An Artists Mind

I had the opportunity to speak to the music sensation Rash Radio on my ever popular radio show on Dubai Eye. Honest, sincere and real. I loved his answer to the question about writers block. Rash said that he felt like every song was his last and then the next one just seemed to arrive [...]

Breaking Stereotypes

There are a lot of stereotypes out there and we, you and I, do a wonderful job of sustaining them. If I was to put the words fitness and models together what would you think? What if I was to add the words bikini and stage to the mix? Exactly! When I knew I was [...]

Fashionista and the road taken!

Jeanne Beker joins Jian Ghomesh on Q, my favorite CBC radio show, to talk about her life. This is a truly amazing conversation. Here we have a person who has worked her way through the world of journalism, and serious journalism, to lead the way in reporting and creating programming about fashion. There is great value [...]

Talking to TED, well people who have been…

I have been really fortunate to have been to 2 TED events, one in 2009 and the other in 2011. TED in Long Beach was great but it was TEDActive in Palm Springs that blew my mind. One of my passions has been to talk to as many TEDsters on the radio, I host a [...]

A great interview=a great story

Communication whether it is PR, Journalism, Video, Audio or some combination is only as good as the story being told. Telling a good story is not only about tools but it is about the skill, in this case of interviewing. In this piece George Stroumboulopoulos of “the Hour “on CBC demonstrates the art of a [...]

Career Path Fog

One of the things I have become fascinated by is how people get into their careers. Sometimes, as a professor of communication and media sciences, I am uneasy talking about career options becasue who knows where you might end up with a communication degree. Sure many, maybe even the majority of grads ,will travel along [...]

A Dubai State of Mind

I have lived in Dubai for 11 years and I have seen many changes. There has been exceptional growth and there has been an exceptional reset. But there is no question in my mind that Dubai is a very interesting case study of success. Of course the term success is open to many different definitions. And of [...]

Thinking UAE Media.

The media in the UAE takes a few punches, more often than not. I teach about media and the communication process in the UAE and also work in the media in the UAE giving me a unique perspective on this very young industry. There is no question the media here is still developing. But compared [...]

Change the world thinking needs new concept of leadership

The greatest problem confronting the world today is a corporate leadership that is not prepared to think on a global scale! Really! The average MBA, Ph.D, MFA, MA has had what training in the art of dealing with the global picture when it comes to micro problem solving at the organizational level? None! I had [...]

We all need proof of worth

How do you know what you are doing has any value beyond allowing you to pay your bills? Do you actually care? I do! And like many professors I often wonder if anything I am doing is actually having an impact on the future. By the future I mean are my students taking any of [...]

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