The eyes of the world remain on the violence in Libya and the ongoing unrest across North Africa and the Middle East, with oil prices reacting to the potential disruptions
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Tracey Keys
Tracey is a Director of Strategy Dynamics Global SA. She has over twenty years of experience as a consultant and executive, focused on complex strategy and organisational issues, and has worked with leading companies globally. Prior to founding Strategy Dynamics Global SA, Tracey worked with senior executives at IMD, and has held senior roles at the BBC, Booz &Co., Deloitte & Touche and Braxton Associates, as well as being an active advisor to a number of start-ups. Tracey is a Fulbright Scholar and holds an MBA from The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania where she was distinguished as a Palmer Scholar.
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March 2011: Globally, we are facing more and more challenges in meeting our basic needs for food, water and electricity. As the world’s population hurtles towards the 7 billion mark, the pressures will increase – but it’s not just population which is increasing the challenges. In 2010 natural disasters, which the UN estimates cost US$ 109 billion (three times more than in 2009), damaged crops, cut access to clean water and affected over 207 million people, killing approximately 375,000. Climate change is leading to desertification of large parts of the world. The results: Increased poverty, starvation and civil unrest – food prices have been a factor in the revolutions and unrest in North Africa and the Middle East, while last week thousands of Indians protested increasing food prices. Food security is understandably high on Nicolas Sarkozy’s G20 agenda. What does this new age of basic resource scarcity look like in practice? What innovations could help us overcome the challenges? Here we look at these questions and ask: What can organizations do?
ContinueEven as the revolutionary tide sweeps North Africa and the Middle East – and potentially further afield – there is a quiet revolution going on around the world. Civil society,
ContinueEven as the revolutionary tide sweeps North Africa and the Middle East – and potentially further afield – there is a quiet revolution going on around the world. Civil society,
ContinueThere is no shortage of information on information. Even if you are getting a little tired of data on data, an interesting article last week on The World’s Technological Capacity
ContinueThere is no shortage of information on information. Even if you are getting a little tired of data on data, an interesting article last week on The World’s Technological Capacity
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ContinueThe Wall Street Journal has set tech and investment banking pulses racing today with an article suggesting that Twitter may be a prime takeover target. Although reported talks with Facebook
ContinueFood security is making the headlines again. On Thursday the UN Food and Agriculture Organization’s (FAO) Food Price Index showed global food prices at the highest level since records began
ContinueFood security is making the headlines again. On Thursday the UN Food and Agriculture Organization’s (FAO) Food Price Index showed global food prices at the highest level since records began
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