Interesting from Davos

January 31, 2008 by Rob.

The World Economic Summit was in Davos.  I had the surreal experience of being a staffer at the amazing Nobelity Project Gala and watching a movie made by the Pipkins that was simultaneously screened at Davos.  The interesting thing about the gala was that because of the film, people are very conscious that their actions create ripples that effect change.  A major premise of the Nobelity movie is small actions leading to large results.

So it was surprising to read Apophenia’s blog that business people in Davos were relatively clueless about the ripple effect of their (in)action:

“… Another thing about Davos was that it became painfully clear that most business people are unaware of their role in the system. The conversations of the conference were heavily focused on environmentalism, inequality, terrorism, and doing good to solve the world’s problems. What I found was that many powerful people desperately want to help solve these problems but they seem unaware of their role in perpetuating some of the ills. It was weird… I couldn’t tell if such folks were clueless or delusional. I still need to chew on this a bit more. But it was fascinating to see that most businesspeople at Davos genuinely believed that they could help the world. … “

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