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The science behind job creation —The idea that politics is about the future is not a Clintonism; it is as old as any western philosophy. Ever since Socrates identified ‘the secret of change is to focus all of your energy, not on fighting the old, but creating the...

The business, innovation and skills select committee, which I sit on, has just published its report into George Osborne’s much-hyped Productivity Plan which he unveiled last summer. Unfortunately like so many of the chancellor’s grand announcements, once you look at...

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'...

The ‘Fourth Industrial Revolution’ is upon us, with all the challenges that that brings for the way we live, consume and do business – so the argument runs at this year’s World Economic Forum at Davos currently taking place. Interacting with this is the shift towards...