World Economic Forum

World Economic Forum episodes:

• 04.19.2024

  The founder using 'pocket forests' to transform cities and protect biodiversity

  SUGI is a unique global organization that brings pocket forests -- ultra-dense, biodiverse forests leveraging the proven Japanese Miyawaki Method -- to cities all over the world. The group has built 200 pocket forests in 42 cities so far, with...

  
• 04.18.2024

  Why it's time for the 'middle powers' to step up on geopolitics

  In a polarised world, with the most powerful nations and the UN unable to prevent or end many wars, could the so-called 'middle powers' step up? This week's two guests, both members of the World Economic Forum's Global Future Council...

  
• 04.12.2024

  Workers have changed - How leaders must adapt: Randstad's Sander Van't Noordende

  What workers want - and what keeps them motivated - has changed drastically in recent years. And with big technological and demographic shifts driving labor shortages, knowing how to both retrain and retain your workforce will be more important than...

  
• 04.09.2024

  It's cheaper to save the world than destroy it: author Akshat Rathi on Climate Capitalism

  “Climate Capitalism is an antidote to the dominant narrative that because we’ve ignored the climate crisis for so long, it will soon be too late. While it’s true that we’ve not done enough yet, we’re nowhere close to being too...

  
• 04.04.2024

  AI vs Art: Will AI rip the soul out of music, movies and art, or help express our humanity?

  For half a century, Nile Rodgers has been making hit records that have touched people's hearts around the world. The creative force behind disco pioneers Chic, and some of the best known songs of David Bowie, Madonna and Beyoncé, tells...

  
• 03.29.2024

  This pivot helped a mom-turned-founder scale modern student transit - and transform lives for moms and kids

  As a busy mom working in tech, Ritu Narayan understood the chaos school logistics can bring to kids and parents. Her personal experience inspired her to found Zum, a startup providing an end-to-end solution for districts with optimized bus routes,...

  
• 03.28.2024

  In the age of the 'manosphere', what's the future for feminism? With Jude Kelly of the WOW Festival

  Theatre director Jude Kelly founded the Women of the World (WOW) Festival almost two decades ago to spur conversations about women, men and feminism. WOW is now a global phenomenon, but does the rise of online misogyny pose a threat...

  
• 03.21.2024

  Geopolitics, the equitable transition, and AI: things to look out for in energy in 2024

  A year ago in Davos, energy - particularly the disruption to supply and prices caused by the war in Ukraine - was a top issue at the Forum's Annual Meeting and on Radio Davos we invited two experts in to...

  
• 03.20.2024

  What adventure taught this eco-entrepreneur about reflection, risk and effective leadership

  Kat Bruce is an eco-entrepreneur who founded NatureMetrics, one of the world's leading nature technology companies measuring the very tiny traces of DNA that organisms leave in the air, water and soil. She’s also a former jungle explorer who has...

  
• 03.14.2024

  Ian Bremmer, Rachel Botsman and Azaam Azhar: 3 experts on the state of the world in 2024

  What's in store for 2024? Ian Bremmer's political risk consultancy predicts an 'annus horribilis' but Exponential View's Azeem Azhar says we are in an 'incredible decade'. So is the state of the world 'glass half empty, or half full'? And...

  
• 03.07.2024

  What workers really want - and how it can bridge the gender gap: Reshma Saujani

  Forget snacks and gym memberships: Today's worker wants to know you value their family.    When Reshma Saujani founded Moms First -- a movement to drive paid leave for families --she already had a successful non-profit under her belt in...

  
• 03.07.2024

  The number of refugees could double in the next decade, the head of UNHCR says why

  The UNHCR, cares for 114 million refugees and displaced people worldwide. Filippo Grandi, the head of the United Nations refugee agency, says that number could double in a decade if the world cannot find ways to stop war. Mentioned in...

  
• 02.29.2024

  AI: Is 2024 the year that governance catches up with the tech?

  If 2023 was the year we all got familiar with generative AI, is 2024 the year when governments will act on the governance of this powerful technology? At Davos 2024 we spoke to these experts, from the industry and civil...

  
• 02.23.2024

  12 leaders share what to prioritize in 2024

  Where do you see yourself and your team a year from now? How can you maximize tech - and mitigate its risks? How can you stay focused despite increasing geopolitical tensions? What impacts will small decisions now have in 5...

  
• 02.20.2024

  TradeTech: the trillion dollar promise that could unlock smoother global trade

  Technology is revolutionizing global commerce and investment, and digitalizing the trade ecosystem holds the potential to increase trade by nearly $9 trillion by 2026 within the G7 alone. On the eve of the World Trade Organisation's 13th Ministerial Conference, MC13...

  
• 02.15.2024

  What's next for generative AI? Three pioneers on their Eureka moments

  "This is going to be the most transformational moment, not just in technology, but in culture and politics of all of our lifetimes." Three AI pioneers, all of them in  most influential people in AI, share their views on...

