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The Fourth Industrial Revolution represents a fundamental change in the way we live, work and relate to one another. It is a new chapter in human development, enabled by extraordinary technology advances commensurate with those of the first, second and third industrial revolutions. These advances are merging the physical, digital and biological worlds in ways that create both huge promise and potential peril. The speed, breadth and depth of this revolution is forcing us to rethink how countries develop, how organisations create value and even what it means to be human. The Fourth Industrial Revolution is about more than just technology-driven change; it is an opportunity to help everyone, including leaders, policy-makers and people from all income groups and nations, to harness converging technologies in order to create an inclusive, human-centred future. The real opportunity is to look beyond technology, and find ways to give the greatest number of people the ability to positively impact their families, organisations and communities.
The US is at risk of being left behind if it doesn't act now on digitalization, says John Chambers.
As I look toward the future, I’m excited by what I see: technology that has the potential to answer some of our biggest questions, solve some of our toughest challenges and help us better...
the truly successful companies to come out of this current industrial revolution will be those that recognize new technologies enable people to think beyond what’s in front of them.
Silicon Valley has stepped into the fight against cancer as part of former US Vice President Joe Biden’s 'moonshot' initiative to put an end to the disease as we know it.
When harnessed, software will take us anywhere that our minds and creativity map out, while quite likely saving the world along the way.
The dark side of the internet could outdo all its benefits, unless we act now.
Cyber risk is a systemic challenge and cyber-resilience a public good. Leaders need tools and partnerships to respond to these challenges of digitalization.
Lutfey Siddiqi looks at leadership in the context of the theme of this year's Annual Meeting.
We must achieve a kind of symbiosis between minds and machines, with machines amplifying ideas from the human brain, and freeing it from mundane and repetitive tasks.
A city’s capacity to embrace rapid change determines its ability to compete in the world – today and in the future.
Innovation companies need to set their sights on solving unmet needs -- but this approach requires focus and long term tenacity.
Martin Gilbert, CEO of Aberdeen Asset Management, argues that Apple offers lessons to business leaders on disruption.