Camel-isation of our startup ecosystems
Nothing gives power to ideas and turns them into reality like inspiring brands. Ideas like free trade, sustainability and entrepreneurship are attractive to nations because our conversations about...
Moral leadership tradition lives on on trust, confidence
Who would have guessed that children's stories written around two thousand years ago are still influencing our leadership styles to this day? Asian cultures, from the east to the west are fortunate to...
Nafas and access to resilience
One of the most invigorating, life and career experiences is learning about the world of enterprise development.A few years ago, I had the opportunity to serve as the head of the social investment...
The thought leadership hive
I have never come across an institution that hit the ground running, with carrying out their mandate, as the Royal Academy of Management of the Sultanate of Oman, abbreviated as RAM.Since its...
NQ Inspiration Intelligence
When was the last time our world enjoyed peace? Modern historians might tell you that it was the long peace after World War II, or the hundred years before World War I.The truth is we modern human...
Investing in storytelling...
Where do stories come from? Have you ever wondered why did our ancestors at a certain point in time decided they were going with incorporate communication with a beginning, a middle and an end when...
The secret of the Veeries
Words cannot express how tragic is the lost loss of life, nature, and infrastructure in natural disasters.At the beginning of the year 2023, humanity witnessed another devastating earthquake wreak...
Resilience in the age of polycrisis
It seems as if by the time we memorise a new global term, another newer term enters the scene. For example, we recently learned about frontier technologies, then pandemic terminologies and now we are...
A Sultanate of Oman in the space race
Early January is always special, not only because it brings hopeful vibes for beautiful beginning but also because it’s associated with global and national major events. Nationally, the Sultanate...
Goodbye Google? Welcome AI
When was the last time you visited the library for research?For me, it was a few years ago near Barcelona, Spain, because it was snowing outside, and I wanted to surf the internet. Chances are our...
Happy holidays to the whole world
No matter what gift you will receive in any upcoming holiday, chances are it is not going to receive the same global attention as the gift received by Lionel Messi.Christmas came early for Messi, the...
COP and Cup...
Sweet November is usually a cool month when the weather is colder, families are together, and holidays are always just round the corner. However, there are two global events that made this November...
Investing in our best friend...
Is there anything more beautiful in our world than this beautiful nature and souls all around us? What’s even more beautiful are the people who dedicate their lives care for this nature so that we...
A way out of ESG recession
We are about to witness a global Economic, Social and Governance, or ESG, recession, brought to you by a legacy of a pandemic, global conflicts and rising cost of living.I believe this is good news...
Connections make the world go round
Connections make the world go round. By connections I don’t mean the Arabic word 'wasta' that suggests nepotism, but I mean those interactions and touch points that we turn into a link and a...
Pirates versus navies
Who would you support? The navy built to systematically protect our territories? Or pirates who make their living from disrupting these systems?We grew up with the entertaining cartoon image of...
To speak to a human, press one!
The more I observe how important it is to be connected to the Internet the more I believe we need to invest in developing our own AI Bill of Rights.The online world has facilitated many blessings for...
Living in the Empire’s Shadow
In 1996, millions of Arab speaking families around the world became fans of one of the most popular TV series based on a novel, by the great Egyptian author Ehsan Abdul Qudus.You can tell from the...
Game of thrones rings true in real life today
“In this game of thrones, you win or you die. There is no middle ground”. While this quote is by a character in George R R Martin’s popular novel ‘A Song of Ice and Fire’ it rings true in...
Disrupting Dhofar and the innovation scenarios
Innovative disruption is more significant today than ever. This is thanks to the increasing number of complex problems humanity needs to solve to save ourselves and our planet.Disruptive innovation...