to exchange ideas about emerging technological, geopolitical and societal change. He also highlights the need for a renewed social contract capable of supporting societies through profound change. Philosophy has an important role here: he argues that futures thinking should reconnect with deeper questions about time, society and humanity rather than concentrating excessively on methods. Finally, our conversation concluded with a three-level challenge...

Should you still study engineering when AI can already write code, analyse data and automate parts of an engineer's job?In this solo episode, Neil Ashton gives his view on engineering education and careers in the age of AI. His answer is yes—but the skill set is changing. Neil explains why engineering fundamentals still matter, where AI can act as an enabler, what students and early-career engineers should learn now, and why soft skills, projects and internships may become even more important.Topics include:- Why demand for engineers is likely to remain strong- The engineering tasks most likely to change- AI as an enabler for coding, CAD, CAE and automation- Why domain knowledge is still essential for checking AI's work- What practical AI fluency means beyond using a chat interface- Advice for undergraduate, postgraduate and PhD students- How projects, internships and soft skills can help you stand outPodcast archive: https://neilashton.co.uk/podcasts/Chapters:00:00 Podcast intro00:39 The career question in the age of AI03:20 Why engineering demand is still growing04:43 Which engineering tasks AI will change05:21 AI as an engineering enabler09:18 Why fundamentals and domain expertise still matter11:59 AI fluency and the hiring market16:41 Advice for students and researchers20:05 What engineers should study now22:11 Standing out: soft skills, projects and internships25:41 Is engineering still worth it?Resource mentioned:- World Economic Forum, Future of Jobs Report 2025 — Skills outlook: https://www.weforum.org/publications/the-future-of-jobs-report-2025/in-full/3-skills-outlook/Please note that this episode expresses my personal opinion and does not represent the views of NVIDIA.

Were women in the past completely uneducated — or worse, cruelly denied any meaningful opportunity to receive an education by their parents and society at large? Some modern scholars say so, but in this "back-to-school" edition of Rachel's Trivia Challenge, the Lutheran Ladies are revisiting key literary sources as they not only explore the history of women's education but also investigate whether the prevailing narrative of our day is truly just to those who came before us.   With questions drawn from Shakespeare, Jane Austen, Charlotte Bronte, and other notable authors writing in and about their own times, this quiz will tickle the minds of literary mavens and education enthusiasts alike — even though, in the end, it may raise as many questions as it answers.   Sources referenced in this episode include ...  Gender in Cultural History: Gender and Education  Luther on education: arnold__lut_33_3.pdf  Martin Luther and female education. - Free Online Library  Martin Luther: A Sermon on Keeping Children in School (1530)  William Shakespeare, Much Ado about Nothing  Phillis Wheatley | The Poetry Foundation  Poems, by Phillis Wheatley   The Old Deluder Satan Act: deluder.html  Quote by Jane Austen: “It is amazing to me," said Bingley, "How young ...”  Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice; Mansfield Park   Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre  Social History of American Education | Education | Research Starters | EBSCO Research  The story of female education in the US: from illiterate to top of the class | World Economic Forum  ERIC - ED119389 - A History of Compulsory Education Laws. Fastback Series, No. 75. Bicentennial Series., 1976  Betty Smith, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn  John Dewey Quotes About Education | A-Z Quotes  Rosa Young - Wikipedia  Civil Rights Division | Sex Discrimination  Women Continue To Outpace Men In College Enrollment And Graduation  Connect with the Lutheran Ladies on social media in The Lutheran Ladies' Lounge Facebook discussion group (facebook.com/groups/LutheranLadiesLounge) and on Instagram @lutheranladieslounge. Follow Sarah (@hymnnerd), Rachel (@rachbomberger), and Erin (@erinaltered) on Instagram! Sign up for the Lutheran Ladies' Lounge monthly e-newsletter here, and email the Ladies at lutheranladies@kfuo.org.

