Leaders of institutions everywhere have lost trust. The global economy is stalled and the world is deeply divided, too unequal, unstable and unsustainable.

These kids [of the current generation] have no fear of technology ... sort of like I have no fear of a refrigerator.

Throughout the 20th century, we created wealth through vertically integrated corporations. Now, we create wealth through networks. We are at a turning point in human history, where the industrial age has finally run out of gas.

To be successful in a knowledge economy firms need to create learning organizations.

Business cannot succeed in a world that is failing.

The social world is transforming the way we create wealth, work, learn, play, raise our children, and probably the way we think.

In an age where everything and everyone is linked through networks of glass and air, no one - no business, organization, government agency, country - is an island. We need to do right by all our stakeholders, and that's how you create value for shareholders. And one thing is for sure - no organization can succeed in a world that is failing.