Davos#8: Jeffrey Sachs, Websites and Social Media

effectively there have been 3 things that we have been involved in here at Davos:

firtsly, the refugee run. nuff said.

secondly, the launch of the new business.un.org website. this had its annoucement made in style here at WEF. UN Global Compact, a UN body aiming to get businesses to align themeselves to international principles, several senior business folk and jeffrey sachs.

at the end of the session, they were refugees, stripped of identity. a nobody in the basement of a old hospital in one of the world's most prestigious places.

the effect was powerful. some amazing conversations started to flow and creative ideas to see solutions was banded around.

the next day, there was social media focus event with the likes of the Jimmy Wales, founder of Wikipedia, Sheryl Sandyberg, Chief Operating Officer of Facebook and several people from Microsoft. Again at the end of the experience the question: what could we bring to assist with a problem such a refugees. fascinating discussions followed.


the last thing: to quietly flick the switch to a new GH website ushering through more ways to allow the power and resources of businesses be used to meet needs.