The more we look into the heart of globalization, the more it will reveal who we are, and who we can be, together.

How on earth can we live together?

For a discussion of  issues of globalization to be productive and meaningful, it must involve all stakeholders and engage them in the same conversation. Importantly, the corporate voice is not often enough heard and listened to in this context. We must acknowledge that the world of politics, the world of business and economics and of civil society are inextricably linked.

This means that the value-creating systems must be linked up with the welfare creating systems and vice versa. All too often they are decoupled.

In more general terms, we must acknowledge that whether we like it or not, the world in which we live is an integrated and interdependent system. The quest for new ideas and solutions to our conflicts and problems requires a debate that encompasses different communities, different modes of thinking and includes participants from all over the world.

Wherever we live and whatever we do, our job is to make the world a safer and a more just place – as we become more interdependent.