Can We Navigate Crises to Forge a Resilient Future?

Government leaders today face a myriad of strategic challenges, each of them posing both risks and opportunities, and all of them require urgent and deliberate action. Proactive and early responses offer governments a strategic upper hand, bolstering national resilience and propelling progress in both the near and long-term future. As the world grapples with these challenges, a report titled "8 Transformations: From Crises to Opportunities” has been published by the World Governments Summit in collaboration with Kearney Middle East and Africa National Transformations Institute.

The report outlines eight innovative pathways to convert pressing global crises into transformative opportunities. Each chapter examines a specific challenge; identifies a potential solution for it; surveys the complex forces that create obstacles to realizing that solution; and then proposes an approach to using the causal mechanisms of the challenge itself to create a self-sustaining path to progress.

Rudolph Lohmeyer , Partner and Head of the National Transformations Institute, Kearney Middle East and Africa said, “The world has entered a fragile and disorientating period of transition, facing a “polycrisis” spanning geopolitical, environmental, economic, and social domains. Like all critical junctures, this one is characterised by pervasive volatility, institutional fluidity, and deep strategic uncertainty. It is also characterized by vast opportunities for transformative action – a period when human agency is most needed and most possible, particularly given the discontinuous advances we are seeing in a range of key technologies such as generative AI. This year at the World Governments Summit, we look forward to convening with world leaders to collaboratively chart a course toward a resilient, regenerative, and interconnected future.”

Erosion of Truth — A science-based approach to igniting the market for credible content

Atmospheric Carbon — A global moonshot to achieve an exponential leap in the removal of atmospheric carbon

Tech-Driven Job Displacement — Harnessing AI in education to accelerate the future-readiness of the workforce

Health Crisis — Institutionalising early detection and treatment of chronic disease to extend health span

Cyber Weapons Proliferation — A governed marketplace to bring the illicit trade of cyber vulnerabilities into the light

Societal Polarization — Systematic disruption of the cycle of dehumanization and polarization

Youth Psychological Well-being — Algorithm-based research to understand and reverse mental health spirals

Crisis of Meaning and Purpose — Work for impact to instil a sense of meaning

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