CEO Jack Ma shared his visions on globalization, technology, the future of work, and the forces shaping the world today.<\/p>\n
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When facing globalization, some CEOs know their business.<\/p>\n
Such is the case of Jack Ma, who believes globalization cannot be stopped.<\/p>\n
The\u00a0founder and executive chairman of Alibaba Group<\/a> believes globalization has done\u00a0a fantastic job in the past 30 years, however, it needs to improve.<\/span><\/p>\n On his outtake during the annual World Economic Forum (WEF) meeting<\/a>\u00a0in early 2018, he said:<\/p>\n “We are very lucky because the world is in a big transformation because of technology. This new technology will create a lot of successful people, interesting careers but honestly every new technology will create social problems.”<\/em><\/p>\n “The first technology revolution”, he continued, “caused the First World War and the second technology revolution caused the Second World War – and now we have the third (…) if there is a Third World War I think that should be a war against disease, pollution and poverty, not a war against ourselves.”<\/em><\/p>\n “If we don\u2019t align, we\u2019re going to continue fighting each other, because each technology revolution makes the world unbalanced.”<\/em><\/p>\n [ihc-hide-content ihc_mb_type=”show” ihc_mb_who=”3,4,5,6″ ihc_mb_template=”3″ ]<\/p>\n When speaking about trade, the CEO warns about putting a pause on it, as this opens the door for many changes that can alter everything and not\u00a0particularly in the best direction.<\/p>\n “No-one can stop globalization, no-one can stop trade. If trade stops, the world stops. Trade is the way to dissolve the war, not cause the war.”<\/p>\n As this matter becomes a constant shift, Jack Ma turned to question generational responsibilities regarding the global issue.<\/p>\n He sentenced:\u00a0“It\u2019s our generation\u2019s job – we have better technology and better knowledge of globalization and it\u2019s our generation\u2019s responsibility or opportunity to improve it. Tell me, how can you stop it?”<\/p>\n Automation<\/a>, artificial intelligence (AI) and a transition to digital is on the doorstep of companies.<\/p>\n Seeing this as an inevitable future, Jack Ma seized the WEF opportunity to question corporate responsibilities and speak about the value of teamwork as we face an inevitable change.<\/p>\n The CEO said: “You don\u2019t need to know a lot of things, but you need to find the people who are smarter than you are. My job is to make sure smart people are working together.”<\/p>\n He took a moment to speak on behalf of a symbolic education, one that teaches kids something unique, not only competing against machines who clearly surpass our intelligence.<\/p>\n On tech responsibilities, Ma was strict on saying his company, “Google, Facebook and Amazon are the luckiest companies of this century. But we (they) have the responsibility to have a good heart, and do something good.”<\/p>\n He ended his collaboration at Davos, Switzerland<\/a> with words to live by, as he concluded: “Make sure that everything you do is for the future”.<\/p>\n Environmental issues took centre stage in Davos 2019.<\/p>\nIf trade stops, the world stops<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n
Teamwork and responsibilities\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n
Attention to environmental<\/h2>\n