This CEO Spent Her Honeymoon Knitting A Sweater And Loved It

Nora Abousteit, founder and CEO of Kollabora and the Kollaborator Network, told HuffPost Live at Davos her company helps people "start making."

Abousteit said she knitted the sweater she wore on HuffPost Live while she was on her honeymoon, calling the experience "very meditative."

Abousteit said she grew up crafting, knitting with her mother and welding with her father. She said she saw growth in people wanting to know the origins of their products and wanting the experience of production, which is what inspired her company.

"I realized there was a lot of potential, because a lot of young people were starting to make things," she said.

Abousteit said making clothes isn't about saving money.

"It's not about the saving," she said. "It's about doing something that makes you happy."

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Oldest Newest Share + Today 12:10 PM ESTErtharin Cousin: 'There's Room For Everybody' In Giving

"I don't believe in competition in providing to meet the needs of those who are poorest in our community," Cousin said. "There's room for everybody."

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Artist Lynette Wallworth writes:

Last September I brought my film Coral the Ocean Dome to Tianjin, this year in Davos I am presenting "Evolution of Fearlessness" an immersive, interactive artwork that responds to touch.

To experience the work you first read the stories of 10 women who are primarily political refugees now residing in Australia. The stories of these women verge from the horrendous to the terribly sad. Most have experienced extreme acts of violence and worse. But the work is not about what has happened to the women, it is about who they have become. After reading their stories the viewer approaches a doorway in a darkened room and places a hand on the glass portal. This action causes the activation of a life-sized video of one of the women who steps forward and places her hand on your hand. The work creates a moment of video touch. What you experience from looking into these women's eyes is not their devastation, but rather and perhaps surprisingly, their love.

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Share this: Tweet Share tumblr Share + Today 12:03 PM ESTErtharin Cousin At Davos

Ertharin Cousin on HuffPost Live at Davos

Share this: Tweet Share tumblr Share + Today 12:03 PM ESTWhat We Can Do To Help People Feed Themselves

Ertharin Cousin said her organization works in different ways, helping farmers to grow and sustain their food production; helping mothers get food so their children won't be born malnourished; and more.

"If we can make those kind of development preemptive investments, then people can feed themselves," she said.

Share this: Tweet Share tumblr Share + Today 11:59 AM ESTErtharin Cousin Explains 'Food Insecurity'

Ertharin Cousin, executive director of the United Nations World Food Programme, said her organization is "not doing enough" despite feeding millions of people. She said they only feed "the most vulnerable."

"Food insecurity means you don't know where your next meal is going to come from," Cousin said, noting it doesn't necessarily mean you're hungry today, but that you don't know where you're getting food tomorrow.

"What we address are those direct hunger needs of those who are food insecure," she said.

Share this: Tweet Share tumblr Share + Today 11:34 AM ESTRev. Jim Wallis: 'Selma' Is About Selma, Not LBJ

Reverend Jim Wallis, President and Founder of Sojourners, explains why he is still stunned by the Oscars' 'Selma' snub.

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Tupperware CEO Rick Goings explains to HuffPost Live what qualifies as a Tupperware party.

Share this: Tweet Share tumblr Share + Today 10:43 AM ESTCassell On Technology

"I design technologies that are meant to maintain our adherence to the values we care most about," Cassell said.

Share this: Tweet Share tumblr Share + Today 10:39 AM ESTCassell Predicts We'll Have Embedded Microchips Soon

Cassell said she thinks the idea of having microchips implanted in humans is not a question of "if," but "when." She said she looks at the very recent history of medical technology, at this like prosthetic limbs, LASEK eye surgery and even contact lenses, as proof of how quickly things are developing.

Share this: Tweet Share tumblr Share + Today 10:37 AM ESTCassell On The Pros And Cons Of Growing Technology

"I enjoy the ability to leave my desk and do my work from Davos, I love the idea of, my students, for example, don't know if I'm in my office or shopping downtown," she said.

But she said the downfalls include the feeling that she must interact with co-workers when she may not have before, like while she's on vacation.

Share this: Tweet Share tumblr Share + Today 10:36 AM ESTWill Robots Replace Humans?

Cassell said the advancement of technology, while scary, could foster new creativity and doesn't necessarily mean humans will be replaced by machines.

"Certainly jobs are going to be replaced by robots, people in jobs are going to find their jobs being done by robots," she said.

"There's not a single number of jobs, and once you get rid of jobs, they are no more," she said.

Share this: Tweet Share tumblr Share + Today 10:34 AM ESTJustine Cassell On The 'Moral Panic' Over Technology

Justine Cassell, Associate Vice Provost at Carnegie Mellon University, said she senses a "kind of moral panic" over technology at Davos.

"I really see so much more discussion of the risk than the opportunities this year," she said.

Share this: Tweet Share tumblr Share + Today 10:24 AM ESTJohnson On 'Pathetic' Politicians

Johnson said it's "pathetic" what politicians have to do to stay in the U.S. Congress, saying they can't gain wisdom from pandering to young Wall Street workers for money, but it's necessary to keep their positions.

"There are jerks and there are noble people in both parties, and yet it's tortuous to watch... what these people go through to try to survive," he said.

Share this: Tweet Share tumblr Share + Today 10:22 AM ESTSTEAM Instead Of STEM?

Rob Johnson, executive director of the Institute for New Economic Thinking, argued we should encourage people to get into the STEAM fields instead of the STEM fields, adding in an A for the arts.

