By Dawn Metcalfe, Managing Director at PDSi It is not impossible to have good difficult conversations – but it is hard Difficult conversations are, well, difficult. Asking for a raise, persuading somebody that your idea is right and/or theirs is…
By Tracy May, Managing Director at TPC Leadership Traditional ideas about leadership are being challenged as never before. The old ideas of leadership as a set of fixed competencies belonging to those who are ‘pale and male’ are decidedly ‘stale’.…
In 2010, at the age of 24, Lina Khalifeh, the Jordanian entrepreneur decided to use her martial-arts background to set up a self-defense studio in her parents’ basement. Two years later, after educating herself on violence against women and completing…
At Naseba, our core mission is to create opportunity for our clients and partners, from providing access to qualified buyers, partners and investors to crafting networking, learning and development platforms designed to support their organizational growth objectives. As a result,…
U.S. software giant Microsoft has announced that it intends to continue investing heavily into its cyber security operations, pledging to invest upward of $1 billion yearly. While the company has long paid attention to the importance of keeping a close…
The seemingly incessant buzz surrounding cloud storage and cloud services would indicate that nearly every business has either already made the switch, or is on the brink of doing so. The cloud computing trend has spread rapidly, and garnered the…
Dr. Aisha Bin Bishr is the Director General of the Smart Dubai Office, the government entity charged with overseeing Dubai’s citywide smart transformation, engaging with leadership in the public and private sector to make Dubai a global benchmark smart city.…
Diversifying investment portfolios has always been the key to ensuring a secure financial future. It’s widely believed that the most successful members of any society have upwards of seven sources of income, and that ensuring stability later in life depends…
The global focus on investing in cleantech approaches to energy, and in turn diverging away from oil and gas, has not been lost on GCC territories with deep roots in traditional industry and infrastructure, such as Saudi Arabia. While there…
Opportunities to penetrate the Southeast Asian real estate market are few and far between. An incredibly coveted asset, the market is traditionally dominated by domestic investors, who themselves are looking to diversify portfolios elsewhere. With incredible demand, a fantastic rate…
The global political arena may have thrown a level of uncertainty over the many international relationships over recent months, but the relationship between Middle Eastern investors and the US real estate market is certainly not one of them. Alongside an…
The transformation of GCC economies, attempting to break from the traditional oil based capital, has been underway for some time. Looking towards a knowledge and technology based portfolio has proven fruitful for a number of countries, particularly within the healthcare…
UAE’s Mubadala Development Co have announced an investment coalition with the Chinese conglomerate HNA Group, revealing very few details about specific future investments, and leaving much excitement to the imagination. Between the two investor groups, new projects could have access…
The healthcare system in GCC territories has become a growing concern in recent years. Beyond problems such as a growing population and a higher average lifespan, countries’ such as Saudi Arabia and Qatar have become host to some of the…
Female scientists, technologists, engineers, and mathematicians worldwide are making historic contributions to their fields. The modern workforce is closer to gender-equal than it has ever been, and many efforts are in place to support further progress. The Internet of Women…