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Tim Jones, the founder and programme director of Future Agenda, has ran 120 events in 40 countries. Courtesy Future Agenda
The World In 2020 author to give bigger snapshot of future in Dubai

As an expert on future trends and innovation, Tim Jones – the programme director of The Future Agenda – is often spot-on with his predictions. Now he is heading to Dubai to share his insights at the Emirates Airline Festival of Literature.

BusinessFebruary 05, 2017
Kimi Sokhi, the manager of employee engagement and well-being at Expo 2020 Dubai for the past year, says well-being is a “critical part” of the exposition’s preparations. Satish Kumar / The National
Well being: Expo 2020 staff learn how to switch off and de-stress

Staff at Expo 2020 have been practising mindfulness for up to 15 minutes a day as part of the company's Thriving Minds well-being programme.

BusinessFebruary 01, 2017
Parag Khanna, author of a trilogy of books on the future of world order, will be sharing his thoughts on megacities and connectivity at the Emirates airline Festival of Literature, which runs from March 8 to 10. B Christopher / Alamy Stock Photo
Global citizen Parag Khanna provides a worldly perspective on Dubai’s appeal

Global strategist and former 'Washington think tank guy' Parag Khanna will be speaking at this year's Emirates Airline Festival of Literature. And his insights on Dubai and Donald Trump couldn't be more timely.

BusinessJanuary 29, 2017
Jan D’Sa uses calligraphy for meditation. Reem Mohammed / The National
Written word has enduring power

We may be writing less and less as we rely more and more on technology, but we're losing out because handwriting is actually good for us. It ensures better comprehension of information and can also relax us.

BusinessJanuary 25, 2017
Talal Bayaa, chief executive and co-founder of insurance start-up Bayzat, says Middle East companies struggle to find a relevant system that is compliant to the local labour laws. Victor Besa for The National
Streamlining the business of human resources

HR departments in the GGC are using old-fashioned paper records rather than digital systems that can boost their productivity and the company's bottom line.

BusinessJanuary 23, 2017
Saygin Yalcin launched programme Startup Hero on his own YouTube channel in August. Reem Mohammed / The National
YouTube platform provides lift-off for entrepreneurial start-ups

Several years after The Entrepreneur TV reality show, Dubai’s answer to The Apprentice, Saygin Yalcin, the millionaire Turkish-German founder of car trading site SellAnyCar.com, has launched his own entrepreneurship show – Startup Hero – on YouTube.

BusinessJanuary 15, 2017
Messy: The Power of Disorder to Transform Our Lives by Tim Harford.
Book review: Order from chaos with a messy desk

A messy desk or a messy workspace is not such a bad thing according to Tim Harfort, the author of Messy: How to Be Creative and Resilient in a Tidy-Minded World. After all, untidyness and disorder can lead to creativity or even improvisation – just look at Donald Trump.

BusinessJanuary 10, 2017
Chetna Sinha is the founder of the Mann Deshi Foundation, an Indian cooperative bank for 310,000 rural women. Pawan Singh / The National
Indian social entrepreneur of the year gives rural women access to banking

Social entrepreneur Chetna Sinha's cooperative bank for illiterate female workers in India shows how empowering women can help to bring entire families and communities out of poverty.

BusinessJanuary 04, 2017
SignEasy makes it simple and straightforward to sign your electronic documents – no tree-killing necessary. Courtesy SignEasy
Review: SignEasy takes the legwork out of submitting your documents

SignEasy makes it simple and straightforward to sign your electronic documents – no tree-killing necessary.

BusinessJanuary 02, 2017
Ahmed Ramdan got into the UAE tourism game in the 1970s – and now he is banging the drum for hospitality, on a mission to bring more Emiratis into the industry. Christopher Pike / The National
Emirati takes the road less travelled with career in UAE tourism

Ahmed Ramdan got into the UAE tourism game in the 1970s – and now he is banging the drum for hospitality, on a mission to bring more Emiratis into the industry.

The NationalJanuary 02, 2017
Revolutionize your finances in 2017 with these books
Revolutionize your finances in 2017 with these books
BusinessDecember 30, 2016
Bana Shomali, the co-founder of ServiceMarket (formerly MoveSouq), said her business changed its name when it expanded into other sectors besides moving, making the old name too narrow. Anna Nielsen for The National
Name changes, when done right, reflect a changed company

MoveSouq.com recently rebranded as ServiceMarket following a diversification of its services. But what are the ramifications of rebranding and changing a company's name?

BusinessDecember 28, 2016
Never Split The Difference: Negotiating as if your life depended on it, by Chris Voss.
Book review: Learn negotiation as a useful life skill

Chris Voss' Never Split The Difference calls on his FBI career as a hostage negotiator to equip readers with the negotiating skills needed to secure a business deal.

BusinessDecember 27, 2016
Shelli Brunswick says women are dropping out of industries once they reach the middle ranks. Just 4.2 per cent of Fortune 500 companies have a woman in the top position. Jeffrey E Biteng / The National
Subtle discrimination still puts women off of Stem careers

Discrimination in the office has moved from overt to covert, say female leaders, meaning women are still being deterred from entering fields dominated by men such as finance, science and technology.

BusinessDecember 25, 2016
Stevie Bathiche, a distinguished scientist at Microsoft, talks a lot about how he wants to blur the line between the physical and virtual worlds. Reem Mohammed / The National
Microsoft’s master of mixed-reality tells of the creative process behind his Surface

Only 20 people at Microsoft have the job title of distinguished scientist. Among them is Stevie Bathiche, the co-inventor of the Microsoft Surface, who was in Dubai recently to share his 17-year-career journey at the company with students in Dubai.

BusinessDecember 18, 2016
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