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Wozniak, co-founder of Apple, about
diversification and innovation in
Nigeria, highlighting the importance
of IT, especially in helping create
jobs for young people and economic
growth and opportunities for
entrepreneurship. n

GAME-CHANGING DEAL 2016 HOT TOPICS
AGREED AT COP21
FT & MCKINSEY BUSINESS Stéphane Garelli is a Professor at
Saturday 11th December 2015 saw BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD both the International Institute for
an historic international climate WINNER Management Development (IMD),
agreement signed by negotiators and at the University of Lausanne,
from 195 countries. This heralds a The winner of the 2015 FT & McKinsey Director of The World Competitiveness
new dawn in collaborative working by Business Book of the Year Award is Yearbook, the most renowned annual
a multitude of nations and may well be The Rise of the Robots by Martin Ford. analysis of the competitiveness of
the catalyst for future-proofing Founder of a Silicon Valley software nations and a reference for government
the planet. The COP21 United Nations development company, Martin suggests and business leaders around the world.
climate summit in Paris took place “a fundamental restructuring of our Stéphane has an outstanding ability to
over 13 days, during which time economic rules” may be required to read today’s global economic picture
Lord Nicholas Stern leading global lessen the impact of the advance of better than anyone else. We share
economist and Chairman of the LSE robotics and automation. The judges with you here some of his Agenda for
Grantham Institute on Climate were not unanimous in their decision, 2016 hot topics:
Change said “This gives us a strong questioning the proposed solutions;
sense of direction [on investing in however none of them questioned the • The ‘New Normal’: weaker growth,
a low-carbon economy]. This is a force of the argument. n elusive recovery, cost efficiency
big change.” Meanwhile for the first
time 22 countries are taking action to • Emerging economies: from
protect the world’s oceans, with the economic slowdown to corporate
creation of the Because the Ocean debt?
declaration. José María Figueres,
Chairman of the Carbon War Room • New brands: intensifying from
and Co-Chair of the Global Ocean disruptive technologies and
Commission said “The creation of emerging markets
this group highlights the importance
of the ocean for the climate and the • Currencies: US dollar still a world
importance of the climate for the leader; Chinese Yuan stepping in
ocean.”
• Business models: B to C, B to B,
José María Figueres has also been and now Consumers to Consumers
in the spotlight, talking with Steve (Uberization)

• Consumers: from “I need it” to
“I want it” to “I have to have it”
(peer pressure). n

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