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Technology Can Help Foster Inclusivity, Productivity at Work

'We destigmatized working from home— letting the messiness of our personal lives permeate a sanitized working world'

Remote Working Could Bring More Women Into India's Workforce

Overall, only 23% percent of all women who could work are employed. This is a tragic waste,' writes Tata Sons' Chairman

Organizations Must Reorient Work to Center Workers

These last 18 months constitute a watershed. On one side, history’s tributaries run in one direction; on the other, toward something new. Years from now, we will refer to these periods as the B.C. and...

Banks Must Embrace Hybrid Working. Here's Why

Hybrid or flexible working has been happening for years across many sectors. That said, prior to 2020, a large financial institution going majority hybrid seemed as unlikely as having to show a vaccination card to...

Universities Can Build a More Resilient Future Post-Pandemic

New technologies help us expand access and blend the best of the physical and virtual worlds, the Yale President says

Auto Workers May Be Left Behind As Industry Shifts Green

The AFL-CIO estimates that 25-30% of auto-making jobs could disappear in the industry’s transition

How the Pandemic Forced Japan to Rethink Its Work Culture

"Changes that would normally take years in Japan happened in just a few months" writes Nomura CEO Kentaro Okuda

How China Is Using AI to Fuel the Next Industrial Revolution

"AI is the engine fueling the fourth industrial revolution. China is at the forefront in manifesting this change"

AI Can Endanger Lives. We Must Enforce Stronger Safeguards

Too often we fall into the trap of “enchanted determinism”: the belief that A.I. systems are both magical and superhuman

How a New Deal for Global Taxation Might Save Democracy

Every year, multinational corporations divert some $1.38 trillion in profits away from the countries where they were made to places with much lower, or even zero, corporate tax rates. And while much of this is...

Sadiq Khan Has A Plan to Build a Greener, Fairer London

"For anybody who thinks they’ve got us on the ropes, the history of London is Muhammad Ali, knocking people out"

How China’s Digital Currency Could Challenge the Dollar

Every morning, Mei Yi waves goodbye to his wife and 3-year-old son and sets off for his finance job in central Beijing, riding into town by public bike share. Like most urban Chinese, the 37-year-old...

Both Asia and the West Need Stakeholder Capitalism

It hasn’t always been easy to discern from a Western vantage point, but the rise of China and Asia has been the most important economic development of the past four decades. In 1979, many Chinese...

'A Trust Paradox.' New Report Finds Distrust in Capitalism, Government and Global Institutions — Despite a Strong Economy

Despite near full employment, the report found that 56% of respondents believe capitalism does more harm than good in the world

Davos Reset: New Manifesto Issued for World Economic Forum's 50th Anniversary, Updating the Forum's Guiding Document for the Modern Era

The Manifesto declares that companies should pay their share of taxes, fight corruption, support human rights, and push for fair market competition

Why Attendees Left Davos Feeling Optimistic About the Economy

I've been attending the World Economic Forum in Davos for more than two decades, and I can't recall another time when the meeting ended with attendees who were so optimistic about the economic outlook. Their...

Davos Is Inspiring Quite a Few Game of Thrones Memes for a Hilarious Reason

The very important meeting known as the World Economic Forum is happening in Davos, Switzerland, this week, but that's not the only Davos on the world's radar, so the Game of Thrones memes are here....

What the Global Elite Can Learn From Donald Trump

Most years, the late-January gathering of the world's political, business and financial heavyweights in Davos is dominated by an event or individual. In early 2002, it was 9/11 and terrorism. Last year, it was the...

This New Group Wants to Stop Pandemics Before They Start

The coalition aims to shorten vaccine development time

18 Finalists Named for the 2017 TIME India Awards

The winners will be announced at a ceremony on Jan. 27 at the Confederation of Indian Industry’s Partnership Summit in India's Andhra Pradesh state

China's Xi Jinping Becomes an Unlikely Advocate of Free Trade at Davos

But China is facing economic problems with falling trade and massive capital outflows

Poll: What Do You Think About American Political Divides?

As Donald Trump prepares for his inauguration, electoral divisions remain

Poll: Will Digital Privacy Become a Luxury?

Technology is a tool that also risks becoming a threat to privacy

9 Questions With Klaus Schwab

The founder and executive chair of the World Economic Forum explains how society can have an identity crisis—and what a Precariat is Davos takes place this year at a time of uncommon instability. How come?...

'We Need to Change the Way We Think About Feminism'

Redefining what it means to move toward equality

These 5 Facts Explain the Unstable Global Middle Class

The growth of a global middle class is one of the great successes of globalization. But rising quality of life begets rising expectations that many governments are ill-equipped to manage. In an interconnected global economy,...

Finalists For the TIME India Awards Are Announced

Kevin Spacey Brings a Little Frank Underwood to Davos

Actor famed for playing world leader walks in real corridors of power

Here's Why Global Markets are Panicking Right Now

China is showing two faces to the world, one worrying and the other moderately encouraging

These 5 Facts Explain How Technology Is Shaping Our World

How it affects inequality, the climate, education, health and security

This Is the Best Country in the World

According to a Davos report

The 1 Thing on Everybody's Mind at Davos 2016

Most want to know when will the great revolution in technology actually deliver enough jobs

7 Questions With Klaus Schwab

The founder of the 40-year-old World Economic Forum in Davos says the digital revolution demands a different, and more human, kind of leadership

Why This Year's World Economic Forum Matters

Some of the world's top minds are meeting in Davos this month

Meet 10 CEOs and University Leaders Working For Gender Equality

From Unilever to the University of Hong Kong, a wave of male executives join UNWomen's new 'HeForShe' initiative

Down and Out in Davos

Why the world’s powerful are worried about 2015