China - reform

As we know political reform and a rebalanced economy has a long way to go. Is this progress or an attempt to shift the power or blame?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-26225205

Sustainable development, great resources!!!!

http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG
http://unsdsn.org/resources/publications/an-action-agenda-for-sustainable-development/
http://data.worldbank.org/about/country-classifications?print&book_recurse
http://esa.un.org/unup/CD-ROM/Urban-Agglomerations.htm
http://www.citymayors.com/statistics/urban_growth1.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Bank_high-income_economy
http://esa.un.org/unup/Analytical-Figures/Fig_2.htm
http://esa.un.org/unup/Country-Profiles/country-profiles_1.htm
http://www.economist.com/content/big-mac-index


Thanks to Prof J.Sachs and Coursera


PS great data and self selecting controls in http://faostat3.fao.org/faostat-gateway/go/to/download/Q/QI/E
Also useful the Maddison DB in http://www.ggdc.net/maddison/maddison-project/data.htm

6 innovations feeding the world

6 innovations feeding the world

I like the Wonderbag http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wonderbag for cooking idea http://nb-wonderbag.com/Pages/WonderbagImpactSubpage

2014 disruptions in the cloud

Interesting big picture corporate view from Accenture


http://www.slideshare.net/GaldeMerkline/accenture-technology-vision2014


From digitally disrupted to digital disrupter!

Christine Legarde BBC iPlayer - The Richard Dimbleby Lecture: 04/02/2014

As a triple bottom liner I absolutely love this lecture:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b03ttn4b/The_Richard_Dimbleby_Lecture_04_02_2014/

BBC iPlayer - The Richard Dimbleby Lecture: 04/02/2014




Its comments at 18min52sec to 19m16s and from 29min onwards.




Comments like:




from this post industrial "hyper connected digital age" where we see " a simultaneous coming together and moving apart" of communities and people. (reminds me of Tom Peters, In search of Excellence comment I always remember "the simultaneous loose tight properties" of successful companies and leaders.




And also her comments in line with http://www.forbes.com/sites/ashoka/2014/02/04/why-co-creation-is-the-future-for-all-of-us/ (which references http://www.globaltrends.com/knowledge-center/features/shapers-and-influencers/190-corporate-clout-2013-time-for-responsible-capitalism )