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du CEO Osman Sultan where are we going?

Yesterday I had the pleasure of listening to Mr. Osman Sultan, the ceo of du int he UAE, talk about his vision of how a content delivery provider can and will play a role in the future of Arab media.
The real issues comes down to what is media today and what will media be tomorrow?
Content [...]

I was not at TED this year, lived TED via the video feed.

I love the description of www.ted.com as something like the Sundance Festival for geeks and ideas!
This year I was not in the audience at TED, and how I missed the buzz!
As much as I could I watched the live feed of the show and tweeted my observations, #jamesed_me.
Even though I lived only a piece of [...]

Talk, listen and wonder was it worth it, UAE conversations

What is the price of an opinion?
Mishaal Al Gergawi has come on my radio show and spends his day at the Dubai Cultural Authority, he is a switched on Emirati no doubt.
It is always interesting to read what a young Emirati has to say about Dubai, here is his article from the Gulf News.

Dubai’s unwritten [...]

Find the motivation $$$

Stuart Flemming of enviroserve.ae spoke to me about how we can motivate companies to be more environmentally friendly!
A conversation with Stuart Flemming of Enviroserve.ae about motivating environmental change!
Flemming has just launched enviroAudits that make it clear how much you can save by making simple changes, it is all in black and white!
Once again what motivates [...]

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 everything
3. don’t forget that [...]

Media, Culture and Economics my return.

Last night I had the pleasure of speaking to Mr. Michael-Ryan Fletchall of Experience Media Studios in Abu Dhabi.
We spoke about the 1st United Arab emirates based action film called Abdulla Omar and the Lost City of Sand. (the link to the audio is below)
Why this conversation was very interesting to me was becasue it [...]

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 how it all [...]

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 get paid!
Georgina Kelly [...]

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 people wanting [...]

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