Take on Tomorrow

The rapid development of the mRNA covid vaccine shows that breakthrough innovation can happen at great pace when needed - so what’s holding us back in other areas? How can the world – and business – deliver transformational new technologies at speed?  Drawing on lessons from the development of other breakthrough technologies, Chief Operating Officer of Wellcome Leap and former acting director of the United States’ Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), Ken Gabriel, talks about the recipe for breakthrough, rather than incremental, innovation.  He is joined by PwC UK’s Leo Johnson, Head of Disruption & Innovation, to discuss the future of innovation for some of society’s biggest challenges and the crucial issue of trust. 

Data is one of the most valuable and most dangerous things a business can collect. While gathering data helps businesses better understand customers, it also exposes them to concerns about privacy, data security and trust. And if trust is lost, it is very difficult to earn back.  So, does taking privacy seriously make for better business?  Hosts Lizzie O’Leary and Ayesha Hazarika are joined by Apple’s Chief Privacy Officer Jane Horvath and Pat Moran, Head of Cybersecurity and Incident Response for PwC Ireland (Republic of). We hear the lessons they’ve learned working across high-level cybersecurity and privacy concerns, and why this topic is more important than ever for business leaders.

How can business help solve society’s biggest problems? Take on Tomorrow brings together leading experts from around the globe to figure out what business could and should be doing to tackle the greatest challenges facing the world; from privacy to climate change to crypto. Join hosts Ayesha Hazarika, columnist and senior political advisor in London and Lizzie O’Leary, business journalist in New York, and hear some of the brightest minds and boldest thinkers on how they’re taking on these problems, and how you could too.