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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]