Jeremy Jurgens is the chief information and interaction officer at the World Economic Forum. At the Forum since 1999, he has held a number of roles, including running the Forum’s annual meetings in Davos, Switzerland, and China, and as head of membership. He is a graduate of Claremont McKenna College and holds a Master’s in Education from Harvard University.
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Educating Executives to Disrupt, Not Be Disrupted
Much has been written about how technology is transforming education. Still more has been written about how technology is driving disruption in business. Less explored is a question posed by the intersection of those ideas: how can technology help business leaders to educate themselves about potentially disruptive opportunities and threats? The MOOC model is ripe for adaptation to deliver structured courses to business leaders, helping them to think about potentially transformational combinations of ideas at the periphery of their industries. The Forum Academy, launching this month with a course on global technology leadership, is a foray into this space. The World Economic Forum is partnering with edX to use its education delivery platform for expanding access to the kind of conversations that happen at Davos.