What does it actually mean to lead with extreme commitment—and to follow through on your word, every single time? In this episode, Will sits down with Steve Farber, founder and CEO of The Extreme Leadership Institute, bestselling author, and one of the most respected voices in leadership development today.Steve's team has helped more than 25 companies earn spots on Best Places to Work lists, and his ideas have shaped leadership conversations far beyond the boardroom. He's the author of six acclaimed leadership books, starting with The Radical Leap, which won Fast Company's Readers' Choice Award and was named one of the 100 Best Business Books of All Time. His book Greater Than Yourself debuted as a Wall Street Journal and USA Today bestseller, and Love Is Just Damn Good Business has been featured everywhere from Wharton Radio to the World Economic Forum. He even teamed up with Twisted Sister's Jay Jay French to write Twisted Business, pulling leadership lessons straight from a career in rock and roll.This conversation comes at a perfect moment—Steve's newest book, The Radical Promise: Mastering the Art of Doing What You Say You Will Do, co-written with leadership legends Jim Kouzes and Barry Posner, launches the very day this episode is being recorded. Will and Rick dig into what it takes to build a culture of real accountability, why "doing what you say" is harder—and more radical—than it sounds, and how love and leadership intersect in ways most business books never touch.You can get Steve's book the Radical Promise here: https://www.amazon.com/Radical-Promise-Mastering-Doing-What-ebook/dp/B0HF4T8DPS/ref=books_amazonstores_desktop_mfs_author_smart_catalog_unrecognized_0?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_w=MtBjT&content-id=amzn1.sym.47218010-ccda-4098-a91e-bc39e6d446f4&pf_rd_p=47218010-ccda-4098-a91e-bc39e6d446f4&pf_rd_r=133-2963950-0619343&pd_rd_wg=7Tc5H&pd_rd_r=a368e788-2454-4548-ad09-d063b282ef87Get your copy of Rick Segal's book, The Heart of It here: https://amplifypublishinggroup.com/product/nonfiction/business-and-finance/entrepreneurship/the-heart-of-it/Read Rick Segal's blog: https://impactinvestorsegal.com/blog

Many people sense that something is profoundly wrong with the world they are living in. They feel it before they have words for it: that every system around them, medical, political, financial, the media itself, was built to keep them distracted while the cage went up. They watch the news and feel powerless. They seek help and leave feeling worse. They follow the rules and find that the rules were written by people who never intended to follow them.The powerful are counting on us to stay asleep, divided, afraid, and disconnected from our divine nature. We are your alarm clock, and it's time to wake up.Radically Genuine is becoming the voice of the awakening, speaking to you and for you, if you have remembered who you are. You are a soul, divinely created and deliberately placed, here on purpose and here on time. You chose this life, this body, and this moment knowing exactly what you were walking into. Which means you are not here by accident, and you are not here to comply.Wisdom has been hidden from us. Advancements in healthcare have been suppressed on purpose, because health does not sell the way sickness does. We have been under attack, and none of it was an accident. We are walking toward Agenda 2030 on schedule, and the control mechanisms are not coming. They are already here, already built, already running, and most people have not noticed because they were installed as conveniences.But the real target was never your body. It was your mind. Consciousness is the last frontier in a war for human sovereignty, and it is the one they cannot take unless you hand it over. This is why we bring you consciousness research and post material science, the work showing that awareness is not manufactured by the brain and that a human being is far more than the machine we were told we are. We are unapologetically pro human. We bring you the dissidents, the innovators, the censored scientists, the artists, and those with spiritual gifts, the people building the alternatives and holding the line while the rest of the world looks away.After five years, the show is evolving. This is the first recording from the new studio. Dr. Roger McFillin introduces his new co-host and RadGen Media co-founder, Tracy Thurman: how they found each other, what they have each been shown, and what this platform becomes on October 1st.Your soul chose to wake up. Consider this the alarm.Join the revolution https://radicallygenuine.com/

This week, Thomas sits down with award-winning researcher, author, and science communicator Britt Wray to discuss the need for collective care, systemic action, and spiritual introspection in addressing the climate crisis and its psychological effects.Britt offers an approach to climate anxiety, called “Transformational Resilience,” that focuses on channeling emotional distress into meaningful action and care, rather than resorting to denial or returning to an unhelpful baseline.She and Thomas also explore how climate action is like a relay race, where action is sustained over time by passing the baton, and how acting in alignment with environmental values reduces cognitive dissonance and fosters emotional well-being.✨ Watch the video version of this episode on YouTube:

