Shaping the Future of Work

An Exclusive with Vivek Arora, Managing Director of the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM MENA) Shereen Shabnam With over two decades of international HR leadership spanning the Middle East, Asia Pacific, and Eastern Europe, Vivek Arora has built a reputation as a strategic thinker and people-first leader. As Managing Director of the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM MENA), he is at the forefront of aligning global HR frameworks with the region’s evolving cultural and business dynamics. In this conversation, he shares insights on the changing expectations of talent in the MENA region, the impact of AI and hybrid … Continue reading Shaping the Future of Work

Developing Skills of The Future Today

By aggressively investing in education of digital skills, the region is preparing its youth for future employment and technology led economic development, explains Paul Potgieter, Managing Director – UAE, Dimension Data Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Blockchain are two significant technologies that are expected to change the regional landscape in terms of demand for specialized skills. A computing system that uses AI can sense its working environment and can think about it, learn about it, and take action within it. In general, AI helps better business decision-making through faster human responses, automation of manual tasks, and creation of automated decision-making. The … Continue reading Developing Skills of The Future Today