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Generative AI has scaled content production, making verification difficult. Leaders who treat this as a technology problem will address the wrong variable.

The region's most ambitious bet is on building the institutional architecture to produce, and keep, world-class technical talent.

The region's most ambitious bet is on building the institutional architecture to produce, and keep, world-class technical talent.

In the Gulf region, tensions that escalated in February 2026 have not halted hiring activities; however, the process has become more protracted, selective, and contingent.

In the Gulf region, tensions that escalated in February 2026 have not halted hiring activities; however, the process has become more protracted, selective, and contingent.

How Careem used technology and vision to become one of the region's leading movers of people, goods, and money.

The Gulf's AI strategy—grounded in sovereign capital and long-term infrastructure—reminds us that resilience, not just innovation speed, is becoming a defining competitive advantage.

The defining question is no longer whether organizations should pursue AI. It is whether they possess the necessary tools and skills to scale it successfully.

The real risk isn't measuring productivity incorrectly—it's making workforce decisions based on those flawed measures.

Today, the question isn’t whether AI can make executive decisions. It’s about which decisions CEOs should always make themselves.