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August 8, 2026

Saving Coral Reefs & Are We Ready For El Nino? | WEF | Stories of the Week

Source: World Economic Forum (video statements)

This week’s top stories of the week include:

00:12 – Are we ready for El Nino?:
While meteorologists don’t yet know exactly how powerful the weather pattern forming in the Pacific will be this time, they are increasingly confident it will be one of the biggest El Niños on record.
So how can business leaders and policy-makers best prepare? Celeste Saulo, Secretary-General of the World Meteorological Organization, offers some insights.Saulo was a guest on Agenda Dialogues, a World Economic Forum podcast.

03:22 – Saving coral reefs from crisis:
Archireef creates 3D-printed terracotta tiles that give young #corals the best chance of taking root and flourishing. Vriko Yu, Archireef’s Co-Founder and CEO, explains why this is so important, and what solutions like hers need to expand.

05:49 – This flying boat uses less power than e-bikes:
This battery-powered boat, built by Swiss start-up MobyFly, races along above the surface thanks to hydrofoils – wing-like structures mounted underneath the hull. It’s a fast, quiet and comfortable way to travel, says CEO Sue Putallaz, and because there’s almost no drag, it’s 80% more efficient than traditional watergoing transport.

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August 4, 2026

How to Focus on What Matters Most: 5 Leaders’ Effective Strategies

Source: World Economic Forum (video statements)

How do you focus on what matters most in a distracted and noisy world? In this special Meet the Leader episode, leading thinkers and adventurers share practical ways to reclaim your attention and sharpen your focus so you can spend your time on the right priorities. Their strategies and approaches will help you refresh your thinking, make better decisions and prevent distraction from turning into burnout.

You’ll learn to:

• Rethink the first and last things you do each day to sharpen your attention
• Craft a “to-feel list” to clarify priorities and make days more meaningful
• Better appreciate the present to take control of your attention
• Think ‘like an ancestor’ to help you think beyond the short term

Featured voices include human flourishing expert and social psychologist Jonathan Haidt; writer and three-time cancer survivor Suleika Jaouad; blind adventurer Hiro Iwamoto and navigator Doug Smith; Nia Tero CEO Aulani Wilhelm; and Buddhist monk Shoukei Matsumoto. Together, they explore attention management, focus, deep work, reflection, long-term thinking and improving leadership in a distracted world.

Subscribe to Meet the Leader on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or your favorite podcast platform for more practical leadership insights.

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The Attention Crisis: How leaders can fix focus and happiness in an AI Era – Psychologist Jonathan Haidt

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Suleika Jaouad: Harnessing Creativity and Curiosity to Lead Through Uncertainty

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August 4, 2026

Coral reefs are at crisis point. This scientist has a solution

Source: World Economic Forum (video statements)

Archireef creates 3D-printed terracotta tiles that give young #corals the best chance of taking root and flourishing. Vriko Yu, Archireef’s Co-Founder and CEO, explains why this is so important, and what solutions like hers need to expand.

Coral reefs are home to 25% of ocean species, but up to half of these vital marine habitats have already been lost due to warming oceans, pollution and overfishing. This decade still offers a window in which to restore and conserve as many reefs as possible, says Yu.

Vriko Yu is a World Economic Forum Young Global Leader, part of a network of 1,400 people under 40 driving positive change in their communities and beyond. Learn more: https://www.younggloballeaders.org/home

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August 1, 2026

Why AI Needs Regulation & How Fire Clouds Worsen European Fires | WEF | Stories of the Week

Source: World Economic Forum (video statements)

This week’s top stories of the week include:

00:12 – A philosopher on why AI needs regulation:
Atoosa Kasirzadeh, philosopher and Assistant Professor at Carnegie Mellon University, explains why she believes an ethical framework must go hand in hand with the development of artificial intelligence.

02:06 – How fire clouds worsen European fires:
As France and Spain battle terrifying wildfires, experts believe they’ve spotted a phenomenon new to the region: fire clouds. These occur when a wildfire is so large and severe it generates its own weather system, including thunderstorms, which can spread the fire with gusts of wind and even ignite new areas with lightning strikes.

03:27 – Why are companies interested in Moon dust?:
Helium-3 is an incredibly precious resource, used to cool quantum computers, supercharge medical imaging – and could even one day enable nuclear fusion. But just a few kilograms are produced on Earth each year, and each kilo is valued at $20 million. There is one place where helium-3 is abundant, though: the Moon. Now start-ups like Interlune are looking to mine this rare resource using autonomous solar-powered robots.

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July 30, 2026

‘Fire clouds’ could be aggravating Europe’s wildfires.What are they?

Source: World Economic Forum (video statements)

As France and Spain battle terrifying wildfires, experts believe they’ve spotted a phenomenon new to the region: fire clouds.

These occur when a wildfire is so large and severe it generates its own weather system, including thunderstorms, which can spread the fire with gusts of wind and even ignite new areas with lightning strikes.

The Forest Future Alliance’s Global Wildfire Leadership Network mobilizes investment and solutions for wildfire prevention and resilience around the world.

Learn more: https://www.forestfuturealliance.org/gwln

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July 30, 2026

AI and Jobs Series: Fixing the Skills Mismatch and Navigating Upskilling’s ‘Messy Middle’

Source: World Economic Forum (video statements)

New research shows many labor markets face a skills mismatch, not a talent shortage. And in the ‘messy middle’ of the AI transformation, that mismatch will be harder for leaders, workers and hiring managers to ignore as they build future-ready teams. To compete, companies will need to focus on skills-based hiring to ensure worker capabilities reflect what rapidly evolving roles require. In this episode, Maria Flynn, CEO of non-profit Jobs for the Future, explains why skills, not degrees will be the currency of the future workplace, and why education and workforce systems built for the past are struggling to keep pace with AI-era job shifts. She shares changes needed in how workers are trained, assessed, tested and hired. Flynn also discusses the importance of designing quality jobs in all sectors and how worker voice and agency matters in both AI training and implementation and how this can reduce turnover, strengthen AI adoption, and close gender gaps.

