Jeannine Sargent, president of Innovation and New Ventures at Flextronics, spoke with HuffPost Live at Davos about the “IOT,” or internet of things.
“We like to say that it’s not about internet of things, it’s about intelligence of things,” she said.
“It’s more about how you have smart and connective devices that interact to deliver better capabilities or efficiencies, but really also better experiences for you and I, and it’s really changing the way we live, work and play,” she added, saying smart phones, electronic toothbrushes and razors or coffee machines are part of it.
“What’s interesting and evolving the intelligence of things is how we use that data,” Sargent said, describing how soon, car entertainment systems will not only play music and give directions, but be able to have conversations with drivers to help them change lanes, avoid collisions and get traffic information.
“It’s that real time exchange of information that’s really taking us out of the information age, into the age of intelligence,” she told HuffPost Live.
Below, more updates from the 2015 Davos Annual Meeting:
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Hugh Evans and Jordan Hewson from Global Citizen, along with Arianna, sat down on HuffPost Live at Davos to share how HuffPost and Global Citizen are working together to help end global poverty.
Lesley Silverthorn Marincola, CEO of Angaza Design, writes for HuffPost:
I live in the heart of Silicon Valley and am still dependent on a piece of plastic I have to carry around with me everywhere. From gas to groceries, I pay with my credit card.
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“The instinct is to build back as it was, and really, Resilient’s thinking leads you to build back better and build back smarter,” Berkowitz said.
Goings said he’s been practicing transcendental meditation, which he says helps “find your better self,” since he was 22 years old. He said it especially helps while traveling.
“This is one of the most important discoveries of transcendental meditation, proven by research — you gain time,” he said.
Goings said there needs to be a “mindset change” in order to make sure women are empowered and have equal representation.
He said it’s a ridiculous economic decision not to empower women.
Rick Goings, CEO of Tupperware, said his company is the biggest seller of cookbooks in France, a statistic he thinks many will find surprising.
Njideka Harry on HuffPost Live at Davos
Harry said it’s important not only to teach young people good working skills, but also to show young people how to monetize those skills. She encourages reverse migration because of the “power of rural communities.”
She said young people “have the ability to stay in their community, develop a micro-business, hire people from their communities and make those communities better.”
Jessica Elgort contributed to this report.
