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World Economic Forum 2016 Articles

Labour must embrace the fourth industrial revolution

The theme at this year’s World Economic Forum Annual Meeting was the tech revolution and the threats and opportunities that exponential digital advances present governments, businesses, and civil society. I was there, having been selected to represent the United...

Look to Davos for partners for a new kind of growth

I worked at the World Economic Forum in Geneva from January 2009 until 2012, and I will never forget the febrile mood of my first Davos in January 2009, just a few months after the collapse of Lehman Brothers. I don't mean the personal sense of 'new kid on the block'...

Making the fourth industrial revolution work for workers

The world of work is already well on its way to a new revolution. Workers change jobs, employers and careers far more frequently than ever before. There are new opportunities in industries that did not even exist ten years ago – plus technology continues to disrupt...

Britain cannot afford to be complacent

As David Cameron arrives at Davos this week for the World Economic Forum he should spend less time rubbing shoulders with celebrities at star-studded parties and give the martinis a miss to focus on another cocktail – what George Osborne has himself suddenly described...