Leadership
Data, AI, & Machine Learning
Rethinking Scale in AI: Why the UAE’s Turning to Smaller, More Efficient Models
Small language models may not deliver the same level of performance as their larger counterparts, but they can drive real-world business.
Tasmia Ansari
Top Leadership from MIT Sloan Management Review Middle East
Data, AI, & Machine Learning
The Forces That Shape AI’s Uneven Progress
Will Drover and Laura Huang
More Leadership from MIT Sloan Management Review Middle East
Leadership
Saudi Arabia’s CEOs Top the Charts on Confidence and AI Readiness, KPMG Reports
A strong momentum is also visible in the sustainability segment as 76% of CEOs report fully integrating ESG objectives into their corporate strategies, significantly higher than global levels.
MITSloan ME Editorial
Data, AI, & Machine Learning
The Forces That Shape AI’s Uneven Progress
Automation advances unevenly across tasks and roles. Understanding the friction factors that slow adoption can help leaders navigate workforce transformation strategically.
Will Drover and Laura Huang
Crisis Management
The Leadership Test No One Wants: Delivering Bad News Well
Good communication in tough times requires grappling with where responsibility for the problem lies and whether the situation is salvageable.
Nancy Duarte
Data, AI, & Machine Learning
Apple Begins Mapping Its Post-Cook Future
Board weighs succession scenarios as Tim Cook mulls stepping down, with hardware chief John Ternus emerging as a key candidate.
MITSloan ME Editorial
Data, AI, & Machine Learning
Lockheed Martin Appoints Daniel Mouton to Lead Middle East Operations
The leadership shift comes at a time when the Gulf region is reconfiguring its defence strategies.
MITSloan ME Editorial
Featured
Hybrid Work Is Not the Problem — Poor Leadership Is
Learn from companies that are succeeding with hybrid work models — by building teams that are rewarded for performance, not appearances.
Brian Elliott, Nicholas (Nick) Bloom and Prithwiraj (Raj) Choudhury
Data, AI, & Machine Learning
AI’s Impact Could Spur New ‘Ministries for the Future,’ Say Policy Leaders
Experts agree that the true test of leadership will be political imagination.
MITSloan ME Editorial
GovTech
Dubai Holding and Palantir Team Up to Launch Aither, Fueling Dubai’s AI Ambitions
Since early 2024, Dubai Holding has deployed the US company’s AI and data integration platforms across its diverse operations. This marks Palantir’s first JV in the Emirates.
MITSloan ME Editorial
Featured
Five Traits of Tech-Driven CEOs
What sets apart executives who use technology to drive true strategic advantage? Consider five key qualities — and questions to ask about how you stack up.
Ravi Chanmugam, Michael Lyman and Paul Daugherty
Leadership
MENA IPO Market Gains Momentum as 11 Offerings Raise $700M in Q3
The Kingdom alone raised $637M, 92.4% of the total figure, while Dar Al Majed Real Estate Company led the region’s largest IPO of the period at $336M.

