Listen to Kids MORE!

Last night on Nightline I spoke to 6 kids, aged 10-12, about everything from who their idols are to how to solve the financial issues confronting us today. Listen to the conversation it was refreshing! What did I learn from the conversation? 1. that things often are as simple as they seem 2. perception is [...]

Do the shirts matter?

Last night I had a very interesting conversation with Razan Masri, she is behind the shirt sensation Camiceria Design in Dubai! The idea is to give men a shirt with personality beyond a piece of driftwood. But do men really want to dress with personality? And does dressing in shirts that accent a man’s personality [...]

Leadership Example and the UAE Philharmonic

A conversation with Mr. Maier the conducter of the UAE Philharmonic Orchestra. We spend a lot of time looking for cues and clues as to what leadership is and how we can develop it. Professor Lynda Moore explained on Nightlinedxb the conundrum. What if whe it comes to understanding leadership, group dynamics, creativity, design and [...]

What we really need to land the job!

I had a very interesting conversation with Georgina Kelly yesterday on Nightline. We were talking about how some ethnic groups seem to be able to command more in terms of salary in the workplace than others. Maybe this was the case, not only in Dubai but globally, but things are changing and fast. Have skills [...]

Radio still rules!

I do a radio talk show, I host it anyway, 4 nights a week in Dubai. What I have learned is that people, all sorts of people, love to think that their ideas matter and that others might be interested in what they have to say. And in Dubai there is an added dimension of [...]

New Media?

It is a shame I could not be at the NEW MEDIA EVENT in Dubai today. http://www.iirme.com/newmedia/ Part of the problem is time, I have to be int he classroom today and part of the problem is cash, it is a bit of a stretch! But what I find surprising a bit surprising is how [...]

It is only money anyway!

Three words that dominate the media today, GLOBAL, FINANCIAL AND CRISIS. Yet when it comes to events and setting the stage to draw attention it is not done much better anywhere than in Dubai! The opening of the ATLANTIS HOTEL was spectacular, so I hear. The cost? Out of this world. The result? Out of [...]