  
• 02.08.2024

  How do vital businesses continue to operate in a war zone? The view from Yemen

  In an episode recorded before the escalation of conflict in the Middle East, we hear from two private-sector companies involved in the distribution of food, about how they manage to operate in a war zone like Yemen, which has been...

  
• 02.01.2024

  When influencers meet the influential: YouTubers go to Davos

  What do social media content creators make of Davos? We speak to three YouTubers - with a collective audience in the millions - who were given full access to the World Economic Forum's Annual Meeting 2024 to ask who they...

  
• 01.30.2024

  What's next for the economy? Why IMF’s Kristalina Georgieva says 'expect the unexpected'

  What’s next for the year ahead? Is a much-promised “soft landing” for certain economies possible? And what new impacts can we expect from inflation? Meet The Leader caught up with International Monetary Fund managing director Kristalina Georgieva at the Annual...

  
• 01.25.2024

  Annual Meeting 2024: What just happened in Davos?

  The World Economic Forum just held its Annual Meeting - but what impact will it have on the world beyond Davos? The people who lead the Forum's work throughout the year tackling the world's most important issues pick the highlights...

  
• 01.24.2024

  3 shifts all effective collaborators make

  New approaches to partnering and collaboration will be key to tackling climate action. This will require new mindsets, new systems and connecting with people and groups you might have otherwise overlooked. To better understand how collaboration is evolving, this week’s...

  
• 01.18.2024

  Davos 2024: A conversation with Diane von Fürstenberg

  Canadian-Pakistani filmmaker Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy interviews fashion designer Diane von Fürstenberg about the designer's life and one-of-a-kind perspective. The spirited, wide-ranging conversation goes beyond the creation of the famous wrap dress and how Furstenburg built one of the world's most...

  
• 01.18.2024

  Davos 2024: A conversation with Pat Gelsinger

  Intel Chief Executive Officer Pat Gelsinger talks with World Economic Forum Executive Chairman Klaus Schwab in this wide ranging conversation on technology, leading edge semiconductor production and the trends shaping the year ahead. Recorded January 17, 2024. Watch the session...

  
• 01.17.2024

  Davos 2024: A conversation with Satya Nadella

  Microsoft Chief Executive Officer Satya Nadella speaks to World Economic Forum Executive Chairman Klaus Schwab in a special wide ranging conversation covering how AI will transform science, new game-changing technologies that will drive progress, and more. This conversation was...

  
• 01.15.2024

  Meeting in the metaverse: Actor Rainn Wilson joins us on the virtual polar ice

  What's Dwight from The Office doing in the metaverse? Actor Rainn Wilson joins us, in avatar form, to check out a virtual world created by the World Economic Forum that aims to raise awareness of the impact of climate change...

  
• 01.14.2024

  Lessons from Davos Leaders Ahead of Annual Meeting 2024

  How do the world's top leaders maximize their time to connect and build solutions to the world's biggest problems? This special highlight episode shares insights recorded at past Annual Meetings in Davos, Switzerland with a range of voices including CEOs,...

  
• 01.10.2024

  This simple question helped Amazon teams get future ready: AWS AI and data chief

  Swami Sivasubramanian’s first experience using a computer was in high school in India, where there was just one computer for the entire school. While each student could use the computer for just a few minutes a day, those few minutes...

  
• 01.10.2024

  Global Risks Report: the big issues facing leaders at Davos 2024

  As leading figures from government, business, academia and civil society head to Davos for the Annual Meeting 2024, what are the big global challenges they will be discussing? The World Economic Forum's Global Risks Report sets out the biggest issues...

  
• 12.21.2023

  A year in podcasts: the best of Radio Davos in 2023

  Radio Davos is a podcast that is as wide-ranging and thought-provoking as the work of the World Economic Forum itself. Rather than being restricted to any one topic, each week it focuses on a particular issue of global importance, such...

  
• 12.15.2023

  13 leaders on the books that changed how they live, think and lead: 2023 Books Roundup

  Want a book for that hard-to-shop-for person? Or a book to make you that much sharper in the year ahead? In this special collection episode, CEOs, startup founders and more share the books that have changed their minds, how they...

  
• 12.15.2023

  2023 was the year we all got to know AI - so where will it take us in 2024?

  As 2023 draws to a close and the World Economic Forum’s Annual Meeting approaches, we look at an issue that will be on everyone’s lips in Davos: artificial intelligence. Cathy Li, head of AI at the Forum tells...

  
• 12.08.2023

  Helping the unprecedented number of forcibly displaced

  2023 saw an unprecedented number of forcibly displaced people worldwide - 110 million and counting - all thanks to climate calamities, conflict and more. Kelly Clements, the deputy high commissioner of the UN’s refugee agency shares the unique ways businesses...

  
• 11.30.2023

  Technology that transforms: what an invention from 1450 can teach us about AI

  If you’re a ‘digital native’ - someone who can’t remember a world before the internet - you might feel you have a good idea of the role technology will play in your life and perhaps in that of future generations....

  
• 11.24.2023

  'Reality kicks in': What just happened at talks to create a 'Paris deal for plastics'?

