Innovation Barometer
Njideka Harry: 4th Industrial Revolution Lies at the Intersection of Education and Entrepreneurship in Africa
Africa’s young innovators can leapfrog into the digital revolution with the right tools and training.
The 4th Industrial Revolution is driven by newer technologies, such as 3D printing, that are changing industrial processes by accelerating them and making them more flexible. With the right tools and training, young innovators in Africa have the opportunity to skip the second industrial revolution — traditional mass production — and leapfrog straight to digital manufacturing. This, in turn, can provide them with a path out of poverty.
Innovation Barometer
Mike Gregoire: 3 Keys To Building an Agile Society for the 4th Industrial Revolution
As the world’s top economical thinkers and leaders convene this week at the World Economic Forum in Davos, all the focus will center on the 4th Industrial Revolution — how individual organizations and the world at large are transforming, willingly or not, at the hands of technology.
Innovation Barometer
Dane Linn: Building the Workforce of Tomorrow — Business Leaders Stepping Up
By creating new ways of learning and working, we not only can close the skills gap — but unlock the economy’s growth potential.
Ask CEOs what their top challenge is and they will tell you: recruiting and retaining skilled talent across their enterprises.
Innovation Barometer
Quiz: What’s Your Innovation Language?
Davos
Klaus Schwab: The 4th Industrial Revolution: What It Means, How to Respond
As the lines blur between the physical and digital, we need to ensure the technological revolution has a positive impact on society.
infrastructure
James Stewart: Can We Afford to Pay for the World’s Infrastructure Needs? We Can’t Afford Not To
Paying the word’s infrastructure needs is daunting, which is why we need real leadership and innovative thinking.
brain-research
Exploring the Brain’s Potential — Interview with Jon Sigurdsson of Össur
2016 predictions
Mogens Lykketoft: 2015 Saw Incredible Global Breakthroughs — Now We Need to Deliver
Deadly conflicts, horrific terrorist attacks and a worsening global humanitarian crisis have dominated 2015. Yet this year also saw a number of major international breakthroughs, most recently with the Climate Agreement in Paris. But for these agreements to bring us closer to a more peaceful, prosperous and sustainable world, 2016 must be all about action and implementation.
2016 predictions
The Future Hunters: These 4 Trends Will Transform The Digital Frontier in 2016
From robotics and artificial intelligence to virtual reality, digital innovation is poised to accelerate this year.
Change has always been a constant, but it is now happening faster than ever before. The exponential pace of technological innovation is leading to a world of templosion, in which very large things happen in increasingly compressed amounts of time. The impacts of this acceleration — and digital transformation — will be felt everywhere.
Below are four areas where this era of templosion will play out this year:
2015
Top 15 Perspectives of ’15
Explore some of the more thought-provoking opinions and lively debates among contributors to our Perspectives section over the past year.
As 2015 draws to a close, it’s time to look back at some of the technological innovations and global challenges that sparked discussion and debate among thought leaders around the world — including on GE Reports.