“However beautiful the strategy, you should occasionally look at the results.”
Winston Churchill
Strategic Knowledge Hub
INTERVIEW
Ali Al Janabi
Country Chairman, Shell Group of Companies Iraq and UAE
“The UAE is an innovator, but it’s also a supplier of energy today.”
CONTRIBUTED ARTICLE
Navigating the Future: Turning Threats into Opportunities with Creative Thinking, Curiosity and Imagination
by Shawn L. Dilly, PhD
The threats posed by AI, automation, and technological advancement are real. Still, they are also an invitation for individuals and society to evolve. Creative thinking, curiosity, and imagination are the keys to turning these challenges into opportunities.
CONTRIBUTED ARTICLE
Addressing the Global Talent Crunch: a Necessary Shift Towards Future-Ready Competencies (FRCs)
by Shawn L. Dilly, PhD
The rapidly evolving job landscape in today’s global economy presents a pressing challenge for both workers and businesses. Projections from a 2018 Korn Ferry study even anticipate that by 2030, over 85 million jobs will become vacant as baby boomers retire, potentially resulting in $8.5 trillion in lost revenue.
CONTRIBUTED ARTICLE
How Do Oral and Written Communication Fare in the Era of Artificial Intelligence?
by Shawn L. Dilly, PhD
Undoubtedly, AI tools are forever altering our approach to communication. Despite these new developments, the knowledge economy’s demand for oral and written communication remains high.
THIS WEEK: FIRESIDE CHAT with Dr. SHAWN DILLY
CONTRIBUTED ARTICLE
Society Cannot Afford to Wait by Shawn L. Dilly, PhD
Mounting evidence demonstrates the growing divide between school preparation and workforce demands. This gap is leaving millions of youths unable to access vital employment opportunities. The ILO further shared that young people missing these crucial early stages of personal development face severe disadvantages in the future labour market as a result.
STRATEGIC INSIGHT
The Critical Mineral Key to Energy Transition
Demand for copper wiring and other products is set to jump exponentially – as is demand for a whole range of other resources vital to our electric future.
CONTRIBUTED ARTICLE
FRC - Resilient Flexibility by Shawn L. Dilly, PhD
In the evolving economic landscape, the erosion of job security, growing political instability, expanding inequality, globalization, urbanization, and technological change are just some of the uncertainties young people will need to navigate if they are to thrive. Today’s youth require schools to prepare them for these new hardships.
STRATEGIC INSIGHT
Efficiency: The Energy Transition’s Other Story
Each establishment now has to report its carbon footprint to the Department of Economy and Tourism, with this measured according to nine criteria. A good score wins incentives, a poor one prompts penalties.
CONTRIBUTED ARTICLE
The Secret of the UAE’s Economic Growth: Human Capital Development by Dr. Mohamed Baka
The UAE has focused on promoting entrepreneurship to create more job opportunities, stimulate economic growth, and diversify the economy.
STRATEGIC INSIGHT
The PACE of Finance: Challenges of Energy Transition
On 16 January, UAE and US officials announced an initial $20bn of investments under the Partnership for Accelerating Clean Energy (PACE).
STRATEGIC INSIGHT
An Energy Trilemma That Remains Affordable
The war in Ukraine and resultant energy crisis has further complicated the energy transition. Yet maintaining the pace of the transition to green energy remains affordable and the only real long-term choice.
Shawn L. Dilly PHD., Director General, Emirates National Schools
“Sustainability is very important and has many different aspects. Apart from the environmental perspective, it’s also about looking at how we make the programmes and the instructional goals sustainable in the long term.”
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INTERVIEW
CONTRIBUTED ARTICLE
Education Needs to Prepare for VUCA by Shawn L. Dilly, PhD
The world of work is rapidly evolving, and educational institutions must position themselves to produce the outcomes that allow students to thrive and prosper in the future. What remains to be clarified is how education defines this path forward.
STRATEGIC INSIGHT
Hydrogen Market Making and COP 27
While the final declarations at the UN’s COP 27 climate change conference in November contained few overt references to hydrogen, this lighter-than-air gas still floated everywhere in Sharm El-Sheikh.
