Three Signals From Davos 2026 That The Headlines Missed

If you followed Davos from home, you saw one story. President Trump pulled the US out of the World Health Organization, neutering the global leaders gathered in the Swiss Alps. The coverage was wall-to-wall American retrenchment, and the message was clear: The global order is fracturing.

But if you walked the promenade at Davos — the center street where nations and companies jostle for attention — you felt something entirely different. The energy was about connection, global markets, and a diversifying world economy building momentum with or without American leadership. The US wasn’t the center of gravity.

I was at Davos to receive a 2026 Schwab Foundation award for Collective Social Innovation, which gave me a front-row seat to a week of signals that deserve more attention than they received. Here are three.

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