Education will need to address the widespread concern of powerful technology being exploited irresponsibly and unethically. — Going back for countless generations, education has had an inherent emphasis on “training” — imbuing students with sufficient skills to become productive members of the workforce and little else. …

How business growth, impact, and empowerment can be created through data collection, data sharing, and creative collaborations. — Businesses are very much like individuals so far as change is concerned: If things in the past worked reasonably well, anything new can come across as unknown, untried, and unsettling. In other words, “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.” That may be so, but the reality is that the…

Developed nations can expect to see job loss rates of up to 47 percent within the next 25 years. [Source: University of Oxford Study] — FIRST, WE’VE ENTERED THE FOURTH INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION

The key isn’t just to wait it out; it is what you do — together — that makes all the difference. — In mid-2020, only a few months before succumbing to cancer, Rabbi Jonathan Sacks of Great Britain observed that COVID-19 was probably the closest an atheist might come to a revelation. Rabbi Sacks — a member of the House of Lords — was spot-on with his comment. In many ways, the…

Fake news in its varied forms is costing the global economy some $78 billion a year. — The film A PERFECT STORM captured the catastrophic consequences of a fishing boat caught in a confluence of deadly weather. However unlikely, these factors came together to produce a once-in-a-lifetime storm. It was all too real. The problem of misinformation is a perfect storm in its own right. Given technology’s…

Climate change threatened to cut the global economy by $23 trillion. — The earth’s atmosphere is being changed at an unprecedented rate by pollutants resulting from human activities, inefficient and wasteful fossil fuels, and the effects of rapid population growth in many regions. These changes are already having harmful consequences over many parts of the globe. Neither a worldwide health crisis nor…

The cost, while enormous from a financial standpoint, goes beyond monetary issues — infrastructure, societal stability, national security and mental health, both group and individual, are also at risk. — Government, business and society as a whole are increasingly relying on technology to manage everything from public services to business processes. As this migration into the digital universe continues and accelerates, the threats of cybercrime and security lapses of all sorts loom large.

The world is undergoing a global, nonstop maelstrom of change and, while stressful by its very nature, is necessary for growth, progress, and human evolution. — The Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) affects all areas of our lives, including individuals, businesses, education, and health care. We still don’t know the full effects of this reach, but it is life-changing, for sure.

We all have an obligation to ourselves and others to understand, nurture, and manage the “revolution” that’s taking place — rather than having revolutionary change manage us. —