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August 31, 2026

Hiring Is Changing: Why Human Judgment Still Matters in the AI Era: ManpowerGroup

Source: World Economic Forum (video statements)

Hiring managers are struggling to find the talent they need, while job seekers face one of the toughest markets in recent memory. Jonas Prising, Chair and CEO of ManpowerGroup, explains what is driving these pressures—from the economic cycle and geopolitical shifts to major demographic changes.

He also examines AI’s growing role in hiring and recruiting. While technology can make the process faster, it does not necessarily make it more accurate. For Prising, human judgment remains essential to recognizing potential, assessing fit and making better hiring decisions.
• How cyclical economic shifts, not structural AI-driven changes, are shaping employer confidence

• How big demographic shifts could push employers to tap underutilized parts of the global workforce

• How AI can increase speed of hiring but not always its accuracy

• How Manpower uses AI in hiring and recruiting and what leaders can learn

Prising also discusses ManpowerGroup’s recent research on employment trends, the early boss that changed how he leads and his take on whether big predictions for the future will become a reality.

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Manpower: https://www.manpowergroup.com/en

Report: Great Talent Shortage: https://www.manpowergroup.com/de/news-releases/news/global-talent-shortage-reaches-turning-point-as-ai-skills-claim-top-spot
Report: Q3 2026 ManpowerGroup Employment Outlook Survey: https://www.manpowergroup.com/en/insights/report/q3-2026-manpowergroup-employment-outlook-survey
Book recommendation – True North by Bill George: https://billgeorge.org/book/true-north/

World Economic Forum:

Report: Chief People Officer Outlook report: https://www.weforum.org/publications/chief-people-officers-outlook-may-2026/

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August 29, 2026

Switzerland’s Solar Railway & Closing Women’s Health Gap | WEF | Stories of the Week

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This week’s top stories of the week include:

00:15 – Switzerland’s solar railway:
Swiss company Sun-Ways lays #solar panels in the space between train tracks. If rolled out across Switzerland’s entire 5,200km rail network, Sun-Ways says, these panels could supply a percentage of the country’s electricity, without leaving any visual or environmental footprint. Here’s how it works.

01:39 – Beaming sunlight at night:
A company is developing satellites with ‘giant mirrors’ designed to reflect sunlight back to specific locations on Earth after dark. Reflect Orbital says the technology could support solar farms, emergency response and agriculture. But reflecting sunlight into the night sky could also affect astronomy, wildlife, aviation and access to naturally dark skies.

04:05 – Zen in the workplace:
Kacha ‘Shogun’ Mahadumrongkul has been a #Zen monk three times. Now, through his Zenful Institute, he brings its lessons into corporate life. Talking to the World Economic Forum’s #MeetTheLeader podcast, he discussed the workplace benefits of #mindfulness, of pausing before you act, and of aligning yourself – and your business endeavours – with your own deepest values.

05:49 – Closing women’s health gap:
Just 6% of private #healthcare funding goes towards women’s health, and across multiple diseases affecting both sexes, only 3% of studies look at how those diseases affect women. As a result, women are diagnosed late for more than 700 conditions – and spend 25% more of their lives in poorer health than men, a study by the World Economic Forum and McKinsey found.

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August 28, 2026

The women’s health gap should not exist. Here’s how to close it

Source: World Economic Forum (video statements)

Just 6% of private #healthcare funding goes towards women’s health, and across multiple diseases affecting both sexes, only 3% of studies look at how those diseases affect women.

As a result, women are diagnosed late for more than 700 conditions – and spend 25% more of their lives in poorer health than men, a study by the World Economic Forum and McKinsey found.

These statistics are shocking – but they’re not set in stone, says Paula Bellostas, Healthcare Global Lead at Kearney and a co-author of a new World Economic Forum paper on women’s #health innovation. She says that closing the women’s health gap means bringing gender into research right from the outset – and women advocating for themselves as patients.

The Women’s Health Innovation Radar, produced in collaboration with the Kearney Health Institute, Gates Foundation, Wellcome Leap and the World Economic Forum’s Global Alliance For Women’s Health, maps the biggest advances – and remaining gaps – across the full science-to-patient journey. Read it here: https://www.weforum.org/publications/the-women-s-health-innovation-radar-revealing-gaps-and-opportunities-across-the-science-to-patient-journey/

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August 27, 2026

AI’s real impact on jobs – what it means for you, your company and future generations

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Artificial intelligence is already having an impact on the way most of us work – but it’s still early days and it’s hard to predict exactly which jobs will disappear completely, what new ones will be created, and when and where this will happen.
It’s a subject that’s important to all of us – so my colleague Gayle Markovitz spoke to the head of an AI services firm, Ravi Kumar of Cognizant, and to the head of the World Economic Forum’s Centre for the New Economy and Society, Saadia Zahidi. Both have unique insights into the impact of AI on the economy, on employment, and the implications for education and training.
Links:
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New Economy Skills: Building AI, Data and Digital Capabilities for Growth: https://www.weforum.org/publications/new-economy-skills-building-ai-data-and-digital-capabilities-for-growth/
Jobs and skills transformation: What to know at Davos 2026: https://www.weforum.org/stories/jobs-and-the-future-of-work/davos-here-s-what-to-know-about-jobs-and-skills-transformation/
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August 25, 2026

This start-up wants to provide sunlight at night with mirrored satellites

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Reflect Orbital is developing satellites with ‘giant mirrors’ designed to reflect sunlight back to specific locations on Earth after dark.

The company says the technology could power #solar farms at night, provide low-carbon lighting during emergencies and even extend farms’ growing seasons.

