How Government and Business Can Tackle Big Global Crises Together

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🗓️ 17 May 2022

⏱️ 30 minutes

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It feels like a moment of panic for many. While there were some success stories in how public and private sector leaders managed the global pandemic, it isn't over, and many more crises -- from political polarization to climate change to new technological threats -- loom. But one leading political scientist is hopeful that countries and corporations can find ways to overcome their divisions and better collaborate on our most pressing issues over next ten years. He points to historic precedents and makes specific recommendations for the future, noting that in areas where political divisions cause roadblocks, it will be up to corporate leaders to ensure progress. Ian Bremmer is the president and founder of the Eurasia Group and author of the book “The Power of Crisis: How Three Threats – and Our Response – Will Change the World.”

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0:30.0	Welcome to the HBR IdeaCast from Harvard Business Review. I'm Allison Beard.
0:49.0	If there were ever a time for world governments and businesses to come together to fix a crisis,
0:54.0	the pandemic should have been it. Sure, there were some big successes, not least three vaccines
1:00.0	but with millions dead and COVID still running rampant, we certainly can't call it a win.
1:05.0	So what does that mean for all the other huge crises we're facing today? From political polarization
1:10.0	to unfettered technology, climate change to a war in Europe being waged by a nuclear power?
1:16.0	Can we get it together locally, nationally, globally, and work to solve these problems in a more cooperative
1:23.0	and coordinated way? Our guest today thinks we can, with much more pragmatic, public and private sector leadership.
1:29.0	Having spent the last few years in a perpetual state of anxiety about these issues myself, I'm very glad to hear that,
1:36.0	but I'm definitely going to need some convincing and I bet that many of you listeners do too.
1:40.0	Ian Brummer is a political scientist, president and founder of Eurasia Group, an author of the book, The Power of Crisis.
1:47.0	How three threats and our response will change the world. Ian, thanks so much for being on the show.
1:53.0	Hey, I'm very happy, Joe.
1:59.0	So I just outlined some of the macro problems that I'm most worried about. What is keeping you up at night?
2:04.0	Well, nothing keeps me up at night.
2:07.0	I mean, truly, I'm an early riser by dinner time, I'm usually thoroughly exhausted and I'm not by temperament an anxious person.
2:17.0	But that's not what you were asking.
2:19.0	I worry about a world where half of the species that were around when I was born aren't going to be.
2:28.0	I worry about the ability of humanity to change the planet.
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