Author: SebKo

Penning my thoughts on the evolution of Regtech

I will be publishing an article entitled “Regtech unleashed: Technological paths in the regulatory landscapes beyond financial services” in the upcoming book “The RegTech Book,” which will be the first globally crowd-sourced book about innovation in the Regulatory Technology Sector. It is part of TheFinTechBook series, which is published by Wiley Finance. Here is the

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Turning networks into communities: Empowering members to open doors

On January 25, I attended the “Communities, Networks & Collectives Salon: 2 to 73,000” event at Mettā. The keynote speaker at the event was Richard Hsu who talked about his communities and networks and the philosophies behind the projects that grow and support these communities and networks. The description of the event reads as follows: In an era of sharing

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The GSC: A community at its core sense

As described in the official website globalshapers.org: The Global Shapers Community is a network of Hubs developed and led by young people who are exceptional in their potential, their achievements and their drive to make a contribution to their communities. We are an initiative of the World Economic Forum (“Forum”), and support its commitment to improving the state

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Global Shapers Survey and the worldwide concern for corruption

The World Economic Forum released the results to the Global Shapers Annual Survey 2016 in August (#ShapersSurvey). 18,402 responses were made to the question “in your opinion, what are the three most serious issues affecting your country today?” The top response was “government accountability & transparency / corruption”  (57.3% of the responses). So, corruption is the top concern

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My experiences in youth leadership engagement

In my recent visit to Geneva, I spoke with Dr. David Nabarro, the Special Adviser on the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development to the United Nations Secretary-General, about the youth leadership at a World Economic Forum event. He said that youth is a time of transformation and experimentation. We discussed about the issues of establishing opportunities for developing young

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Leadership lesson from the Executive Chairman of the World Economic Forum

At the 2016 Annual Curators Meeting, Global Shapers spent time exploring values and considering the issues of leadership development. Among many topics, Shapers were asked to consider as leaders the strengths and weaknesses in expressing vulnerability; balancing individual control and collaboration; and standing alone and building a following to enhance a vision. Prof. Klaus Schwab, the founder of the World

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Solving Fourth Industrial Revolution challenges with systems thinking

The cover image depicts a synchrotron conduit cut-out from CERN. The Fourth Industrial Revolution (“4IR”) challenges are a mash of issues arising from complex, rapidly changing, post-structural, and interconnected systems. What really matters is: How should we articulate the problems to help us formulate viable solutions? “Systems thinking” may offer an effective approach. Conditions of tomorrow, today

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