CATW dna // notes from the editor

When the right people come together, magic happens. When intent and action align, fundamental change happens.

We launched Creatives Around The World (CATW) eight weeks ago, with an intention of congregating diverse perspectives, stories and experiences from around the world. We come from a place of curiosity, a far-fetched and perhaps idealistic vision of how the world could be.

Launching just prior to the pandemic, we pivoted to an online series of roundtables across diverse topics like Game Theory by Design, Architecture: the Pandemic & the Future of Design, Farming in the 21st Century, Climate is Changing: Why Aren’t We? and Rebirth of Hospitality, Travel & Tourism. With the goal of enabling cross-network collaboration and partnerships, we brought together leading academics from the likes of Cornell, Northeastern and NYU, business leaders, climate activists and sustainability experts in addition to exciting young entrepreneurs across India, Europe, the US and the Middle East.

With our growing platform, we want to collectively explore unanswered questions, challenge questionable behaviours and drive conclusive action. CATW is designed to be a force for sustainable good — a platform centred around creativity, connectivity and collaboration.

Drawing from our own thoughts and collective experiences through CATW Roundtables, CATW Conversations and our upcoming CATW Podcast, we are adopting blue sky thinking to define ourselves and what we stand for — CATW dna, our Core Values. We call on you to share with us your thoughts, ideas and principles as we co-create a unique global collective with an intention of engineering #NetworksForGood.

Watch this space for our upcoming notes and letters on the evolution of CATW, as well as articles, editorials and reviews of our roundtables and conversations.

— V