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advocate for positive change there i ve also traveled to the region i volunteered in thailand in 2011 and later this may i embark for india again for volunteer work study for 7 weeks on the world stage the recent political and economic opening of burma is a true bright spot a glimmer of hope for positive change for the world i count myself among the many who have been dazzled by the rise of daw aung san suu kyi burma s nobel peace laurate and champion for democratic reform equally dazzling is the pace of change in burma right now in just over two years since some government restrictions have been lifted burma has witnessed a sudden rise of press freedoms the penetration of digital technology and access social media and new economic opportunities in the form of access to minerals timber and hydropower but what are the real prospects for burma both as a nascent democracy and as an emerging economy perhas as a reminder of the military dictatorship that still grips the country and has ever since 1962 burma still carries its official name of myranmar burma rich in natural resources but also environmental exploitation to put the future of burma s economy into perspective the mckinsey global institute predicts that by the end of the next decade burma s economic growth will vault her among middle income countries will quadruple her gdp to over 200 billion and draw 100 billion in direct foreign investment it is as though burma is opening its door for the world giving the world access to its riches of natural resources and growing markets from a business and economic perspective burma appears to be open for business for the first time since its independence from british colonial rule in 1948 but not all is rosy for burma even as the country prepares for this first elections in 2015 burma suffers from years of neglect at the hands of military rulers as well as international sanctions that have crippled the economy for decades corruption is still rampant throughout burma and there are increasing tensions among burma s ethnic minorities especially in burma s western most rakine state where violence has occurred between buddhist and muslims the education system in burma is seriously obsolete after years of neglect infrastructure in the country is disfunctional huge hydroelectric projects carry power to china while children read by candlelight in rangoon at the same time your waiter is likely to take your order using a digital tablet at a rangoon restaurant today something unheard of only 2 or 3 years ago burma has no formal environmental law today all of the land technically belongs to the government that is why projects like miytsone dam a huge hydroelectric facility planned along the irawaddy river and financed by china s state owned china power investment corporation are drawing concern from environmentalists worldwide avoiding another cambodia but despite the lofty economic projections burma is at a critical crossroads with elections coming in 2015 burma s first real opportunity for democracy since the military took power in 1962 the civil political environmental and economic situition in burma is precarious much like cambodia in the 1990s when the international community was lured into the fasle perception of normalcy deceived by initial apperances of democratic reforms after decades of iron rule need for continued pressure by the international community we must not be lulled into a false sense of business as usual in burma there is really only the faint beginnings of true democracy the international with leadership from the united states and others should continue to apply pressure on burma to insist on greater transparency promotion of civil society protection of the environment and human rights the united states congress is now considering bills in support of burma senate bill 1885 and house bill 3889 which could accomplish much to ensure burma continues to encourage transparency and human rights let us also insist that burma open up to allow international monitoring during its much anticipated elections next year 24 feb travel with purpose experiences that bring us closer to our changing world today as part of my path toward greater global engagement in my life my work my studies and career i prepare to travel to mexico and india these will be my second and third travel with purpose journeys in the past three years in 2011 i traveled to thailand with cross cultural solutions where i served as volunteer for an ngo helping to write a website and engaged locally in bangkok my travels begin in mid march and end in late june and i intend to continue to report on my progress on the pages of this blog these travels are for me part personal part professional part career redefining and part ongoing study in global affairs as i prepare to embark upon these journeys i intend to document and share how i find relevance within the context of a globally engaged individual the chief global officer the advocate for mindful global connections the advancer of new skills for a global world i have chosen travel with purpose over all other types of travel because i know it offers the greatest potential to change me deeply i know from past experience how it can put me up close and personal intimately engaging me with the real world but what is travel with purpose how is it different from traditional travel such as taking a beach vacation or an island cruise the so called sea sand and sun motivations so typical of mass produced corporate travel the importance of impacts over activities according to the united nations center for global tourism and the center for responsible tourism at stanford university and washington dc tourism worldwide accounts for more economic benefit to poor communities than any source of international aid or direct foreign investment in 60 countries tourism is the largest export accounting for nearly 10 percent of world gdp over 600 trillion spent annually and with over 1 billion people now traveling as tourists every year around the world and with double digit annual growth rates no other sector delivers more benefits to the world s poor than tourism un center for global tourism and center for responsible tourism but what differentiates responsible tourism from mere recreational tourism seems to be the way it emphasizes impacts over activities these impacts include maximum benefits to local communities vs large scale tourism typically characterized by distant corporate ownership minimal investment in the destination country and package tours respect for fragile local cultures habitats and species direct benefits for poor people in the destination country conservation both environmental and cultural heritage sustainability tourism that helps to enhance the quality of experience for future travelers in his own words u s ambassador max baucus and a hitchhiker s guide to travel with purpose as a testament to the impact of travel with purpose on one s life and views