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Coming to you as always from the sunny climes of Western Japan here on the

18th day of February 2022 and you are tuned into

episode 412 of the Corbett Report Podcast. I read the great narrative so you don't

have to.

And as you will recall, if you cast your mind back to late last year on the Solutions Watch series,

you will recall that I talked about writing a new narrative, I referenced the Great Narrative Conference that the World Economic Forum, and specifically Klaus Schwab held with his buddies in the United Arab Emirates at that time.

Excellencies, dear participants.

What pleasure to be together.

And to design the future.

We are here to develop the great narrative, a story for the future.

And I would like to refer to his highness

Ma'amette bin Rashid al-Marc Dum,

the Vice Chairman and Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates

and the ruler of Dubai, who told us that in order to shape the future, you have first to imagine the future,

you have to design the future and then you have to execute.

Yes, hopefully you'll be able to recall that last November, the World Economic Forum, headed by Schwab, convened

a two-day summit in Dubai called the Great Narrative to discuss co-creating a narrative that can help guide the creation of a more resilient, inclusive, and sustainable vision for our collective future.

And if not, please do go back and refamiliarize yourself with

that edition of Solutions Watch where I talked about that and its significance but you

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