The Tomorrow’s Global Talent report is the result of a long term collaborative inquiry process which sought to answer the question, ‘How do leading organisations create value through people?’. This audio piece documents the launch of the report at BT Tower, London. Mr. AS Lakshminarayanan, Vice President, Tata Consultancy Services (UKI Country Manager) was the key note speaker, and the other speakers and panellists included Sir Mike Rake and representatives from all the partner organisations involved in  the report.

Discussion about the continuing financial crisis, the Obama administration and the meetings on Davos Tony Manwaring is Chief Executive of Tomorrow’s Company, the UK based global not-for-profit, ’think and do’ tank concerned with the future of business, the relationship between business and society, and the changes in the conditions and nature of business success. Our research and policy work, and wider activities, including the agenda-setting business-led inquiry, Tomorrow’s Global Company: challenges and choices – we are now building on this, looking at the issues of ownership, talent, leadership and climate change, through on going dialogue facilitated through the new website www.forceforgood.com, and by providing practical support to business leaders.

Michael Bray discusses the future investment needs of energy and natural resource companies, arguing that they will have to redefine success if they are to raise cheap capital. He concludes that these companies should learn from the advice of the TGC Report by effectively communicating their reports on strategy, performance and prospects.Michael Bray is currently a partner in KPMG in Melbourne and Sits on the Institute of Chartered Accountants broad business reporting and advisory panel. He was also a Global Executive Partner for KPMG’s Energy and Natural Resource Practice for five years until two years ago.

Pavan Sukhdev, Managing Director & Head of Global Markets, Deutsche Bank India, talks about adjusted GDP metrics in the context of Indian sustainable development and in particlular a piece of work the Green Accouniting Porject, being being conducted by his organisation, the Green Indian States Trust.

Pavan Sukhdev, Managing Director & Head of Global Markets, Deutsche Bank India and Director of Green India States Trust (GIST), discusses what 9 per cent growth GDP really means for India. He argues that a different measure is needed; the net increase of wealth (natural capital, human capital and physical or financial capital).