This is the best of time, this is the worst of time. In 2020, the great lockdown brought by the Covid-19 pandemic caught many by surprise. It could be a blessing in disguise. What happens and keeps happening shows us real-life lessons. Things we keep postponing should actually be made a priority. Things we thought couldn’t be done can actually be done. And lots more. It may seem challenging, but there will always be solutions. As the famous saying goes, it is not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.
- Sustainable Development
- Global Goals
- Social Enterprise
- Digital Transformation
- Resource Management
Going through these global-scale challenges, we learned that sustainable development is the key to a better world. People need to have common goals in a more connected world so that collaborative efforts towards achieving global goals that bring good to all the stakeholders can be formed and synchronized. Clarity leads to power.
Social enterprise model, a balance between legacy business and charity can be a way to achieve sustainability. One for all, and all for one. For instance, rather than simply recycling with traditional take-make-waste processes, consider a circular economy. A change in business model from initial to endpoint can lead to effective and optimized use of resources.
Digital transformation will be the essential tool to achieve the targets. Through building Artificial Intelligence (AI) driven, Blockchain based Cognitive resources management systems powered by Data, Ethically, overall social, economic, environmental development will become much better. We can make it into an ABCDE The World movement. Everybody plays their respective role in building a more transparent, fair and resilient future.
Underpinning all these is the practice of sustainable development. People, process, technology. People and environment come first, technology being the enabler.
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