How to navigate a crisis: lessons from a chief investment officer
Release Date: 06/11/2026
The world really is more unpredictable than ever - two ‘chief risk officers’ explain why
Radio Davos
You're not imagining it: the world really is more unpredictable than it used to be. That's the opinion of the chief risk officers at carmaker Volkswagen and the World Trade Organisation, who join us on Radio Davos to discuss how we can best confront the ever more complex risk landscape. Geopolitics, supply chains, disinformation and artificial intelligence are among the headline risks that are increasingly interlinked and therefore harder to predict, the risk officers say - but they are both optimistic about our ability to cope. This episode was recorded live on Thursday, 8 October in front of...
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Demand for electricity is soaring: how can our power systems keep up?
Radio Davos
Global demand for electricity is soaring, as wars in Ukraine and Iran squeeze fossil fuel supply chains and the race for AI makes data centres a significant power consumer. Divya Reddy, Manager of Energy Initiatives at the World Economic Forum sets out the challenge, and Varun Sivaram, Founder and CEO of Emerald AI explains how data centres can be made "good citizens to communities and power grids alike". Links: World Economic Forum Centre for Energy and Materials: Future of Power Systems: Innovation Playbook for Future Power Systems: Emerald AI: Related podcasts: The Hormuz...
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The green revolution is unstoppable: Adam Tooze on “the single most dramatic story in the history of energy”
Radio Davos
Conflict in Ukraine and the Middle East have exposed the vulnerability of fossil fuel supply chains and prices. Coupled with Chinese supply of cheap renewables hardware, that makes the transition to green energy unstoppable, despite political resistance in some parts of the world. So says historian and podcaster Adam Tooze, director of the European Institute at Columbia University. In this wide-ranging interview, recorded at the World Economic Forum's Summer Davos in Dalian, China in June, Tooze also talks about how Europe and China can avoid a massive trade war over cars; the future of...
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Chief Economists Outlook: what bond yields and interest rates tell us about the global economy
Radio Davos
Why are there so many headlines right now about bond yields and interest rates? And what does it all mean for the global economy? The latest Chief Economists Outlook, a regular pulse-check of the global economy, shows an uptick in the number of economists expecting stability rather than a downturn. We ask EY's Chief Economist Gregory Daco why that is. And he weighs in on the issue of interest rates: "Higher commodities prices, higher oil prices ... are feeding into higher inflation and leading to expectations of central banks around the world tightening monetary policy to prevent inflation...
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How cutting emissions is future-proofing industries beyond the ‘green premium’
Radio Davos
Cutting the greenhouse gas emissions from heavy industry has often been framed as a cost problem: why pay more for low-emission products when the conventional versions are cheaper? But many companies are pushing ahead, with an eye on staying competitive, securing supply chains and preparing for future markets. This episode hears from two companies and an investor who say low-emission technologies are already making business sense. All three are involved in the First Movers Coalition, a World Economic Forum initiative working with companies and governments to make low-emission technologies...
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What I tell my Stern Business School students on how to thrive in the age of AI
Radio Davos
For today's undergraduates, the impact of artificial intelligence on the jobs market means massive job uncertainty. So how should young people prepare themselves for the unknown unknowns of a career in the age of AI? "The uncertainty will be overwhelming for a fraction of them, but I think for a fraction of them they will look back in 10 years and say this was a period of such great opportunity," says Arun Sundararajan, a professor of entrepreneurship, technology operations and statistics at New York University's Stern School of Business. This episode was co-produced with China's CGTN and...
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Meet the Leader: astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti
Radio Davos
As an astronaut, Samantha Cristoforetti knows a lot about leadership and teamwork. She spoke to our sister podcast Meet the Leader at the Annual Meeting in Davos in January. You can watch it here: and find a transcript and more information here: Check out all our podcasts on : - - : - : - :
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AI's real impact on jobs - what it means for you, your company and future generations
Radio Davos
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 Radio Davos 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...
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Meet the Leader: Why AI 'workslop' is a leadership problem
Radio Davos
Workslop – low-quality work produced through poor human-AI collaboration – is wasting time, slowing teams down and limiting the productivity gains leaders expect from AI. But the problem isn’t always the technology – it’s often a signal to leaders that teams need more support. Alexi Robichaux, CEO of digital learning platform BetterUp, says AI can amplify both good and bad leadership standards and leaders need to define what excellent work looks like before AI is deployed. This episode was first published on Radio Davos's sister podcast Meet the Leader. You can watch the interview...
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Trade, tech and geopolitics: what you need to understand about China today
Radio Davos
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 , whose company Wusawa helps advise companies understand China. Co-hosted by Ravi Velloor of Asian Insider: 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...
info_outlineOn this episode we team up with The View Beyond, a podcast from wealth management group Julius Baer, to discuss how to navigate crises.
Julius Baer's Group Chief Investment Officer Yves Bonzon gives his perspective as someone who has spent decades making high-stakes decisions on behalf of investors.
This episode is a collaboration with The View Beyond, the weekend edition of Moving Markets, Julius Baer’s daily flagship podcast on the markets, thematic investing, and wealth management. The co-host is Moving Markets host Bernadette Anderko. Listen to the Julius Baer podcasts wherever you get podcasts, and learn more on the Julius Baer Insights Hub: https://www.juliusbaer.com/en/insights/
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Financial fragmentation: the $6 trillion cost of breaking the "plumbing" of global finance: https://www.weforum.org/podcasts/radio-davos/episodes/financial-fragmentation/
Chief Economists Outlook: counting the cost of the Hormuz crisis, with Maersk's Ilaria Maselli: https://www.weforum.org/podcasts/radio-davos/episodes/chief-economists-outlook-maersk-ilaria-maselli/
The Iran oil shock: will it force the world to re-think the future of energy?: https://www.weforum.org/podcasts/radio-davos/episodes/oil-shocks-hormuz-iran-columbia-energy-exchange-jason-bordoff/
"Everything has changed" - Gita Gopinath on the global economy in 2026: https://www.weforum.org/podcasts/radio-davos/episodes/gita-gopinath-global-economy-2026/
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