Davos 2010: The world is broken

As a Fellow of the World Economic Forum, I've been attending the annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland for a dozen years. But I've never anticipated the event more than this year (Jan. 27-31). The theme is to "Improve the State of the World: Rethink, Redesign and Rebuild."

Music to my ears.  Evidence is mounting that the world and many of its institutions are stalled and need reinvention — from the financial system, the old model of government, the media, our energy and transportation systems, ...