Our guests in this episode are Pat Kane and Indra Adnan, the co-convenors of The Alternative Global. That project was launched in 2017 with the question, “If politics is broken, what's the alternative?” Pat and Indra will be speaking at the London Futurists and IEET event in London on 19-20 September, “The Technoprogressive Opportunity,” where they'll giving an update on progress with their project. Our episode today provides a chance to dive into what they have experienced and learned.Pat is a writer, musician, curator, consultant, activist and futurist. He is the author of the book “The Play Ethic”, and has written for the Independent, the Sunday Times, the Guardian/Observer and Scotland's Sunday Herald, of which he was a founding editor in 1999. He is currently a columnist with The National, and is researching a new book on politics, creativity and the science of emotions.Indra is a psycho-social therapist, founder of the Soft Power Network, and a writer and events producer. She has consulted to the World Economic Forum, Indian, Finnish and Danish governments, NATO, the Scottish Executive and the Institute of Contemporary Arts amongst others. She is the author of the book “The Politics of Waking Up: Power & Possibility In The Fractal Age”.Selected follow-ups:"The Alternative""The Daily Alternative" (newsletter)"Who Is Pat Kane?""About Indra Adnan""The Politics of Waking Up: Power and Possibility in the Fractal Age" - book by Indra"The Play Ethic: A Manifesto For a Different Way of Living" - book by Pat"Fourth Generation Civilization" - Substack by Michel Bauwens"Cosmolocalism: A Framework for Building Sustainable Network State Economies" - by Sterlin"Ecocivilisation through the CAN of CANs [Community Agency Networks]""Alternative Editorial: All For Devolution""Scottish Community Coalition on Energy release a Manifesto for Community Renewables""Alternative Editorial: Facing The Chasm" (covers Three Horizons)"Climate Whistleblower: We Face COLLAPSE" - Aaron Bastani Meets Kevin Anderson"Disruptive Climate Futures, with Dr Tom Harris" - London Futurists"Economic Possibilities for our Grandchildren" by John Maynard Keynes (1930)"Spring: a social and political invitation""Emotions and the Brain with Mark Solms" - New Thinking Allowed, with Leanne Whitney"Mo Gawdat"The Technoprogressive Opportunity: Event in London, Sept 19-20Music: Spike Protein, by Koi Discovery, available under CC0 1.0 Public Domain Declaration

For episode 764 of the BlockHash Podcast, host Brandon Zemp is joined by Joe Vollono the Chief Commercial Officer at STBL, where he leads global commercial strategy to scale the STBL Protocol and its RWA-backed financial ecosystem. Previously, Joe led Business Development for central banking and stablecoin (RLUSD) at Ripple, advising commercial banks, central banks, and finance ministries on digital asset policy, stablecoin design, and financial infrastructure. He has advised and presented to multiple international forums on stablecoins and tokenized assets, including the World Economic Forum, the United Nations, and the University of Oxford. Earlier in his career, Joe spent nearly a decade in capital markets at Morgan Stanley, where he was recognized as a Barron’s Top 50 Institutional Consultant (2020). He previously served as a nuclear-trained officer in the U.S. Navy Submarine Force. Joe holds an MBA from the University of Oxford, an MPP from Georgetown University, and a BS from the United States Naval Academy. He serves on the Board of the Marines Memorial Foundation.

The United States of America is a constitutional republic.  We've had 250 years of independence and 239 years since our Constitution was signed by the delegates in 1787.  The result?  Our nation and people have prospered like none other.   And with this background, there's a push toward socialism which is taking over cities, states, and attempting to also take over our nation.  It's difficult to fathom when you consider the many nations that have collapsed after thinking that socialism would solve their problems.   Then there's the promises of the World Economic Forum which have said people will own nothing and they'll be happy.  After all, there's the promise of free food, free healthcare, free daycare, free education, free college, forgiveness of student debt, rent control, guaranteed income, and so much more.  It's an attempt to make socialism sound like Utopia.  On top of that, there's no law enforcement, open borders for all to come and go as they please, and no more jails and prisons.  We're all just supposed to get along and everything will be well.  But its bitter end leads to complete government control, government dependence, destruction and misery, just like it has with so many nations that were drawn into the scam. Joining Jim to discuss this issue was Gary Kah.  Gary is founder and director of Hope for the World.  He's editor of Hope for the World Update.  He's also an author and former Europe & Middle East Trade Specialist for the Indiana State Government.

Margery Kraus is the Founder and Executive Chairman of APCO Worldwide, a company she started in 1984 as a small subsidiary of a Washington, D.C. law firm and built into a global consultancy with roughly 1,200 people across 35 locations.Her story, though, starts much earlier. The child of immigrants whose family fled Nazi Europe, passed through Cuba and eventually rebuilt their lives in America, Margery grew up around resilience, risk and starting again.We talk about how that shaped the entrepreneur she became, why she refused to listen when people told her “you can't do that,” and what it was really like building a global company while raising a family.We also get into the 2004 management buyout that helped make APCO one of the world's largest majority women-owned consulting firms, how you step back from leading a company you built without really letting go, and what four decades advising some of the world's most influential leaders have taught her about who thrives under pressure and who doesn't.Recorded in Dalian, China, during the World Economic Forum's Annual Meeting of the New Champions, we also look at the world right now: China's place in the global economy, shifting trade relationships and what the rest of the world may be getting wrong about this moment.And then there's AI. Margery says it's the thing that keeps her up at night. For someone who has built a career and a business around human trust, judgment and relationships, I wanted to know why.A fascinating conversation with someone who has spent more than 40 years building, adapting and refusing to stand still.Special thanks to the World Economic Forum for bringing us together in Dalian.

