 Thomas L Friedman OBE
Award Winning Author And Journalist
The Global Economy of Business – The Flattening World’s Affect On Your Organisation
| “I think two things separate the best leaders from the others. One is the willingness to tell the truth to, and even criticise, your own constituency… The other is an ability to learn and really know about the world you are living and operating in” |
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The World is Flat: The 10 key factors which have flattened the world in the 21st Century and how the Middle East can use them to their advantage to compete on the world stage |
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The 3 Musts for Globalisation: The first phase of Globalisation has happened but is inaccessible to an organisation that lacks simple values - learn how not to get left behind! Ensure you have the infrastructure, governance and education in place to capitalise on globalisation |
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Cultural Engagement: How technology is allowing countries to ‘go global’ yet remain true to their culture. Discover the principle drivers behind creating diversity and clear social, cultural and geographic boundaries in a flattening world |
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The Natural Curse: Why countries with abundant natural resources have low levels of growth and how innovations often come from the need of a nation |
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The Next Step: How will the new global attitude on environmental responsibility fit the developing world’s hunger for economic growth? Will ‘green’ conflict with the boom? |
Facts about this speaker
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Author of international bestseller ‘The World is Flat’ which has been translated into over 27 languages |
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Winner of the Financial Times/Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year |
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3 time Pulitzer Prize winner |
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Author of 3 best sellers |
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Former Chief White House correspondent |
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Lifetime Achievement Award in 2004 by Overseas Press Club |
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Awarded the Order of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth II in 2004 |
Thomas L Friedman is an international best selling author and journalist with expertise in world politics as well as globalisation and economics. His contribution to both business and journalism has triggered the receipt of numerous international awards and he is now considered an authority on globalisation. His best selling book The World is Flat has provoked much debate around the world with the idea that due to 10 key factors in the 21st century - the world is becoming a level playing field on which all companies can compete.
The World Is Flat is Thomas L. Friedman's account of the great changes taking place in our time, as lightning-swift advances in technology and communications put people all over the globe in touch like never before, creating an explosion of wealth in India and China, and challenging the rest of us to run even faster just to stay in the game. Friedman’s account not only looks at the globalised world as an opportunity for individual empowerment, and its achievements at lifting millions out of poverty, but also its drawbacks - both environmentally, socially, and politically.
Friedman’s witty yet concerned outlook on the global economy is based on years of research and is sure to provide you with answers to the obvious question- How can the world be flat?
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