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Kaizen is less of a productivity system and more of a philosophy. Earlier this year, when employees were forced to work from home due to the impacts of the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, there were many outcries of employees struggling with the stress of the pandemic and finding a distinction between work life and home life. […]

Lara Hadjetian, Head of Employee Experience Practice at Edelman, talks about the potential of podcasts to communicate with employees within the context of the moment. As companies explore new ways to communicate with their employees, following and throughout the pandemic, how have podcasts increasingly become a new tool for internal communications? Covid-19 has no doubt […]

Hearts and Science’s Sonia John (left), Associate Director – Digital Transformation, and Achrafe Mami (right), Associate Director – Biddable Media, discuss the future of company culture and their five key work-from-home learnings. 1. Work-life balance: Start your day with the right intentions Achrafe Mami:  When I initially started working from home, I was determined to […]

By Dave Parkinson, co-founder, Brave & Heart It’s that time of year again. The 2019 predictions are flooding through. “Never has so much been said by those who knew so little…” For a change, here is something a little more fun versus the usual articles that come out at this time of the year. So, […]

Right now, I’m sat in Sri Lanka at the end of a wonderful family holiday, reflecting on 2017 both professionally and personally and full to the brim with excitement on what 2018 will bring. I’ve run businesses for seven and a half years now and have seen some of them grow from my bedroom (literally) […]

Founded in 2003 and headquartered in Paris, Kwanko is an online performance advertising company with offices in more than ten countries including Belgium, Germany, Portugal, Spain, Italy, Poland, United Kingdom, Canada, Mexico, Colombia, Brazil and now in the UAE. Who? Kwanko started off as a French family-run startup in 2003. In 2004, it set up […]

By Ali Nehme, chief strategy officer, Publicis Media Middle East Accomplished business leaders often seem to have a more focused mind than ordinary people. Isn’t this partially why they got there? Typically the assumption is that they climbed that high because of their thinking and strategic skills, management skills, and so on. The reality is […]

  In September, Middle East Communications Network (MCN) announced the “Transformers” leadership development program for its employees, while Omnicom Media Group MENA (OMG), which ranks number three on the Great Place to Work 2014 survey, showed off its achievement by wrapping up its building in a celebratory banner and making its own version of Pharell […]

  No matter how far reaching a leader’s vision or how brilliant a company’s strategy may be, neither will be achieved if not supported by organizational culture. Analyzing his team’s successes, basketball all-star Kobe Bryant of the LA Lakers once told ESPN: “I think we have to start at the top, in terms of the […]

Amel Osman, Head of Corporate Practice at Golin MENA, on how both employees and employers need to adopt an entrepreneurial mindset to demonstrate their value. Across the UAE today, those of us still in employment will fling on our masks, brave the summer heat, and return to our places of work. Filled with a sense […]

Sophie Simpson, CEO and Founder of Atteline DMCC, explains how Covid-19 has led society to be connected in new ways. Imagine it is the first day of 2020. Things are normal. We can meet face to face. Travel is possible. Daily essentials are easy to buy. But things have changed. Covid-19 has forever altered the […]

Burning the midnight oil while chugging cups of coffee (or any other beverage you prefer) and staring into your screen(s) and/or space is not an uncommon sight for ad agencies around the world. Even Don Draper did it. What is different is the resurgence of what Lane Pryce did, although for entirely different reasons. On […]