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the living environment can produce sustainable healthy habits and better outcomes, lower health-care costs, and increased economic returns., The key to the success in all of these cites involved a paradigm shift. , Effective community-wide designs focus on:

and lower real economic growth prospects., Private markets firms need to transform and adapt assets to build the resilient business models of the future. , Active and passive investment are familiar terms in public markets. A similar distinction will be key to the differentiation between private markets practitioners—some will be more passive, others more active.

gravity of our climate crisis has surged to an unassailable crescendo this year., We hope to mitigate the consequences of climate change and build a resilient world. , Energy Transition and Green Transportation Gasoline vehicles account for approximately 15–20 percent of the total global carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions.

ording to a variety of studies in the US and the UK, at least one in seven people are neurodivergent., Leaders can take a complementary approach to foster work environments that allow creative thinkers to thrive. , Neurodivergence refers to the variation in how human brains learn, process, and interpret information. This stems from differences in how the brain produces and/or uses different chemicals relative to neurotypical brains.

artificial intelligence (AI) in the workforce emerging., Moving forward, we must focus on harnessing AI’s power to enhance human potential, rather than replace it. , Predictive AI uses carefully curated algorithms and data to generate more accurate predictions.

ghly leveraged borrowers straining to service their debts., We believe private loans will be a growing source of stress—and opportunities. , Private Loans Pose Both Risks and Opportunities The private segment of the market has grown rapidly since the GFC—when large commercial banks stepped away from lending to small and midsize companies—and now rivals the public loan market in ann

and services through global supply chains, which in turn enable everyone to eat, work, move about, and live their lives., Digital trade enables a process that currently takes 12–15 days to be executed flawlessly in 48–72 hours. , There is a big caveat: Globalization and world trade have, over the past 40 years, produced immense growth but also two massive global challenges: a widening wealth and economic opportunity gap, as well as a deepening climate problem.

l that we may be about to enter a shift in eras. War, sanctions, disrupted supply chains, and blocs have all become part of our everyday vocabulary., We should recognize that the Asia-Pacific region sits in the middle of many global macro fault lines. , Three Macro Trends To understand the key forces acting on the Asia-Pacific region today, we should recognize that it sits in the middle of many global macro fault lines, with three particularly notable trends emerging.

reatment, and trust that our doctors have all the information they need to treat us as unique individuals. That is the promise of genomic medicine., An estimated 65 million human genomes are expected to be sequenced by 2025. , Take, for example, a critically ill baby in intensive care where doctors are struggling to find a diagnosis.

nd disruption, the recent periods of turbulence and the pandemic made this necessity abundantly clear., To further succeed, one needs to be agile and able to move at multiple speeds across three horizons. , Optimizing for Today: Less Is More

on, modern slavery, inequality, climate disasters, pandemics., Hope and conviction may be the only strategy. Collective action and innovation will be our currency. , When speaking with business leaders, I’ve often heard (and sometimes repeated) that “hope isn’t a strategy.” This is, of course, meant to be a warning against sloppy planning.

ing food insecurity to a new level globally., In response to social unrest, increased food protectionism hurts efforts to improve food security. , Extreme weather—more severe droughts, flooding, landslides, and unexpected frost due to global warming—are also damaging crops worldwide at an increasing frequency and volume.