This space is a collection of reflections on leadership, decision-making, and progress in environments where certainty is rarely available. Drawing from decades of experience across management consulting, executive coaching, leadership facilitation and life in Dubai, these articles explore how leaders move forward amid complexity, balance courage with judgment, and grow by acting rather than waiting. The focus is not on perfect answers, but on the thinking that helps leaders decide when it matters most.
Twenty-five years ago, when I was in business school in Canada, all of our exams were open book. The school’s rationale was simple: if they wanted to prepare us for the real world, then we needed to be tested in an environment that resembled it.