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Autonomous Avatars & Digital Me
According to Kozuka, “There can be three possible approaches to the law of avatars. They are to treat an avatar either as a device...
Mar 26, 2024


AI Enabled Business - Our Book Launch
Yesterday was special, we launched our new book, AI Enable Business: A Smart Decision Kit at MBR School of Government. We started this...
Mar 6, 2024


2024 Arab Strategy Forum: Diplomacy and World Events
A good part of diplomacy or political savvy is listening. If you want to shape the future – you need to be in the corridors, pursuing a...
Jan 4, 2024


AI Hardware - Geopolitics
AI is not just software - while much of the regulations/frameworks and guidelines focus on software and data - you do need to consider...
Nov 8, 2023


AI regulations: Review Oct-Nov 2023
AI regulations are coming fast! Besides the anticipated EU AI Act (which will have consequences for AI firms), there is lot more mention...
Nov 7, 2023


The Right to Work and the Metaverse
Here is a short video of the talk I gave at the Council of Europe on 14 September. The overview of the detailed study is available here:...
Sep 24, 2023


Council of Europe: Metaverse
Presented on the topic of #Metaverse as an expert at an informal meeting to the Committee of Ministers, Council of Europe on 14th...
Sep 16, 2023


Day Zero: Innovation & Governance Trip to Berlin
The Mohammed Bin Rashid School of Government is abroad with its Innovation and Governance study trip. Most of the students belong to the...
Mar 6, 2023


World Government Summit 2023: Four-day Recap
I spent four days at the World Government Summit, and though I flitted from one session to another, I honestly can say I did not do full...
Feb 19, 2023


The Grey Areas of AI Decision Making
AI decision making is complex. It is a mixture of human and machine decisions. A machine does not train itself, nor does it decide its...
Feb 3, 2023


Statecraft and the Drift away from Humanities....
This graph is from the WIPO 2022 report. It is worrisome as the publications in humanities (and social sciences) are being drowned out by...
Oct 28, 2022


Soft Power and Social Entrepreneurship
According to Joseph Nye, A country’s soft power is its ability to make friends and influence people – not through military might but...
Sep 13, 2022


AI Tech Zones and The Ecosystem
Source: Pixabay I am fascinated by the Science, Technology, and Innovation (STI) ecosystems and consult and teach the same. For example,...
Sep 4, 2022


Should Employment Matter? A Policymakers Perspective on this Wicked Problem
For policymakers, this is a wicked problem. Complex, inter-determinant, and highly resistant to finding solutions (or at least happy...
Sep 1, 2022


Advancing Technology for a Sustainable Planet
Excited to take part as a panelist during this workshop 25-26 July, by IEEE SA in partnership with the Stanford Institute for...
Jul 17, 2022


Agile Government and Agile Governance - Definition and Difference
Recently I gave a talk on this topic and I thought I would capture the key points I discussed over a series of blogs - This is the first...
Apr 15, 2022


Reflections: Day 2 World Government Summit
The second day had the same punch as the first day. I attended panels on Arab Public Administration, tech – (metaverse, space...
Mar 31, 2022


Reflections from World Government Summit 2022 (Day 1)
The first day of the World Government Summit was exciting as usual! It was at the tag end of the COVID pandemic and hopefully the end of...
Mar 30, 2022


Mission Drift: The Downside of Being Agile
I am a huge proponent of agile government or agile organizations. The only way this is possible is through deliberate strategic...
Mar 16, 2022


Policy Coordination: A missing skill for the public sector
The public sector manages governance across a range of stakeholders. Not just internally, but the other stakeholders in the country...
Jan 20, 2022
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