The Transformation Economy What comes after the Experience Economy? According to internationally acclaimed author and management advisor B. Joseph Pine II, the next competitive advantage is not simply creating memorable customer experiences. It is helping customers achieve meaningful, lasting change. In this episode of The Customer Service Revolution Podcast, John DiJulius talks with Joe Pine, coauthor of the landmark book The Experience Economy and author of The Transformation Economy: Guiding Customers to Achieve Their Aspirations. Their conversation explores how organizations can move beyond delivering products, services, and experiences to become true transformation businesses. What Is the Transformation Economy? The Transformation Economy is the next stage in the progression of economic value. Businesses create greater value when they guide customers toward outcomes that change them in a lasting way—helping them become healthier, more prosperous, more knowledgeable, more purposeful, or closer to the person they aspire to be. Joe explains the progression clearly: businesses extract commodities, make goods, deliver services, stage experiences, and guide transformations. In a transformation business, the customer is not simply the buyer. The customer is the product, because the value lies in the change the customer achieves. Why Customer Experience Alone Is No Longer Enough Memorable customer experiences remain important, but experiences are increasingly being commoditized. The next opportunity is to design experiences that are meaningful, transporting, and ultimately transformative. John and Joe discuss how this applies across customer experience, customer service, consulting, healthcare, financial services, education, salons, retail, hospitality, and leadership. The common question is not, "What service do we provide?" It is, "Who does our customer want to become, and how can we guide that journey?" How Businesses Can Create Lasting Customer Transformation Start With the Customer's Aspiration Move beyond the immediate transaction and uncover the outcome the customer truly values. An accountant may help a client achieve greater prosperity. A salon may help a guest feel renewed and ready to reenter the world with confidence. A consultant should not stop after making recommendations; the work should continue until the client can implement and sustain meaningful change. Design a Journey, Not a Single Moment Transformations usually require a sequence of experiences. Joe introduces encapsulation: preparing customers before an experience, helping them reflect afterward, and supporting integration over time. This structure turns an isolated event into progress toward an aspiration. Align Pricing With Outcomes Services traditionally charge for time and activities. Transformation businesses increasingly align their fees with the outcomes customers value. Joe shares examples of organizations exploring outcome-based pricing and explains why it forces a provider to focus on lasting results rather than completed tasks. The Connection Between Customer Experience and Employee Experience Organizations cannot help customers flourish unless they also help employees flourish. John shares his philosophy that team members should earn more than they thought possible—while the money becomes the least valuable thing they gain from working for the organization. The goal is an employee experience that helps people become better leaders, spouses, parents, professionals, and human beings. When employees experience growth and purpose themselves, they are better prepared to guide meaningful customer transformation. How AI Can Support the Transformation Economy AI can help businesses customize experiences, provide coaching between human interactions, offer encouragement, and recommend the next best step. Joe cautions that the strongest model does not replace human guides. It uses AI to extend and personalize the transformation journey while human judgment, accountability, and connection remain central. Key Takeaways Transformations are effectual outcomes that change people in a lasting way. The next evolution of customer experience is helping customers become who they want to be. Businesses in health and well-being, wealth and prosperity, knowledge and wisdom, and purpose and meaning are natural transformation businesses. AI can strengthen coaching and customization, especially between interactions with human guides. Consultants create more value when they help clients implement and sustain change instead of stopping with recommendations. Preparing customers before an experience, prompting reflection afterward, and supporting ongoing integration can make an experience transformative. Outcome-based pricing aligns what a business charges with what the customer actually values. Customer transformation and employee transformation are inseparable: employees need the support and purpose required to flourish, too. Memorable Quotes "You deliver services, you stage experiences, you guide transformations." — B. Joseph Pine II "Effectual outcomes that change individuals in a lasting way." — B. Joseph Pine II "Every superconsumer is on a quest." — B. Joseph Pine II "Businesses only change from the inside out." — B. Joseph Pine II "Better, better, better. Transform, transform, transform." — B. Joseph Pine II "We want you to make more money than you ever thought possible. However, we want the money you made to be the least valuable thing you got from working here." — John DiJulius Episode Chapters 00:59 — Meet B. Joseph Pine II 02:12 — Was The Experience Economy ahead of its time? 04:21 — The difference between experiences and transformations 06:48 — How AI can support coaching and customization 09:40 — Memorable, meaningful, transporting, and transformative experiences 12:03 — Applying transformation to consulting and salons 19:56 — Third places, human connection, and the "chrysalis" 20:37 — The four spheres of transformation 23:57 — Brands creating transformation: Calibrate and Eataly 27:26 — Why employee transformation matters 31:27 — The Transformation Toolkit 32:17 — Three ways to begin building a transformation business 34:23 — Encapsulation: preparation, reflection, and integration 35:34 — Purpose, human flourishing, and the future of business About B. Joseph Pine II B. Joseph Pine II is an internationally acclaimed author, speaker, and management advisor. He has addressed the World Economic Forum, the original TED conference, the Consumer Electronics Show, and South by Southwest. He cofounded Strategic Horizons LLP to help businesses conceive and design new ways of adding value to their economic offerings. His books include The Transformation Economy, The Experience Economy, Infinite Possibility, Authenticity, and Mass Customization.   Resources Mentioned Order The Transformation Economy: https://strategichorizons.com/books-and-ideas/publications/ Explore the Transformation Toolkit: https://strategichorizons.com/integration/ Learn more about Joe Pine and Strategic Horizons: https://strategichorizons.com/ Links: ROX Dashboard:  https://thedijuliusgroup.com/rox-dashboard/ The DiJulius Group Methdology: https://thedijuliusgroup.com/x-commandment-methodology/ Company Service Aptitude Test:  https://thedijuliusgroup.com/c-sat-forms/individual-c-sat/ Schedule a Complimentary Call with one of our advisors:  tdg.click/claudia Ask John!  Submit your questions for John, to be aired on future episode:  tdg.click/ask Customer Experience Executive Academy: https://thedijuliusgroup.com/project/cx-executive-academy/ Experience Revolution Membership:  https://thedijuliusgroup.com/membership/ Books:  https://thedijuliusgroup.com/shop/ Contacts:  Lindsey@thedijuliusgroup.com , Claudia@thedijuliusgroup.com If you want to learn how world-class organizations build cultures customers cannot live without, explore The Experience Revolution Membership. Inside the membership you'll gain access to livestream workshops, practical frameworks, and proven strategies used by organizations around the world. Learn more at https://thedijuliusgroup.com/membership/ Learn More If your organization is working to improve customer experience but struggling to connect it to measurable business outcomes, The DiJulius Group can help. Visit: https://thedijuliusgroup.com Listen to more episodes: https://thedijuliusgroup.com/the-customer-service-revolution-podcast/ Subscribe We talk about topics like this each week; be sure to subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts so you don't miss an episode.  

