Global Business

Listen to Dr Bruno Pollet on the Hydrogen Revolution and Hydrogen Economy. Will it only help the planet in Decarbonization or will it drive a new global energy equation and impact the Geo political Networks.?

Despite the best efforts, carbon emission reduction is not following the path as envisaged for achieving Net Zero. Instead, it is heading in the wrong direction. Listen to the current trends coming into play in the journey of Decarbonization to Net Zero.

Public opinion towards Climate change and need for control is influenced by several factors. Social structure, Demographics, Value system, Beliefs, Perceptions about climate change and Media coverage quality have major impact. How can Public opinion influence Government policy towards Decarbonization for Net Zero target or vice versa.

Re-Globalization or De-Globalization? Will the countries in the world grow together or slow individually.

Does Globalization have the legs to stand the onslaught of political turbulence, geopolitical fractures, pandemic impacted supply chains, tariff wars and the first land war in Europe in decades? Seems disruptive! Can the interconnectedness between the countries created by the movement of goods and services coupled with capital, people, data, ideas and cross-border innovation keep driving the bonds of Globalization? Information technology has bought the world together and has developed a very strong connection and dependencies where no region is self-sufficient for all its needs. Will the fate of Globalization be decided by Governments or Multinational companies with their impact on economies? The combined Market cap of the top five companies by market cap is almost equal to the GDP of the bottom more than 150 countries. Who will impact the future of Globalization?

Would Capitalism drive the Net Zero initiatives for Climate Change, or it will be in conflict. It has a major role to play in the social cause which is so important for sustenance of our planet. More than 140 countries have signed up to drive the 1.5 Deg C initiative. With such a concerted effort by governments across the globe, Capital markets can magnify the efforts by creating financial models to support the need of the society as well create growth driven by innovation.

Listen to a discussion on Global Order Reshaping in current scenario: As the global economy was managing to slowly recover from the disruption caused by the Pandemic, the world got shocked by the events unfolding in Ukraine with apprehension, dismay, and fear. This conflict has shaken the roots of the global peace and security system and has triggered a massive humanitarian crisis. The crisis in Ukraine is challenging the core principle of UN charter for international peace and security order. Global economy was already battling with high inflation, rising energy costs, supply chain disruptions and other economic impacts from the pandemic, now this conflict further complicates it with possibility of multiple geo political fractures.

Listen to Oxford published author J.R. Klein discuss the threat to Globalization. The war in Ukraine has suddenly changed the quantum of geopolitical risks. The firms will need to respond to the shock by reassessing security-related risks and changes in the structure of supply chains. Since the capital is in place and wage differentials across countries exist, it is possible to absorb the shock and create a gradual change. It will probably affect different product categories and segments differently. This whole process however may not be able to drive a reversal of globalization, which can only happen if it is supported by pronounced government intervention.

Can Fintech circumvent capital markets and help the bottom 50% of the world and lift the very poor. Digital Resilience/Cybersecurity/ Digital literacy. Cyber security and Energy sector! Cybersecurity and disinformation/ Information manipulation! Declaration on freedom of internet signed by 50 countries. Listen to Dr Sredharan talk about his new book 'Disruptive Technologies- Emerging trends in Global Business'

Unprecedented geopolitical situation is threatening the globalized financial markets, creating uncertainities which have the potential of resetting the world order. Listen to the London School of Economics and Oxford Alumni discuss the impact of Ukraine confict on Global Financial Markets.

Dr. Celly from university of Houston in discussion on Transition to Net Zero Economy. The urgent need for Decarbonization. Impact on Economy and jobs. Impact on countries and their role. Source and allocation of Capital. Supply chain and cost complexities.

United Kingdom loses upwards of 80 billion GBP per year to a disproportionately monolingual workforce, Switzerland attributes 11% of its GDP to its culture of multilingualism and the policies that sustain it. Listen to Wikitongues cofounder and director Daniel Bögre Udell and programs director Kristen Tcherneshoff on how languages impact our society. Today some 7,000 languages are spoken and signed around the world, but acute challenges facing linguistic communities—from forced assimilation to political exclusion—could make 3,000 of those languages fall silent by the end of this century. Such a loss would take a tragic toll upon our collective spiritual, cultural, and ecological knowledge. In response, Wikitongues is building a “language revitalization accelerator” that gives marginalized people resources to launch mother-tongue projects in their communities. Wikitongues, a nonprofit organization working to safeguard and revitalize endangered languages around the world, has been awarded The 2021 J.M.K. Innovation Prize.

Listen to Liza Haffenberg on importance of activating purpose and engaging people with Movement Thinking. Movement Thinking is a people-centric approach to create positive change. It uses the power of societal movements to mobilize employees, stakeholders and customers to engage, act and advocate.

Listen to Michelle Tucker, Best-Selling Author of the book “Think & Grow Rich Today”, “Sell Your Business for more than it’s Worth”, and her latest book Exit Rich “, talk about her Proven Strategies to Grow a Scalable and Sellable Business!

Listen to Dr Duane Varan about his unique Leadership style to manage the Pandemic situation in a very scientific environment creating commercial value for customers and building trust in the team.

Listen to a discussion on impact of crisis on Leadership. Post Pandemic would the Leadership revert back to pre pandemic world or would it move forward with learnings and lead the development of a better world and move the human race to next level of development.

Listen to Karl talk about his book The Fairshare Model. The Fairshare Model was conceived to deal with the uncertainty involved in establishing a value for a venture-stage company. There are ways to mitigate the risk of getting it wrong in a private offering, deal terms. But there is no equivalent in an IPO. The Fairshare Model changes that with a deal structure that places no value on future performance. It does that by providing shares for future performance that vote but cannot trade; they convert into the tradable stock based on performance milestones.

Listen to JR Klein on the role of Empathy in Leadership during Pandemic and it's importance in the success of Leaders in the post Pandemic world. He shares from his research on the most desired Leadership trait during crisis.

Laura Kriska on the power of We. There has never been a more important time for leaders to foster connection among people of diverse backgrounds. To thrive in the global marketplace teams must learn to work across differences of age, race, ethnicity, socio-economic status and many other identity factors. Laura talks about how to prevent Us versus Them culture clashes by promoting inclusion in the organizations to increase employee retention and productivity and to prevent misunderstandings that lead to lost time and increased legal risk. Laura offers a practical roadmap at a time when stakeholders at all levels – investors, employees, customers – are demanding action that will lead to lasting change. These timely tools can help any leader successfully navigate Us versus Them dynamics to create cohesive, productive and inclusive teams.