Data dictating leadership?

Data dictating leadership? Data-driven decision-making is increasingly at the top of a business leader’s job specification. Years of judgement, experience, and network now have an additional complementary layer of data science. It supports moves to invest, divest, or restructure the strategic future of entire businesses. So, what then is the tipping point between human leadership…

Digital Health

Digital Health and Data Privacy: What You Need to Know Let’s talk about data — specifically, your data. When today’s technology was at its infancy and social media profiles were just sprouting, many of us were too caught up with these innovations to genuinely worry about how our data were being collected. Who should access…

Culture of experimentation

Watch the complete episode here Culture of Experimentation The path to success is not a straight line. The normal learning curve eventually leads to mastery. But the road is a bumpy one. In this SRF & NZZ Format feature, failure is discussed as the thread that binds successful people. ETH Entrepreneur Club invited our very…

New design Worldwebforum website

New look

We look and feel brand new Punk never dies When Worldwebforum began, black was en vogue. The alternative punk attitude resonated with our drive to break-away from what’s stereotypical. We splashed our website and merchandise with jet-black. We also added gold elements as highlight. Years have passed and we’ve seen many adopt the same look.…

Worldwebforum 2020 Topic Wanted: Leader ad feat. Coco Chanel

Wanted: Leader Billboards

Spot our new posters around Zurich This week, Worldwebforum will splash acid yellow around Zürich city as we launch our eye-catching billboards featuring iconic leaders who have empowered radical change through their inventions, advocacies, and policies. Snap a photo of our Wanted: Leader billboards and tag us @worldwebforum on your favorite social media platform. Have…

Zurich Street Parade 2019

Street Parade in Zurich

Street Parade   Legendary march On September 5, 1992, student Marek Krynski marched along Bahnhofstrasse. He was with fellow-activists in flamboyant clothing. More importantly, on that day, he fought for love, peace, freedom, and liberal thinking. From a niche gathering, the Zürich Street Parade quickly grew into the world’s biggest electro-festival and now has almost…

Topic 2020

Wanted: Leader Hierarchy is chosen to identify ranking in almost every context from the military to academic institutions. Similarly, civil society to information technology defines hierarchy. What happens then when the hierarchy breaks down? There is a shift in the paradigm. Lines, ranks, borders, and currencies blur by the minute. The question begs to be…

Worldwebforum speaker Ana Rold

Ana Rold interview

In Praise of Women Ana Rold brought Global Talent Summit to WORLDWEBFORUM in 2019 and as CEO and publisher of Diplomatic Courier, sat down with us to share her experiences as a woman in leadership and “doing it all”. Let them undermine me, because then that allows me the freedom to just go on with my goals unobstructed!…