Linda brings two decades of editing, writing and interviewing experience to the World Economic Forum where she runs its award-winning flagship leadership podcast Meet The Leader, a program featuring engaging conversations with top changemakers like Al Gore and Jane Goodall. Her journalism has appeared in the Wall Street Journal’s Smart Money Magazine, Dow Jones’ MarketWatch, CNBC, Entrepreneur.com and other publications covering issues such as personal finance, tech, startups and leadership.
Protecting people and the planet is the biggest challenge of our lifetime - and one that will require a new type of leadership. CEO Clarke Murphy understands this more than most. His glob...
With more frequent climate-related extreme weather scenarios hitting the headlines, the scramble to apply innovation, ambition and vision to the challenge of climate change is ever urgent...
Sustainable finance is the practice of taking environmental, social, and governance (ESG) considerations into account when making investment decisions. Today investment funds that use ESG...
Lindiwe Matlali decided to found Africa Teen Geeks in 2014 after meeting an eight-year-old coder. That meeting inspired her to research computer science education in Africa and do what sh...
Svein Tore Holsether started as Yara’s President and Chief Executive Officer in September 2015, just three months ahead of the historic Paris Climate Agreement. That meeting was pivotal f...
John Pearson has worked for DHL Express, a division of the global logistics company Deutsche Post DHL Group, for 35 years. During those years, he's moved 15 times and been responsible for...
When doctors and nurses mobilized for the pandemic last year, they were joined by a different sort of front line worker: those in critical infrastructure.
When most of IKEA’s global retail locations closed temporarily during the pandemic, e-commerce became the cornerstone for the company nearly overnight. Absorbing that surge was possible t...
Loic Tassel is the Europe president at Procter & Gamble (P&G), one of the largest consumer goods companies in the world, and home to big brands like Gillette razors and Pampers di...
Audrey Choi, Morgan Stanley's Chief Sustainability Officer, had a non-traditional path to working in an investment bank. Her career includes time as a reporter and bureau chief at the Wal...
As Volvo Group tackles transport decarbonisation, its Chief Technology Officer Lars Stenqvist understands that fast progress will require more than just new tech solutions. A true transfo...
Today's leaders tackle a host of unexpected challenges - from the climate to the pandemic. The organizations best poised to address those problems, says Rich Lesser, Boston Consulting Gro...
"Talent is distributed uniformly," Igor Tulchinsky likes to say. "Opportunity is not."Igor Tulchinsky understands opportunity. The CEO and founder of quantitative asset management firm Wo...
In the past year, the World Economic Forum has launched a slate of podcasts, all dedicated to tackling the world's biggest challenges. This week, Radio Davos sets its sights on leaders dr...
How will you make an impact? That's a key question Hans Vestberg asks himself in his role as Verizon's CEO, a company that employs thousands and effects even more as a telecommunications ...
