Leadership
Top Leadership Stories from MIT Sloan Management Review Middle East
Automation
Architects of Transformation: Building the Digital Backbone of the UAE
MITSloan ME Editorial
More Leadership Stories from MIT Sloan Management Review Middle East
Data, AI, & Machine Learning
Why Finance Leaders Must Fix Data Trust Before Betting on AI
“Organizations that scale successfully focus less on the model and more on the system around it.”
Paromita Gupta
AI and Machine Learning
UAE Emerges as Global Powerhouse, 42% of Firms Named ‘AI Leaders’
BCG report finds UAE organizations outpacing regional peers and translating AI ambition into measurable financial returns.
MITSloan ME Editorial
Culture
Four Key Roles ‘Elders’ Offer Their Organizations
Universities have emeritus positions. Businesses can benefit from them too.
David Hannah and Jeffrey Yip
Leadership
Saudi Arabia Appoints New Investment Minister
At PIF, Fahd bin Abduljalil bin Ali al Saif led the global capital finance division and investment strategy, and will succeed Khalid Al-Falih as the country’s investment minister.
MITSloan ME Editorial
Featured
The Trouble With Heroic Leadership
Superhero leaders are an outdated ideal. During a crisis, today’s most effective leaders know how to navigate complex emotions, find common ground, and stay flexible.
Janaki Gooty, Corinne Post, and Jamie Ladge
AI and Machine Learning
OpenAI Recruits Anthropic AI Safety Veteran Amid Senior Staff Departures
As internal projects struggle to compete with ChatGPT for computing credits and approvals, researchers question the future of long-term work at OpenAI.
MITSloan ME Editorial
Leadership
TASC Group Appoints New CEO To Lead AI-Driven Growth in the MENA Region
Jayajyoti Sengupta will take over from the founder and current CEO of TASC Group, Mahesh Shahdadpuri, who will be stepping up as the Executive Chairman of the Group.
MITSloan ME Editorial
Featured
How Succession Planning and AI Can Future-Proof Middle East Family Businesses
Family enterprises are at a generational and technological inflection point—and governance, succession, and AI-led reinvention will decide survival.
Paromita Gupta
Featured
How to Navigate Rapid Growth
When newcomers arrive at a small, homogeneous organization, struggles with group identity and cohesion can arise. Three strategies can help leaders meet this challenge.
Meir Shemla and Jacques Kemp
Featured
Your People Are Not All Right
It’s not your imagination: Your team’s mental well-being is under attack from uncertainty. Leaders must learn to read important cues and find ways to help.




