#414: Jon Marchant: “The enemy isn’t AI, it’s mediocrity” | Ogilvy Middle East President
Introduction Jon Marchant is Group President at Memac Ogilvy, part of WPP, leading 450 people across one of the region’s biggest advertising networks after 27 years in the industry. Jon explains why he believes the real threat to the advertising industry isn’t AI, it’s mediocrity, and what that means for agencies trying to stay relevant. […]
#413: Nick Watson built a special running chair and bike so his disabled son could race triathlons by his side.
Introduction Nick Watson is a former Royal Marine who moved to Dubai in the late 1990s and later founded Team Angel Wolf, a nonprofit built around his son Rio, who is 23 and lives with a rare chromosome condition. The wider mission behind Team Angel Wolf, teaching communities and schools across the UAE what real […]
#412: Why getting a health check once a year could save you a lot of money, and it might just even save your life | Dr. Hasan Alogaily
Introduction Dr. Hasan Alogaily is a global expert in longevity, and he’s here to cut through the noise. Peptides, supplement stacks and expensive therapies dominate the conversation online, but he says none of it matters if the basics aren’t in place first. In this conversation, Hasan explains why lifestyle is the real foundation of a […]
#411: She Rescued 682 Children | Hannah Badi, CEO of Himalayan Entrepreneur Resources
Introduction She grew up in a community that Nepal doesn’t count. Below all 126 castes. Girls in her village had no access to education, healthcare, or transport. From the age of 11, they were sold. Hannah Badi was nearly trafficked at 9 years old. She escaped at midnight with 32 girls and a stone in […]
#410: She Survived a Liver Transplant. Then Questioned If She Deserved It. | Nadia Musiuk Liver transplant survivor
Introduction Her son was 12. While she was on the waiting list for a donor liver, he went home and Googled everything she was too scared to search. She came through the surgery. And then sat with a question that stopped everyone in that room. Dr Kaiser Raja, her surgeon at King’s College Hospital Dubai, […]
#409: The Truth About Medical Insurance in Dubai That Nobody Tells You Until It Is Too Late | Sam Douglas, Insurance Broker of Beneple
Introduction Most people in the UAE assume their company medical plan is there to look after them. Sam Douglas has spent 13 years on the other side of that assumption. This is one of those conversations that changes the way you think about something you assumed was straightforward. Sam is honest, specific, and genuinely good […]
#408: Your Employer is Gambling with Your Gratuity | Safa Bouzidi, Managing Director of Daman Investments
Introduction Most people in the UAE have spent years building a career and assuming their gratuity is sitting somewhere safe, waiting for them when they leave. Safa Bouzidi is one of the few people who will actually tell you what is happening to it. If you work in this country and you have never asked […]
#407: THE CEO OF LEO BURNETT JUST CALLED OUT HIS OWN INDUSTRY | Nadim Ghrayeb, CEO of Leo Burnett
Introduction We talked about what the advertising industry actually gets wrong, and why most agencies won’t tell you. We got into Jaguar, Ferrari, data, creativity, and the uncomfortable truth about what really makes a campaign work. And then halfway through, he said something that had nothing to do with any of that. Sixteen years. That’s […]
#406: Success Has Nothing to Do with What You Build | Paul Evans, CEO of Solutions Leisure
Introduction Paul Evans is the CEO of Solutions Leisure, one of the most recognised hospitality brands in the UAE with 23 venues across the region. But that is not the reason we brought him in. He grew up dyslexic and spent years being told he wasn’t enough, and the decisions he made in his early […]
#405: Sami Kayyali: Most CEOs Are Terrible Communicators and Nobody Tells Them
Introduction Sami Kayyali is the founder and managing director of Rekarda, one of the most specialist communications businesses in the UAE. But the work he does is not what most people think. He is not building slides. He is sitting behind the scenes of the rooms where the most consequential decisions in the region get […]
