Society & Planet » Social Polarization
An increasingly polarized society presents new challenges for organizations and leaders to navigate—with significant implications.
"Even with new green technologies, if we keep trying to produce more for the sake of economic growth, we […] cannot make a fast transition to decarbonize the economy. Therefore, I argue that it is necessary to reduce what is unnecessary."
"I think if you look back over the last 1,000 years, very few societies have been well set up for automatic shared prosperity. I think it's always a fight — it’s always a discussion."
Debates around social and political issues are increasingly unavoidable, especially as social media platforms allow people to make their views public. This has increased both the pressure on business leaders to weigh in, as well as the opportunity for them to do so.
Brexit can be seized as an opportunity to develop the macroeconomic, adaptive, and shaping capabilities which global corporations will increasingly need in an environment when uncertainty is endemic not just in business but at the levels of society, politics, and economics.
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