Julia Devos is the Head of the global New Champions community at the World Economic Forum - www.newchampions.org. This community gathers selected purpose driven mid size companies from all around the world and industries.
Julia is an international worker as she spent 20 years working abroad in Europe and Asia including 15 years in China, Beijing. She holds a master's degree in marketing and communication and has worked managing international relations for major companies and events such as the Olympic Games. She is fluent in English and French, with notions in Chinese, Spanish, and Italian, and is a citizen of France.
AI has been a game-changer in levelling the playing field between large companies and small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs). However, while the pace of innovation has been faster than ...
While large corporations appear to dominate the narrative around corporate sustainability initiatives, innovation in this area is no longer exclusive to industry giants. Small and mid-siz...
In today's evolving business world, using artificial intelligence (AI) is not just a trend. It's a fundamental transformation shaping the future of industries everywhere. It is rapidly ch...
2023 was the year of 'polycrisis,' where global risks were more interdependent and reciprocally damaging than ever. We saw a return of 'older' risks – inflation, cost-of-living crises, tr...
Small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and mid-sized companies are considered the 'backbone' of the global economy, creating close to 70% of jobs and GDP worldwide.
Economic challenges are looming, and the geopolitical crisis is making it harder for companies to survive, let alone thrive. Yet, consumers are growing increasingly aware of leaders who c...
Climate change, geopolitical crises and growing inequity are pushing the world toward an inflection point — but for every challenge we face, so too do we have innovators and thinkers of a...
中小企业在推动积极的社会、环境和经济变革方面所做的贡献往往会被忽视。然而，这些企业在塑造我们地方、区域和全球经济的增长、创新和可持续性方面发挥着重要作用。
The contribution that small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) make in driving positive social, environmental and economic change is often ignored. Yet, these businesses play significant...
中小企業は、世界の経済と社会の基盤にとって不可欠な存在です。そのため、これらの企業が外的ショックに対するレジリエンス（強靭性）を高めると同時に、 長期的な価値を創出して社会全体に利益をもたらす存在になるための方法を理解することが重要です。
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are integral to the global economic and social fabric. As such, it is important to understand how these companies can build resilience to externa...
我们曾经熟悉的那个世界已经不复存在了。几乎一夜之间，企业和个人都被迫进入了快速变革阶段，造成了前所未有的脱节、压力、措手不及和不可预测性。
The world as we knew it has ceased to exist. Companies and individuals have been forced into rapid transitions almost overnight, causing unprecedented levels of human disconnection, stres...
我叫伯灵雅，是法国人。我一直都在北京生活，在未来也会是。我在这里工作，我丈夫在这里创立了自己的公司，我们的孩子在这里出生、成长。我已经在北京生活了15年，无论从哪方面来说，这里都是我们真正意义上的家乡。因此，今年1月，新型冠状病毒疫情（编者注：COVID-19）开始蔓延后，我们和其他中国家庭一样，选择自我隔离：这不仅是为了自己的安全，也为了我们周围所有人的健康。我想说的是...
