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Automation
Architects of Transformation: Building the Digital Backbone of the UAE
Jasim Al Awadi, Chief ICT Officer at du, explores how the UAE is strengthening its digital competitiveness through resilient ICT infrastructure, sovereign cloud platforms, and strategic interoperability.
MITSloan ME Editorial
Data, AI, & Machine Learning
The Real AI Bottleneck Isn’t Models—It’s Trust
Governments racing toward agentic AI are finding that the real challenge is data credibility, not computing power, talent, or ambition.
Jennifer George
Data, AI, & Machine Learning
Why AI Is Forcing Governments to Rethink Power, Control, and Trust
“Effective governance in the intelligent age is not about replacing human judgment. It’s about deliberately re-architecting where judgment sits,” says Kelly Ommundsen, Head of Digital Inclusion at WEF.
Tasmia Ansari
Data, AI, & Machine Learning
Why Generative AI Still Struggles With Intent and Harm
The Grok controversy has become a case study in why model-level safeguards struggle against deliberate misuse and deepfakes.
Shivani Tiwari
Data, AI, & Machine Learning
What AI Can Teach Us About Designing Better KPIs
Machine learning research offers four proven strategies to prevent people from gaming measures of organizational performance.
Balázs Kovács
Data & Data Culture
Loss of Visibility: A Hidden Threat to Digital Enterprises
The biggest risks today are the ones IT and security teams can’t see.
Jennifer George
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50 Women Powering the Middle East’s GovTech Transformation
Recognizing women leaders shaping public governance, digital policy, and the technologies underpinning the GCC’s digital state.
MITSloan ME Editorial
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How Succession Planning and AI Can Future-Proof Middle East Family Businesses
Family enterprises are at a generational and technological inflection point—and governance, succession, and AI-led reinvention will decide survival.
Paromita Gupta
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How to Navigate Rapid Growth
When newcomers arrive at a small, homogeneous organization, struggles with group identity and cohesion can arise. Three strategies can help leaders meet this challenge.
Meir Shemla and Jacques Kemp
Automation
GovTech Predictions for 2026: Why the Middle East is Racing Toward the AI-Enabled State
In 2026, Middle Eastern governments will fast-track AI, cloud, and data to boost state capacity, economic power, and geopolitical influence.