"I think there's got to be a lot more poetry with spreadsheets," he said.

Share this: Tweet Share tumblr Share + Today 10:20 AM ESTA Car That Tells You When To Change Lanes?

"What's interesting and evolving the intelligence of things is how we use that data," Sargent said, describing how soon car entertainment systems will not only play music and give directions, but be able to have conversations with drivers to help them change lanes, avoid collisions and get traffic information.

"It's that real time exchange of information that's really taking us out of the information age, into the age of intelligence," she told HuffPost Live.

Share this: Tweet Share tumblr Share + Today 10:19 AM ESTNjideka Harry At The 2015 World Economic Forum

Njideka Harry, President and CEO of Youth for Technology Foundation, talks with HuffPost Live about how enterpreneurship and technology can work together to create jobs.

Share this: Tweet Share tumblr Share + Today 10:14 AM EST'It's not about the internet of things, it's about the intelligence of things'

Jeannine Sargent is president of Innovation and New Ventures at Flextronics, and she gave HuffPost Live her take on the so-called 'internet of things'.

"We like to say it's not about internet of things, it's about intelligence of things," she said.

"It's more about how you have smart and connective devices that interact to deliver better capabilities or efficiencies, but really also better experiences for you and I, and it's really changing the way we live, work and play."

Share this: Tweet Share tumblr Share + Today 10:03 AM ESTBerkowitz On Cyberattacks

"You have to bring technical expertise to really address the vulnerabilities and try to stop [cyber] attacks before they start," Berkowitz said.

Share this: Tweet Share tumblr Share + Today 10:00 AM ESTMaking Smart Cities Through Integration

"If you design a more walkable, more bikeable city, you both drop your carbon footprint but you also make your population healthier," Berkowitz said.

"It's finding those integrated solutions... that's going to be the solution to 21st century challenges," he added.

Share this: Tweet Share tumblr Share + Today 9:59 AM EST'Build Back Better And Build Back Smarter'

Michael Berkowitz, president of 100 Resilient Cities, told HuffPost Live people often recover after natural disasters like Superstorm Sandy in an inefficient way.

"The instinct is to build back as it was, and really, Resilient's thinking leads you to build back better and build back smarter," Berkowitz said.

Share this: Tweet Share tumblr Share + Today 9:53 AM ESTGoings On Transcendental Meditation

Goings said he's been practicing transcendental meditation, which he says helps "find your better self," since he was 22 years old. He said it especially helps while traveling.

"This is one of the most important discoveries of transcendental meditation, proven by research -- you gain time," he said.

Share this: Tweet Share tumblr Share + Today 9:50 AM ESTRick Goings: Ridiculous Not To Empower Women

Goings said there needs to be a "mindset change" in order to make sure women are empowered and have equal representation.

He said it's a ridiculous economic decision not to empower women.

Share this: Tweet Share tumblr Share + Today 9:46 AM ESTRick Goings Gives Surprising Tupperware Fact

Rick Goings, CEO of Tupperware, said his company is the biggest seller of cookbooks in France, a statistic he thinks many will find surprising.

Share this: Tweet Share tumblr Share + Today 9:39 AM ESTNjideka Harry At Davos

Njideka Harry on HuffPost Live at Davos

Share this: Tweet Share tumblr Share + Today 9:37 AM ESTHarry On The 'Power Of Rural Communities'

Harry said it's important not only to teach young people good working skills, but also to show young people how to monetize those skills. She encourages reverse migration because of the "power of rural communities."

She said young people "have the ability to stay in their community, develop a micro-business, hire people from their communities and make those communities better."

Share this: Tweet Share tumblr Share + Today 9:35 AM EST'Young People Are Happening Today'

"Young people are happening today, and they have a say in both the economic process as well as the political process," Harry said.

Harry noted that for the millions of jobs created on the continent of Africa in the last decade, less than 30 percent went to young workers. She said "the ability to provide [youths] with the appropriate skill set so they're not only moving into the work place, but they're also creating jobs themselves through entrepreneurship" is ideal.

Share this: Tweet Share tumblr Share + Today 9:32 AM ESTNjideka Harry On 'Appropriate Technology'

Njideka Harry, founder and CEO of YouthForTech, spoke about why "appropriate technology" is so important for the people her company aims to help.

"Appropriate technology is really technology that is accessible and its affordable also to the people that we serve," Harry said.

"We fundamentally believe in rural people and people at the low end of the economic cycle," which she said includes younger uneducated people and women.

Share this: Tweet Share tumblr Share + Today 9:12 AM ESTArianna's 'Thrive Style'

Arianna said she's got "thrive style" at Davos, wearing shoes she can have on both out in the snow and indoors at the annual meeting.

Share this: Tweet Share tumblr Share + Today 9:10 AM ESTArianna: If People Listen To Jay Z And Then Decide To Help With A Cause, 'That's Great'

Hugh Evans and Arianna said it's not fair to assume there's no meaning behind music that aims to further propel a movement. Arianna said people who may not be committed to a cause can be reached through events like the Global Citizen Festival.

"If they go to the concert just because they want to hear Jay Z, and then they're attached, that's great," Arianna said. "I think we should not be purists about that."

Share this: Tweet Share tumblr Share + Today 9:07 AM ESTHow Music Drives Movements

"Throughout history we've seen how music has been a great driver of movements," Hugh Evans said.

"We need a modern-day anthem," Evans added, saying the Global Citizens Festival and other events could help bring that anthem to life.

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