  Plastics pollution is a very visible, global environmental and health challenge, and last year the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA) launched a process to draft a global treaty aimed at solving the problem. Earlier this week, delegations from all over...

  
• 11.13.2023

  "Not just sticks of carbon" - how growing trees for the climate must also benefit biodiversity

  When Professor Tom Crowther published research into the massive potential of trees to absorb more carbon than previously thought, he helped spur the Trillion Trees movement to plant, restore and conserve forests. But it also caused massive debate. As he...

  
• 11.09.2023

  Quality over quantity: why the time has come for 'value based health care'

  The concept of 'value based health care' - where patient outcomes are monitored and health care services are funded on the basis of the quality of care, rather than the quantity of procedures - has been around for a couple...

  
• 10.30.2023

  Reach your changemakers: Arctic Basecamp's Gail Whiteman and Rainn Wilson

  Melting arctic ice will have knock-on effects around the globe, impacting farms, homes, livelihoods and more. But making people care about melting ice or the Arctic - things most people will never see firsthand - can be almost impossible. Unless...

  
• 10.27.2023

  Lessons in leadership we can all learn from: celebrating 100 episodes of Meet the Leader

  This week we’re celebrating 100 episodes of our sister podcast Meet the Leader. Every week, Linda Lacina interviews leaders - of major companies, organisations, or what we might call ‘thought leaders' in the fields of academia or campaign groups. If...

  
• 10.27.2023

  Reach the 'moveable middle': Arctic Basecamp's Gail Whiteman and Rainn Wilson

  Melting arctic ice will have knock-on effects around the globe, impacting farms, homes, livelihoods and more. But making people care about melting ice or the Arctic - things most people will never see firsthand - can be almost impossible. Unless...

  
• 10.19.2023

  Rally others to your cause: Former trial lawyer, Baptist minister (and current United Way CEO) explains how

  The first black female CEO of one of the largest privately-funded global non-profits discusses the experiences that helped her learn how to be a better advocate for others. These experiences range from a father who served in the NAACP tackling...

  
• 10.12.2023

  Master this skill to build fast-moving, future-ready teams: Siemens CEO Roland Busch

  The digital transformation is shifting more than technology - it’s changing the skills workers will need, the mindsets required to tackle big challenges, and the nature of business itself. Roland Busch, Siemens CEO, shares how tech is reshaping Siemens and...

  
• 10.12.2023

  What 20 years of Second Life can teach us about the future of the metaverse

  In 2003 - the a year before a 19-year-old Harvard student called Mark Zuckerberg created Facebook - Philip Rosedale launched Second Life - an online virtual world that looked set to transform the internet. Two decades later, with the Facebook...

  
• 10.05.2023

  Turning points and lessons learned: Meet The Leader's top leadership moments so far

  Trust time. Pick your moments. Find joy in doing. Know the future is not ordained. These are just some of the hard-won lessons learned that have guided the top minds in government, civil society, business on Meet the Leader. This...

  
• 10.05.2023

  How to talk to a climate change sceptic

  What is the single most important thing that any individual can do to help alleviate the climate crisis? Katharine Hayhoe is the chief scientist for The Nature Conservancy, a distinguished professor at Texas Tech University and the author of Saving...

  
• 09.28.2023

  Instability, inflation and the 'polycrisis' - the Global Risks Report half a year on

  At the start of this year, the World Economic Forum published its annual Global Risks Report - a major survey of sentiment about what are the big things that could go wrong - in the economy, the environment, in health,...

  
• 09.22.2023

  SDIM23: Innovation for Tough-To-Decarbonize Industries

  Sourcing and scaling viable innovations to decarbonize ‘hard-to-abate’ sectors like mining and aviation will be critical to the success of the Sustainable Development Goals. How can we leverage cutting-edge technologies and adopt novel strategies to accelerate the race to net-zero...

  
• 09.21.2023

  SDIM23 - Accelerating Progress on Gender Parity

  Gender parity has recovered to pre-pandemic levels globally, but the pace of change is stagnating. It will take an estimated 131 years to reach full parity at the current trajectory. How can we boost women’s economic participation and political empowerment and...

  
• 09.21.2023

  Leadership Panel - Bridging the Gap: Financing Africa's Agricultural Growth

  Small and medium agricultural enterprises (agri-SMEs) are Africa’s largest employer and economic engine—and the key to transforming food systems and improving food security for the continent. Yet three out of four agri-SMEs can’t access formal bank financing, and are too...

  
• 09.21.2023

  How climate philanthropy can speed solutions and progress

  Helen Mountford is the president and CEO of ClimateWorks Foundation, a philanthropy platform that has granted more than a billion dollars to worthy projects and grantees in more than 50 countries since 2008. She’s a key partner in a World...

  
• 09.18.2023

  The global economy is slowing - here's why that may not be such a bad thing

  The World Economic Forum has just published its latest Chief Economists Outlook, a regular report based on the views of senior economists around the world.  This edition shows a glass half full and half empty, with concerns of widespread economic...