Noreena Hertz

When Apple introduced its game-changing iPhone in 2007, Nokia was caught sleeping on the job. Although it had actually developed an iPhone-style…

— Noreena Hertz

I've become increasingly fascinated with social media to improve on traditional ways of preparing for and predicting the future.

— Noreena Hertz

I grew up in a highly political home. My mother was the co-chair of the 300 Group, an organisation whose aim was…

— Noreena Hertz

What about those who help growth indirectly, those who stay at home and look after others - mothers, carers of elderly parents…

— Noreena Hertz

We are living in a time in which movies such as 'Super Size Me' and 'An Inconvenient Truth' have made box-office history,…

— Noreena Hertz

We live increasingly in a world of haves and have-nots, of gated communities next to ghettos, of extreme poverty and unbelievable riches.…

— Noreena Hertz

With consumers having ever more choice, corporations must invest more and more in courting public opinion.

— Noreena Hertz

I was really interested to see whether we could make predictions or forecasts by listening in on what people were saying on…

— Noreena Hertz

Things do go wrong. Not everyone benefits from the capitalist dream.

— Noreena Hertz

It's actually very surprising how little we think about the quality of our decision-making and how we could improve it. How absent…

— Noreena Hertz

Get into the habit of imagining an alternate scenario. By posing such 'imagine if' questions... we can distance ourselves from the frames,…

— Noreena Hertz

I really believe in a globalist agenda, but globalization isn't just allowing companies to trade freely all over the world. It's about…

— Noreena Hertz

Surely in a world of email, video conferencing and virtual assistants, isn't being expected to show up at the office extremely anachronistic?…

— Noreena Hertz

My parents decided - because they were not going to teach us anything Jewish at home - to send both me and…

— Noreena Hertz

People are looking for certainty. The more complex the world becomes, the more people look for people to give them certainty and…

— Noreena Hertz

We need to have much clearer regulations on things like corporate funding of scientific research. Things need to be made explicit which…

— Noreena Hertz

In an age that is sometimes nowadays frightening or confusing, we feel reassured by the almost parental-like authority of experts who tell…

— Noreena Hertz

Philanthropists today want input into how their monies are being deployed. The big question is, can governments use this insight to sell…

— Noreena Hertz

Managing dissent is about recognizing the value of disagreement, discord and difference.

— Noreena Hertz

When it comes to getting more women into parliament, politicians have at least started to take active measures. The British Labour Party…

— Noreena Hertz

Debt vultures are really the scum at the bottom of the pond. These are guys who buy up the debts of the…

— Noreena Hertz

Our guts can really mislead us. Sometimes, what we think of as our gut is something else, like an outside influence. If…

— Noreena Hertz

Without industry, finance and government consciously and collaboratively ensuring that capital flows to where it is needed in order to ensure the…

— Noreena Hertz

The term 'glass ceiling' was coined in 1984. More than 20 years later, the ceiling has barely cracked. There isn't a single…

— Noreena Hertz

Terrorism and trade cannot be the only issues on which the world unites. We must commit ourselves to a global coalition to…

— Noreena Hertz