President Trump's Middle East envoy, Jared Kushner, meets Israel's Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, for Gaza peace talks. It comes a day after he held negotiations with Hamas officials in Cairo. Also, China's leader, Xi Jinping, makes a rare reference to the killing of protesters in Tiananmen Square, Beijing, in 1989. We look back at the life of the US actress Hayden Panettiere, who has died aged 36. We hear about the British prime minister, Andy Burnham, who thought he was messaging a senior White House official, but wasn't, and about a Ferrari car which no longer has the traditional engine roar. The Global News Podcast brings you the breaking news you need to hear, as it happens. Listen for the latest headlines and current affairs from around the world. Politics, economics, climate, business, technology, health – we cover it all with expert analysis and insight. Get the news that matters, delivered twice a day on weekdays and daily at weekends, plus special bonus episodes reacting to urgent breaking stories. Follow or subscribe now and never miss a moment.Photo:Jared Kushner speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos in January 2026.Credit: Photo by GIAN EHRENZELLER/EPA/Shutterstock Get in touch: globalpodcast@bbc.co.uk

Mazen S. Darwazeh is the Executive Chairman and Deputy Chief Executive Officer of Hikma Pharmaceuticals, and a Jordanian senator currently serving his fifth term.His journey with Hikma began in 1985 as a medical representative.Over the next four decades, he rose through the company to lead its MENA business and help shape Hikma into the largest pharmaceutical company by sales in the region and a FTSE 100 multinational employing around 9,500 people across three continents.Recorded in Dalian, China, this conversation was made possible thanks to the World Economic Forum, who facilitated the episode during the Annual Meeting of the New Champions.On this episode, we talk about what it takes to preserve the values of a family-built company as it becomes a global institution, Hikma's ambitions for healthcare in the Middle East, the growing role of biosimilars and biotechnology, and the challenge of ensuring access to essential medicines in a region shaped by geopolitical uncertainty.We also discuss China's evolving role in the pharmaceutical industry, Mazen's perspective from both business and public service, and what four decades in healthcare have taught him about leadership, longevity and building something that lasts.