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I’ve received intriguing and valuable feedback on my last week article on the effectiveness of listening. Listening is an attribute that not only helps individuals in their personal relationships...

Arwa, Badriya, and Ruqaiya are three respected and qualified team members of an initiative who were assigned a task during one of the group’s periodic meetings to create a detailed organisation...

You attend a meeting that has a well-defined agenda, where ideas are shared, a few topics or so are discussed, progress on some items and/or projects is followed, but they seem to go nowhere. Did you...

Nadir recently expressed frustration about the numerous meetings he’s required to attend at work, often leaving without any tangible results. Similarly, a friend of mine, Nisha, working at a...

Most of my friends, relatives, and business associates find it interesting when we meet at a coffee shop and see the employee at the counter smiling, calling me by name, and even remembering the type...

Recently I had an intriguing discussion with an experienced senior executive professional from one of the reputed organizations here in Oman who stated that despite that their organization was paying...

Ahmed recently received a voice call from his younger brother Saeed, who was in a vacation with family in Bangkok, Thailand. Saeed lost his wallet and was therefore in distress begging his elder...

Let me share three different yet related cases. I have lately come across that I trust many shy away to share or even raise as a concern or complaint to the appropriate authorities due to probably...

The answer to this question really depends on what stage your organisation is in and, specifically, on the team in which the talented or smart professional in question would be working with or is part...

An old man asked me for a hotspot connection while we were commuting, as guests from the hotel I was staying at during my holidays, to an evening event here in Phuket, Thailand. Out of courtesy, my...

As part of a delegation from Oman, nominated by the Ministry of Higher Education, Innovation, and Research and represented by about 20 senior-level academic leaders (Deans, Vice Chancellors, and...

I received an interesting question from the host of Gulf Tech Talk podcast during the recent interview I had that revolved around the impact and influence of technology on leadership. I decided to...

Fifteen-year-old Ahmed was smart, mingled quite well with other kids in the neighbourhood, liked to ask questions about how things worked, and seemed to have a promising future ahead of him....

I still remember vividly the day when touchscreen mobile phones were introduced over 20 years ago, specifically in 2007 when the late Apple founder and CEO, Steve Jobs, went on stage and introduced...

Do you sometimes find yourself overwhelmed by lots of activities, be it at work or at home, individually or as a group in a team? You are not alone.Your day is filled with many tasks to manage and...

Oman’s leading annual technology exhibition is just a week away. COMEX 2024, the global technology show, organised by The Arabian Research Bureau in cooperation with the government’s Ministry of...

I had the privilege to attend the annual SAMENA Telecommunications Council’s Leaders’ Summit 2024 at Atlantis – The Palm in Dubai, UAE. Held under the theme “Evolving toward Integration,...

Almost every place you go, see, speak with or even experience, has an Artificial Intelligence mention, tag, element, component or even inclusion around it in one way or another. The two recent...

I’m back in Muscat after the 3-days jam packed cyber security regional event in Dubai, the GISEC 2024. The event was hosted by the UAE Cyber Security Council and officially supported by the Dubai...

Many of the world’s elite bad boys (hackers) are attending GISEC 2024 tomorrow. I’m honoured to be selected and invited among the security professionals to attend, network, share and exchange...