adrian monck

Author: Adrian Monck

  • The four types of blogger at Davos

    The Telegraph may have Martin Sorrell and Ben Verwaayen blogging from here in Davos, but the FT is covering the waterfront with half a dozen or so blogging participants. There’s an interesting piece on Sovereign Wealth Funds from Stephen Roach of Morgan Stanley. But broadly the wider Davos blogging canvas looks like this: faux modest…

  • Clang. The sound of names dropping.

    A Davos day. I guess it is the proximity that makes Davos what it is. This morning I had a few words with Jacob Zuma. Said hi to Mohamed Chebaro of Al Arabiya. Then a brief chat with the Duke of York, met on the stairs. Saw an old college chum who is now a…

  • Government-funded journalism

    I just ran into Michael Arrington, who although he is a tech journo, still has an eye for a story. He was in a Davos session led by Jeff Jarvis when Columbia President Lee Bollinger piped up about government-funded journalism: When the business model of “real journalism” fails, what should society do in response? When…

  • Davos: the ultimate 3* experience

    Perhaps the oddest thing about Davos is its modesty. Despite the fact that capitalism and markets are being celebrated here, conspicuous consumption has yet to establish a toehold in the boxy Swiss resort. So is power more seductive than Prada? Certainly meetings are taking priority over materialism.