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 [...]

Design Thinking.

A conversation with Mark Dziersk VP Design Brandimage. Design is the great underdog in today’s business/cultural/social and political environments. For some fraught reason people seem to think that if the idea is good, if you are good, then things will simply come together and workout. NO, this is a dream world that does not exist. [...]

TED/REMOvision & Richard Saul Wurman

We hear the word convergence BUT what does it really mean? Well this is a must watch interview. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3dg1Mj4Kyag[/youtube] Here is what I got from this piece, a great meal for thought! There are other ways of seeing things and that is convergence of Technology Entertainment and Design is everything we do! Convergence is in [...]

Rethink your personal economy with a bit of barter!

I think we have once again been failed by education! We have had it drilled into us that cash is king. But is it? If I have a skill and you have a product and my skill is worth your product don’t we have good thing going? We trade and we are both happy, if [...]

Marketing to Women.

Ghassaan Kassabji on marketing to Saudi Arabian Women Marketing. Advertising. Women. Over 50% of the worlds population are women, yet when it comes to getting into the heads of women and presenting them ideas in the form of ads it would seem that the marketing industry is like an inflatable boat caught is a huge [...]

Do more by focusing!

A conversation with TIM FERRISS about taking control of your work life. I listen to students complaining day in day out about the fact that they have too little time to get things done. Given that students, generally speaking, are so awful at managing time, setting priorities and figuring out how best to direct their [...]

Power of radio?

terrorism-survivor call to NIGHTLINE 103.8 FM DUBAI, UAE. We are being led down a very narrow path that I call the ARTIFICIAL DEPENDENCY. We are being told, over and over, by Apple, Microsoft, Lenovo,HP, Xerox and the bucket full of content and service providers that we need this and that to be whole/complete/active/connected/collaborative members of [...]