It’s all too easy to sit back and knock ideas, so when I heard about the Davos Question, I thought it merited a second look and a tip of the cap.
Bringing together the who’s who of leaders from business, government, the media, academia, the arts and society, the World Economic Forum’s meeting in Davos this week isn’t just your average tea party. As with topics like the environment, economic development, and energy security topping the bill, the guys really have their work cut out to secure public buy-in on decisions impacting both local and global issues. Not only that, but as with anything like the WEF, there is always the danger of it being perceived as distant and unrepresentative of the real issues, which is exactly why the whole Davos Question concept caught my eye.
Teaming with YouTube, the organizers have laid down the big one – What one thing do you think that countries, companies or individuals must do to make the world a better place in 2008? – and asked people to post video responses, the best of which will be shared with the attendees. Now I know not everyone has the access or technology needed to get involved, but never the less, it’s a good move by the WEF big wigs.
Been having a look through myself and watched videos on everything from setting up a think tank exploring a moneyless society to focusing on buying mosquito nets. Granted there were some weird ones, and with people like the Neotoy, there were certainly a few strange contributors, but by in large, I came away with the impression that people had really thought about it. What did you think, any good ones?
As I haven’t entered a video, I can’t see how the voting’s going – guess they didn’t get everything right – but lets keep an eye out later this week to see which ones get picked and whether it will be mosquito nets for all.
