Douglas L. Peterson | World Economic Forum
Douglas L. Peterson. Undergraduate degree in Mathematics and History, Claremont McKenna College; MBA, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. Formerly, with Citigroup for 26 years, transforming businesses and driving performance in investment and corporate banking, brokerage, asset management, private equity, and retail banking; Chief ...
Doug McMillon | World Economic Forum
Doug McMillon is a lifelong merchant. He began his Walmart career in 1984 as an hourly associate, picking orders and unloading trailers in a warehouse. He has since served in senior leadership roles across each business segment. During his tenure as CEO, which began in 2014, Walmart associates have transformed the company into a people-led, tech-powered …
Young people hold the key to creating a better future
Aug 12, 2021 — Young people are also the best placed to lead this transformation. In the past 10 years of working with the World Economic Forum’s Global Shapers Community, a network of people between the ages of 20 and 30 working to address problems in more than 450 cities around the world, I’ve seen first-hand that they are the ones with the most innovative ideas …
Why Africa's population is set to triple by 2100 | World Economic …
Jul 23, 2020 — The varying rates of contraction will be most extreme in countries like Thailand, Japan and Spain along with 20 others, where declines could see their populations halved by 2100, a new Lancet report on fertility and population growth scenarios shows. But, in sharp contrast, total population in Africa will triple in the same period.
We’re all shopping more online as consumer behaviour shifts
Jul 7, 2021 — The use of smartphones for online shopping has more than doubled since 2018. Billions of people affected by the COVID-19 pandemic are driving a “historic and dramatic shift in consumer behaviour” – according to the latest research from PwC. The consulting and accounting firm's June 2021 Global Consumer Insights Pulse Survey reports a ...
Sustainable concrete is possible - The World Economic Forum
Sep 13, 2024 — 1. Cutting the clinker. Clinker is the primary component in cement and is extremely carbon-intensive, making up 90% of overall emissions from cement. Replacing clinker with supplementary cementitious materials (SCMs) that are less carbon intensive directly tackles process-related emissions, but no existing commercialized solutions exist that ...
Growth and Jobs at Davos 2024: What to know - The World …
Jan 15, 2024 — Kate Whiting. 'Creating Growth and Jobs for a New Era' is one of the key themes at Davos 2024, the Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum, being held from 15–19 January. The Meeting provides a platform for the dialogue, research and collaboration needed to avoid a decade of low growth and put people at the centre of a more prosperous ...
What is overtourism and how can we overcome it? - The World …
Oct 17, 2023 — Here we outline the complexities of overtourism and the possible measures that can be taken to address the problem. The term ‘overtourism’ has re-emerged as tourism recovery has surged around the globe. But already in 2019, angst over excessive tourism growth was so high that the UN World Tourism Organization called for “such growth to be ...
What 'systems thinking' actually means - and why it matters today
Jan 18, 2021 — Systems thinking unpacks the value chain within an organisation and externally. It complements design thinking: together they’re a dynamic duo. For starters, this philosophy needs to enter our everyday thinking. Yes, it is crucial for innovation, but an easy first step is to use systems thinking casually throughout your life.
A brief history of big data everyone should read
Feb 25, 2015 — A man will be able to carry one in his vest pocket.”. 1928. Fritz Pfleumer, a German-Austrian engineer, invents a method of storing information magnetically on tape. The principles he develops are still in use today, with the vast majority of digital data being stored magnetically on computer hard disks. 1944.