Key takeaways:
• What is the skills mismatch – and what hiring managers need to understand to build their teams
• How skills-based hiring can expand across hiring, advancement and talent management
• Why successful AI adoption needs worker input, better job quality and inclusive workforce design
Part two of our three-part AI and Jobs series. Subscribe to Meet the Leader for more conversations on leadership, AI, skills and the future of work.

About this episode:
Jobs for the Future: https://www.jff.org/

Research – JFF:
JFF AI for Workers & Learners Survey: https://info.jff.org/ai-for-workers-learners-2026-survey
JFF American Job Quality Study: https://www.jff.org/idea/the-american-job-quality-study/

Research – World Economic Forum:
Report: 2026 Chief People Officer Outlook, World Economic Forum: https://www.weforum.org/publications/chief-people-officers-outlook-may-2026/

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AI and Jobs series: How entry level jobs are changing in an AI era

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AI and Jobs Series: What one company stopped doing – an HR exec shares lessons shaping the future of work

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AI ‘workslop’ is a leadership problem. Here’s how to fix it

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How to Lead People Through AI Change: Questions to Ask from a Transformation Expert

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July 29, 2026

From ‘polycrisis’ to ‘polytunity’ – the future of geopolitics with Prof Yuen Yuen Ang

Source: World Economic Forum (video statements)

"Polycrisis" was a term coined to describe the convergence of multiple global challenges: political polarisation, conflicts, and the breakdown of post-World War Two norms on issues such as trade and security.
Yuen Yuen Ang, a political science professor at Johns Hopkins University, says polycrisis was a useful way of framing the problem, but to find solutions we should consider the global "polytunity".
This episode of Radio Davos was produced jointly with CNA Correspondent from Singapore-based Channel News Asia, and is co-hosted with CNA journalist Olivia Siong. https://www.channelnewsasia.com/listen/cna-correspondent
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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Trade, tech and geopolitics: what you need to understand about China today: https://www.weforum.org/podcasts/radio-davos/episodes/qian-liu-asian-insider-china-trade-tech-geopolitics-amnc26
The Hormuz shock, AI and China: the state of global energy, with Jason Bordoff: https://www.weforum.org/podcasts/radio-davos/episodes/amnc26-energy-china-hormuz-oil-gas-renewables-bordoff/
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July 27, 2026

Many technologies are heavily regulated for safety. Why not the same for AI?

Source: World Economic Forum (video statements)

‘There is a lot of misunderstanding about the relationship between innovation and regulation.’

Here, Atoosa Kasirzadeh, philosopher and Assistant Professor at Carnegie Mellon University, explains why she believes an ethical framework must go hand in hand with the development of artificial intelligence.

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July 27, 2026

How to Face Uncertainty and Take Action: Lessons from a Blind Sailor’s Pacific Crossing

Source: World Economic Forum (video statements)

How can leaders move forward when pressure is high and the way is not clear? Blind adventurer Hiro Iwamoto and his ‘seeing eye Doug” crewmate Doug Smith sailed across the Pacific in 55 days, from San Diego to Fukushima. The two share key strategies for leaders in taking action despite uncertainty and what’s needed to pick the right partners to make impossible projects a reality. Hiro also shares how he stays calm in moments of extreme adversity, like when whale sank his boat during an earlier attempt leaving him in a life raft for 11 hours amid five-metre waves.
Key takeaways:

Courage means moving forward without waiting for 100% information.
Find people who can solve problems, not just point them out
How thinking in the present can prevent panic and enable decision-making
Hiro is an adventurer, keynote speaker and the first totally blind person to sail across the Pacific. Doug had no sailing experience but became Hiro’s crewmate and navigator for that extraordinary trip. Their lessons on crisis leadership, teamwork, overcoming fear and innovation can motivate any leader during difficult moments.

Recorded January 2026 at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland.

About this episode:
Hiro: https://hiros-choice.com/

Transcript: https://www.weforum.org/podcasts/meet-the-leader/episodes/hiro-iwamoto-blind-sailor-lessons-fear-decision

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Adam Grant: Future leaders won’t succeed without this key trait

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July 25, 2026

The Clean Energy Economy & What Is An AI-First Company? | WEF | Stories of the Week

Source: World Economic Forum (video statements)

This week’s top stories of the week include:

00:12 – Clean energy is the economic story of the 21st century:
In today’s era of economic volatility and sluggish growth, the clean energy sector stands out as a global success story, creating jobs and driving economic growth around the world. China’s dominance in manufacturing has driven down the cost of solar panels and wind turbines, but its scale is causing smaller players to erect trade barriers as they try to compete, says Kelly Sims Gallagher, Dean of The Fletcher School. Healthy competition is good news for this sector’s future, she argues. But who will provide it?

02.08 – What is an AI-first company?:
Plenty of companies are using artificial intelligence – but how many are AI-first? And what’s the difference? Here, Workera CEO Kian Katanforoosh talks us through the three levels of AI integration – AI-enabled, AI-first and AI-native – and explains how executives can better embed #AI in their own businesses.

04.44 – How uncertainty taxes the modern economy:
"Policy uncertainty is acting as a drag on the global economy, says Paul Gruenwald, Global Chief Economist of S&P Global Ratings, as businesses and individuals hold back from spending because they don’t know what’s coming.

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