Shaping the world from the heights of Davos

The World Economic Forum took place last week in Davos, Europe’s highest altitude town. As ever the event carried a grandiose theme, with this year being the year of “Mastering the Fourth Industrial Revolution”. For those who missed the event, they have shared the 36 best quotes from Davos 2016. There might be no inflation in Western Europe, but there is plenty at the World Economic Forum, sharing 22 in 2014, 27 in 2015 and this year bringing us 36 quotes!

They should stick to quality over quantity, with musician Will.I.Am making the list with “Let’s put our optimism googles on”. Still, Christine Lagarde, Managing Director of the IMF gave him a run for his money with her quote “We’ve heard a lot about the Internet of Things – I think we need an Internet of Women”. They were not all bad though. My personal favourite is a thought provoking quote from the CEO of PayPal Inc., Dan Schulman, who said “The biggest impediment to a company’s future success is its past success”.  Ponder that one….