how it shapes understanding of the world consider what a u s senator and now u s ambassaodr recently said this month max baucus the u s senator from montana was confirmed to become the u s ambassador to china in his acceptance speech he cited his own travel with purpose something he embarked upon while a student at stanford describing it as an epiphany as a definitive year as an experience that shaped his whole life toward service to his country u s ambassador to china max baucus fifty two years ago i was full of youthful idealism and curiosity about life beyond the ranch as a college student at stanford i decided to take a year off from my studies i grabbed a knapsack and hitchhiked around the world i set out to visit countries i had only imagined india japan and china to name a few before i departed i had never thought about a life of public service but that trip opened my eyes it charted my course i realized how people across the globe were interconnected and i saw the indispensable role america plays as a leader on the world stage i had an epiphany in what was then the belgian congo it just hit me the world is getting smaller our natural resources are diminishing i would not be standing here today had it not been for that trip around the world it was by far the most defining year of my life while by itself ambassador baucus s gap year does not make for the only qualification for success to become ambassador to china or any country it does speak to the power and profundity of travel with purpose and a way it moves us to understand ourselves to understand who we are in the world and to inspire us positively to want to engage to help address the many problems we see in the world today what my own experience has to offer my own recipe for success with travel with purpose seems to point to the importance of local engagement it seems the more more local i become when in country the richer the experience and hopefully the greater the impact for the local community as well here are a few approaches i have found to make travel truly travel with local purpose take local public transportation within a busy city especially get around in the same way that average citizens travel participate in local family rituals when possible like weddings and funerals graduations and family celebrations share in local meals not only to sample the indigenous cuisine but to experience local culture family life and traditions in and around mealtime become familiar with local work life routines there s something about getting up and commuting to work in busy city traffic and helps you to become more intimate with a place the ebbs and flows of a city and its people help to build something or engage in local work but when doing so it s vital to invest particular attention to the needs of the locals to become aware and understand what is appropriate and ethical and what it not and i ve found it helps to drop as many of our own cultural attachments comforts habits and biases as possible purposeful travel as competency for a global world tools for the cgo ultimately travel with purpose ends up being a two way street as travelers we go in search of an experience an adventure but we end up transforming ourselves in the process travel reshapes our world view just as it did for max baucus when he hitchhiked across the world done mindfully and with examined intention travel both helps the world and changes our destiny it alters our path through life and orients us to what is vital in our world and in ourselves as i prepare to embark on my global travels i intend to share first hand my personal investigation of what it means to live work study and relate to the people places processes and things that make up our increasingly globalizing world today i m committed to finding relevance to advance practical skill building and to connect it to my own understanding and hopefully for others as well 3 jul the chief global officer in an age of technological disruption throughout the pages of this site i seek to build the case for a new emergent role of a chief global officer today someone i see as a global advocate a global change agent a curator of globally relevant content to help link events in the face of rapid fundamental changes impacting our world today whether in work or education or society in general i argue that changes today bring with them vast implications that point to the need for a globally inter connected and inter dependent wold view something more practical and personal than much of today s mainstream discourse on global affairs and foreign policy in the case of technology especially we see how these global forces of change are both making the world more complex and bringing us as global citizens all 7 billion of us closer together these forces are today shaping our experience to an extent far greater and a pace far faster than anything our parents or grandparents ever experienced a recent ambitious study just published by the mckinsey global institute disruptive technologies advances that will transform life business and the global economy inspired me to consider technology today in the context of the role of the chief global officer a google data center in council bluffs iowa photo credit new york times via associated press the big picture as i see it and full disclosure here i ve worked in the internet world for tech companies for 20 years can be found in how the technological advances today are playing off of each other 1 advances in computer automation enabled through things like cloud computing massive scaling and web 2 0 technologies css html5 h 264 have led to 2 exponentially more data processing capabilities and with it new ways to slice and dice data on the fly read big data which leads to 3 advances in sensors and mobile hardware and the ability to inter connet and process more data streaming out from ever more devices regardless of geographic location which leads to 4 new technologies like autonomous vehicles 3d printing remote medicine robotics and advanced genomics and 5 vast new efficiencies in energy yielding significant reductions in the use of non renewable resources like oil and water and fostering improvements in the development of new renewable resources like wind and solar plus the reduction of electricity through improvements in remote measurement and monitoring and in battery storage technology what s interesting to me about the mckinsey global institute report is how it attempts to measure the global implications in terms of jobs new investment and disruptions to established ways of doing things if the next 5 years are going to be anything like the past 5 years we re in for a fun ride consider that merely 8 years ago the technologies so prevalent here in the west today were either not even around or were in their nascence twitter youtube facebook linkedin iphones ipads google earth skype and apps read more older entries search recent posts the rise of the 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