Last week I attended a funeral of the father of a friend of mine here in Abu Dhabi. When I got the news of his death on WhatsApp from another friend, it was late at night and I said a prayer. It was the natural reaction. The next day, the day of the funeral, I […]
Salzburg is the fourth largest and important city in Austria and literally mean “Salt Fortress” since salt played an important economic role in development and trade.
How not to run token distribution campaign In early March I received an email from National Bank of Abu Dhabi (NBAD) that my RSA token would expire by end of the month and that I would be contacted by a courier company for delivery. Oh, wonderful! I said to myself. The entire month passed, the […]
I don’t think I can ever forget April 12. it was back in 2011 on this day when I came close to a serious calamity. I was working in a remote desert location on assignment, about 3 hours away from Abu Dhabi. It was just before sunset when my good friend and I started our […]
Recently my youngest child asked me whether there was a tradition in our family where something was passed down from ancestors and whether I had such a thing. This was a routine conversation and she usually throws these curve balls at us from time to time. I thought for a moment, knowing that I clearly […]
A panorama of Istanbul’s Fatih (old) district, taken from Galata tower.
Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) implementation can be critical to business growth and success. There are several factors that should be considered when implementing an ERP. A question that every business should ask is whether its future growth and success is dependent on the implementation of an ERP. Thus meaning, is the business mature enough to […]
Two days ago I successfully registered my car with the Abu Dhabi traffic department. What’s the big deal, you ask? Right, not a big deal but I was not even there to do it. I had used the services of my insurance company to register my vehicle for me. I spent my time in the […]
Late last year, I was introduced to a concept called Business Model Canvas. It is a tool that allows practitioners to describe business models of organizations. A business model describes the rationale of how an organization creates, delivers, and captures value – from Business Model Generation: The people behind this concept “believe a business model […]
My first post is about change as this seems to be the case all around us. Whether we look closely, we are seeing change and it is having impact on our lives. The world events around us, the family members in our own households and the climate are but a few examples of changes taking […]