Rick Goings, CEO of Tupperware, said his company is about a lot more than food storage.
“The whole thing is aimed at making life easier,” Goings told HuffPost Live in Davos.
Goings revealed his company is the number one seller of cookbooks in France.
“Bet you didn’t see that coming,” he joked.
Goings emphasized how his company is used by many women as a road to entrepreneurship. He said there needs to be a “mindset change” in order to make sure women are empowered and have equal representation worldwide, and said “it’s a ridiculous economic decision not to empower women.”
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Tupperware CEO Rick Goings explains to HuffPost Live what qualifies as a Tupperware party.
“I design technologies that are meant to maintain our adherence to the values we care most about,” Cassell said.
Cassell said she thinks the idea of having microchips implanted in humans is not a question of “if,” but “when.” She said she looks at the very recent history of medical technology, at this like prosthetic limbs, LASEK eye surgery and even contact lenses, as proof of how quickly things are developing.
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“We in the media have done a terrible job at telling the stories of what is working,” Arianna said.
“We’re committed, as you know, to putting a lot of energy, recourses into also covering what is working,” Arianna added.
Arianna said there’s nothing “journalistically incorrect” with encouraging people to take action.
New America President and CEO Anne-Marie Slaughter talks to HuffPost Live about her new blog on the on-demand economy.
Desmond-Hellmann, who sits on the board of directors at Facebook, said more must be done to include women in leadership roles.
“In corporate America and in Silicon Valley we have a lot of work to do for women to feel included, to feel like they have a seat at the table, and to have the kind of leadership roles that I’ve experienced.”
Desmond-Hellmann said solving global issues like Ebola isn’t just the responsibility of philanthropists or private companies.
“I think it’s a collaboration… it’s non-governmental organizations, it’s academia, it’s private industry,” she said.
She said the Gates Foundation thinks of its funds “as leverage” for companies to get involved with helping global issues.
