Earlier this week, I participated in a fascinating series of discussions at The Economist magazine’s summit
called “The Ideas Economy: Human Potential – When the world grows up”. I
came away with the realization that we’re not tapping into even a tiny
fraction of the potential that human beings have. Additionally, we have a
unique opportunity, today, to leverage the entire world’s talent. In
Silicon Valley, in particular, ideas are the currency that matter, and
these are the keys to innovation and economic success. Knowledge
creation has globalized and there is a fierce race underway for talent.
We can fear this all we want, but we have a choice: raise protectionist
barriers and lose the race, or recognize the new reality and take
advantage of the opportunities for collaboration and innovation.
To read the full, original article click on this link: The Global Education Race
Author: Vivek Wadhwa
