Decades in a matter of years: Global instability forcing companies to change tact, Global Business Forum hears

The rapidly changing geopolitical landscape was a major topic of interest at the forum’s 25th iteration

Decades of history can unfold over a matter of months and years, Robert Kaplan told an audience of business leaders on Thursday in Banff, saying the past two years have been particularly eventful.

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“The world may seem tumultuous now, but because of the very finite size of the Earth combined with the advance of technology, it’s about to become even more tumultuous,” Kaplan told the Global Business Forum, the lead speaker for the two-day conference.