Topic: Davos - on January 28, 2012 at 10:50:00 PM CET
Insight from Davos: How Global Thought Leaders Talk About Innovation
The Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum, or Davos, rounds out its last full day of sessions today in Davos, Switzerland. For the last three days, 2,500 of the world’s leaders convened to discuss global poverty, political upheaval, climate change and whatever else keeps them up at night.
Advancement is the unspoken focus of this group, which is “committed to improving the state of the world.” The word “innovation” actually appears 35 times in the 100-page agenda. Compare that to 14 mentions of “governance,” 24 mentions of “war,” and five mentions of “poverty.” ”Innovation” even beats out “political,” appearing 33 times. (These all pale in comparison to the 76 mentions of “economic,” but who’s counting?)
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