Tell us about yourself and your background. I’m originally from Kolkata, and I started my career with Tata Teleservices in a customer-facing role. That early exposure to customers and problem-solving shaped how I think and work. I’ve always been open to feedback and focused on improving. One question I used to ask myself was, “What […]
Tell us about your work My work focuses on how clarity, decision quality, and sustainable performance are influenced by how efficiently the body organises and regulates itself under pressure. In practice, this takes place through one-to-one in-person or online sessions and structured programmes, where we work directly with individuals, families, and leaders to improve how […]
Tell us about yourself and your background. I’m Steliana, and my career has been built on a very specific strategy: moving toward complexity. My foundation is in Communications, backed by a PhD in Communications and Technology, and further studies at Maastricht School of Management and MIT. But the real education happened in the trenches. I’ve […]
The High Stakes of AI-Assisted Decision-Making Across the Gulf, AI has become increasingly embedded into business organisations, with significant deployment in services especially (estimated at over 70% of services in Saudi Arabia), and with a significant infrastructure development to support it (over 35 data centres in UAE), attracting an increasing valuation of over $51bn by […]
Tell us about yourself I’m Safouen Selmi, Founder and CEO of Embedia.io, a digital transformation consultancy focused on the automotive and mechatronic industry. I have spent fifteen years working at the intersection of complex engineering systems and digital change, supporting automotive OEMs and suppliers on programs where the margin for error is measured in milliseconds. […]
Tell us about yourself, your background and what it is you currently do I’ve spent my career translating complex sustainability topics into business decisions. I started in large organizations, working on environmental strategy, and saw a consistent gap: companies could measure impact, but they couldn’t act on it in real time. Today I’m co-founder of […]
Tell us about Ultra Chain. What led you to founding it? Ultra Chain is a compliance-first Layer 1 blockchain built specifically for institutional finance and Islamic capital markets. We are not a DeFi experiment. We are not a Layer 2 patch on top of someone else’s infrastructure. We are native, purpose-built, and production-ready, with 1.9 […]
When the algorithm stops being a tool There is something profoundly unsettling about the suspension of facial recognition in Essex. A system used by the police was suspended after showing very high performance but with uneven results across different demographic groups. At first glance, it might seem like any other story: a technology is halted, […]
Not Less Than. Not Like Them. Just Fully You As someone deeply invested in advancing women in leadership, I believe we are at an inflection point. Qualities often labelled as “feminine”—intuition, empathy, adaptability—are no longer optional; they are becoming central to navigating complexity and building sustainable businesses. Today, humanity is at a beautiful juncture where […]
Tell us about Appfyl Appfyl is a mobile app development studio that helps launch iOS and Android apps turnkey: fast, with high quality, and with a strong focus on real business results. We work with clients through the entire journey, from idea and product strategy to design, development, testing, and final publication in the App […]
