How Tech is Disrupting Poverty, Energy & Health Care
At the recent Bloomberg Global Business Forum, held in New York, one of Wall Street’s most prominent figures, David Rubenstein, the founder and co-CEO of the private-equity firm The Carlyle Group, hosted a panel discussion between Aliko Dangote, Bill Gates, Indra Nooyi and Masayoshi Son. David Rubenstein: I’d like to ask each of you; clearly there’s going […]
SDG Pioneers Give a Glimpse of The Future of Business
The United Nations Global Compact has recognized 10 SDG Pioneers – individuals from around the world who are championing sustainability through their own companies and mobilizing the broader business community to take action in pursuit of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals(SDGs). Six SDG Pioneers were recognized on stage during the UN Global Compact Leaders Summit at the […]
Companies Challenged to Disrupt Business-As-Usual Mindset
Nearly 800 business leaders from over 70 countries joined leaders from civil society, Government and the United Nations at the UN Global Compact Leaders Summit 2017. Convened during the 72nd Regular Session of UN General Assembly, the Summit focused on driving responsible business action and partnerships to meet the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and Paris Climate Agreement. UN Deputy […]
New UN General Assembly President Calls For an End to Business as Usual
Ex Slovakian politician, diplomat and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Miroslav Lajčák has opened the 72nd session of the United Nations General Assembly in his new role as President. His fluency in English, German, Russian, Bulgarian and Serbo-Croatian, has also bestowed him with unique insights into the inter-cultural dynamics of business. In his opening speech he expressed […]
Impact Investing: What Most Entrepreneurs And Executives Get Wrong
What does it take to find success in impact investing? And how are business skill sets and expertise most effectively transferred to this way of doing business? We asked Adam Bendell, someone who’s done both, for specific, actionable steps to help business leaders think through the impact investing process. Bendell, CEO of Toniic, the largest […]
The App That Finds Empty Office Space
werk.place is an app that monetizes underutilized spaces of private clubs and corporate offices for the mutual benefit of the clubs, private corporations and members of select organizations. Have you noticed the empty meeting rooms in office buildings and clubs? The sharing economy has alerted entrepreneurs to reimagine and to monetize such under-utilized or dead […]
How to Unleash Capital Market Power for Positive Impact
Here’s a bit of a thought experiment. Austria has an organ donation rate of 90 percent, meaning 90 percent of its citizens donate their organs at time of death, while Germany sees less than 15 percent. Why such a large disparity among neighboring countries? A 2012 study from Stanford University has the answer—the former makes organ […]
Is This the Tesla of Smart Watches?
A Swiss start-up has created the world’s first kinetic self-charging smart watch. After more than three years of intensive research and development, Swiss company, Sequent, has launched a smart watch with a breakthrough technology that may redefine the future of all smart devices. Launching on kickstarter.com on 5 July 2017, the revolutionary “SuperCharger” hybrid smart watch contains a major breakthrough […]
Chinese “Take Over America” Campaign for 4th of July
A marketing agency in Shenzhen has given the world a glimpse of what the world could look like if China took over – by creating U.S. currency featuring the faces of Chinese emperors. Timed to coincided with the yearly Fourth of July celebrations – American Independence Day – the date was chosen for maximum impact. Chinese marketing company ITTIZ and Asian business advisors Global from […]
Will Robots Envision The Future of Art?
Art history provides many examples of the research and development of creative machines which in turn, generate art. Robotic art has meanwhile developed into an art form in its own right for artists who address industrial culture and its fundamental issues and contradictions. Future Energy is the theme of this year’s world exhibition in the […]
