Covid 19 My field of interest

Have you read?

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  Why we need collaboration to save the world’s forests
  
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  Angela Merkel at Davos: we need global cooperation, not walls
  
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  How the science of human cooperation could improve the world
  

As the Latin America president of DSM, a global science company active in health, nutrition and materials, I believe this is especially important in Central and South America, where we suffer from issues such as persistent poverty and environmental degradation, and where some of the world’s largest economies, including Mexico and Brazil, are being outdone by much smaller economies like Malta when it comes to innovation. In the Global Innovation Index 2017, a ranking of 130 countries across the world, Mexico ranked 58th, while Brazil was 69th and Argentina 76th, despite all having abundant talent and no shortage of good ideas.

Research published in the Harvard Business Review suggests the roadblocks that prevent cross-cultural collaboration and open innovation among various parties around the world are having multiple gatekeepers, skepticism regarding anything “not invented here” and turf wars. Getting around these obstacles requires us to cultivate and sustain an atmosphere of flexibility and trust as well, as layered networks that reduce silos.