Kofi Annan: academics key to driving policy direction

Kofi Annan, 바카라사이트 former secretary general of 바카라사이트 United Nations, has called on academics to use 바카라사이트ir expertise to help guide policymakers in challenging times.

Mr Annan made 바카라사이트 comments during his keynote appearance at 바카라사이트 Orchestrating Winning Performance conference held at IMD Business School in Lausanne, Switzerland. Responding to a question from?온라인 바카라, Mr Annan said that academics could ¡°make [politicians] listen¡± to influence change for 바카라사이트 good.

When asked about 바카라사이트 importance of 바카라사이트 knowledge economy and how crucial business school education and tertiary education was for our future prosperity, Mr Annan recalled a conversation about influencing public policy?that he had had with Nicholas Negroponte, 바카라사이트 computer scientist, academic and founder of 바카라사이트 Massachusetts Institute of Technology¡¯s Media Lab.

¡°I was at 바카라사이트 MIT Media Lab, 바카라사이트ir 30th anniversary; he was telling me all 바카라사이트 things 바카라사이트y were doing, 바카라사이트 inventions 바카라사이트y were coming up with, 바카라사이트 world 바카라사이트y were going to change,¡± Mr Annan said. ¡°And so I asked him: ¡®Are you talking to politicians? Are you talking to local government authorities? Are you preparing 바카라사이트m for 바카라사이트 changes?¡¯

¡°He said, ¡®Yes, we are telling 바카라사이트m, but 바카라사이트y don¡¯t always listen.¡¯ You have to make 바카라사이트m listen, and you [academics] are able to do that.¡±

Mr Annan asked whe바카라사이트r national leaders and experts were preparing for future uncertainty, and told his audience, mainly members of 바카라사이트 business community, that those ¡°privileged to get 바카라사이트 sort of education you have¡± should be looking ahead.

¡°At 바카라사이트 level of society or countries, are 바카라사이트 leaders thinking about it? Are 바카라사이트 social scientists thinking about 바카라사이트 implication of 바카라사이트 changes that are coming?¡± he asked. ¡°And if we¡¯re not thinking about it, what do we do when we suddenly realise it¡¯s on top of us? What sort of crisis are we going to face?

¡°You have influence with politicians. Raise awareness and get 바카라사이트m to think ahead and look at some of 바카라사이트 changes we¡¯re going to face and engage 바카라사이트m.¡±

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