Talent is a by-product of education; the quality of a country's human capital depends on it.
Interpretation
Education enhances talent and determines the value of a nation's workforce.
This quote by Klaus Schwab emphasizes the critical relationship between education and talent development. It suggests that talent does not exist in isolation but is instead cultivated through education, which in turn shapes the quality of a nation's human resources and its overall progress. A well-educated populace is better equipped to contribute meaningfully to society and the economy.
In practice
During a graduation speech to highlight the importance of education in personal development.
We must address, individually and collectively, moral and ethical issues raised by cutting-edge research in artificial intelligence and biotechnology, which will enable significant life extension, designer babies, and memory extraction.
Of all the many leaders I have met in the course of my life, none made a deeper impression on me than Nelson Mandela. His courage, compassion, humility and wisdom were without parallel on the world stage, and he himself was an enduring source of inspiration.
Corporate social responsibility is measured in terms of businesses improving conditions for their employees, shareholders, communities, and environment. But moral responsibility goes further, reflecting the need for corporations to address fundamental ethical issues such as inclusion, dignity, and equality.
The world must become aware of the fantastic transformational power of social entrepreneurship and the Foundation will work as a catalyst in this effort.
As technology increasingly takes over knowledge-based work, the cognitive skills that are central to today's education systems will remain important; but behavioral and non-cognitive skills necessary for collaboration, innovation, and problem solving will become essential as well.
An overwhelming number of economists, international civil servants, and policy-makers argue that a fragmentation of the Eurozone would cause a new depression and massive wealth destruction around the world. It would also end the period of economic integration that has characterized world politics since the end of the Cold War.
Violence is black children going to school for 12 years and receiving 6 years' worth of education.
The old adage about giving a man a fish versus teaching him how to fish has been updated by a reader: Give a man a fish and he will ask for tartar sauce and French fries! Moreover, some politician who wants his vote will declare all these things to be among his 'basic rights.'
I believe in women. I desire . . . to do those things that would advance women in moral and spiritual, as well as educational work.
A good example is the best sermon.
Profound changes to how children access vast information is yielding new forms of peer-to-peer and individual-guided learning.
Women need the education and training, particularly since more and more women are heads of their households, as much or more than anybody else...And it's hard for them to leave their families when they don't have somebody to take care of them....It's a vicious cycle that's affecting women, particularly in a part of the country like this, where mining is the mainstay; traditionally, women have not gone into that line of work, to say the least.
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