The technology is still at the experimental stage, and its wider implications remain under debate.

The World Economic Forum’s Future of Space Community serves as a platform for public-private cooperation, uniting experts from business, government and academia to explore the responsible and sustainable development of space technologies. Learn more: https://initiatives.weforum.org/future-space-community/home

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August 18, 2026

Can business help nature win?

Source: World Economic Forum (video statements)

Can businesses make more money by restoring nature? According to new research, the answer is yes.

New research has found 50 ways that businesses in areas that span the range of business itself (think everything from fashion to agriculture to recycling to mining) can both make money and leave nature better-off. The research discovered that globally, $7 trillion is spent every year destroying nature, and only about $200 billion protecting it.

Laura Fisher leads the World Economic Forum’s work on nature-positive industries.

Here she breaks down the practical (and simple) ways businesses can grow while giving back to nature.

Read about all 50 Investible Opportunities for a New Nature Economy here: https://www.weforum.org/publications/50-investible-opportunities-for-a-new-nature-economy-insight-report/

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August 15, 2026

Jaguar Conservation & How Quantum Computing Impacts Data Security | WEF | Stories of the Week

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This week’s top stories of the week include:

00:12 – How quantum computing impacts data security:
The world is counting down to Q-Day, when quantum computers will be so powerful that they can break the #encryption that keeps your private data safe. Hackers know this is coming, so they are stockpiling data now that they can use in the future to manipulate individuals or compromise national security, says Rebecca Krauthamer, CEO and Co-Founder of cybersecurity company QuSecure. Here, she talks us through the dangers to privacy posed by the arrival of quantum computing, and explains what we can do to keep our data safe.

03:43 – How young people are tackling plastic pollution:
Global Shapers Semina Šatara, Li Weijie and Valentina Velasquez Portnoy unveil the out-of-the-box solutions they’ve found for beating plastic #pollution, from clean-ups that go viral to mapping #plastic sources through citizen science.

07:34 – Ex-racing driver leads jaguar conservation:
Mário Haberfeld used to race cars for Jaguar Brazil Racing. Today he champions the conservation of jaguars in Brazil and around the world. Haberfeld’s charity, Onçafari, has pioneered a way to reintroduce #jaguars into the wild. A successful project in Brazil’s Pantanal, the world’s biggest wetland, has also brought an #ecotourism boom to the area and given the world a blueprint for big cat conservation. Here’s how they did it.

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August 13, 2026

Polycrisis? Think again

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Professor Yuen Yuen Ang, a political science professor at Johns Hopkins University, spoke to Channel News Asia journalist Olivia Siong and the World Economic Forum’s Robin Pomeroy about the problem with the term ‘polycrisis’, and why she prefers ‘polytunity’.

You can hear the full episode on Radio Davos: https://www.weforum.org/podcasts/radio-davos/episodes/polytunity-geopolitics-cna-corresponent-yuen-yuen-ang/

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August 13, 2026

Trade, tech and geopolitics: what you need to understand about China today

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China is a partner and rival to many countries around the world. But what should we know about this country that is central to the global economy and is playing an ever greater role in geopolitics?

On this joint episode of Radio Davos and Asian Insider, a podcast from the Singapore-based Straits Times, we speak to Qian Liu, whose company Wusawa helps advise companies understand China.

Co-hosted by Ravi Velloor of Asian Insider: https://www.straitstimes.com/tags/asian-insider-podcast

Produced and edited by: Editing – Seamus Hart, Louie Carroll. Studio production: Gareth Nolan

This was recorded at the World Economic Forum’s Annual Meeting of the New Champions 2026. Catch up on that at wef.ch/amnc26 and across social media using the hashtag #AMNC26.

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August 10, 2026

Find your purpose after major setbacks: Katie Piper on how to adapt, reinvent and lead

Source: World Economic Forum (video statements)

What do you do when life changes in an instant—and the future you envisioned disappears? Advocate and author Katie Piper explains how she rebuilt her life after surviving an acid attack at 24 driven by a man she’d briefly dated, founded a burn-rehabilitation charity and reframed “Why me?” as “What now?” It’s a special conversation about resilience, personal reinvention and leading through adversity.

You’ll learn:
-Why real confidence comes from knowing you can adapt and recover
-How the ease of a modern world can make us less able to embrace challenge for growth
-How to see challenge as a way to recommit to your purpose
-How acceptance, discomfort and a self-authored identity can help you start again
-Why vulnerability and empathy are strengths in leadership
Katie Piper OBE is a bestselling author, television presenter and founder of the Katie Piper Foundation, which supports burn survivors through rehabilitation. Her documentary, ‘Katie: My Beautiful Face’, was nominated for a BAFTA in 2010. She is also a survivor of male violence and an advocate for people with burns and visible differences.
This conversation explores resilience, purpose, trauma recovery, inclusive leadership and turning pain into purpose. Follow Meet the Leader on YouTube, Spotify or podcast apps, and subscribe for more conversations with people shaping the world

This interview was recorded in January 2026 at the World Economic Forum’s Annual Meeting in Davos Switzerland.
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Read – Book: Beautiful, Katie Piper: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0091940761?lv=shuf&channelId=500&plpRedirect=mhFallback
Watch – Davos 2026 session: Scars of Survival: How I Rebuilt My Life: https://www.weforum.org/meetings/world-economic-forum-annual-meeting-2026/sessions/scars-of-survival-how-i-rebuilt-my-life/
Connect – Foundation: https://www.katiepiperfoundation.org.uk/

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