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Work
The shape of jobs, the rhythm of teams, and the quiet redesign of how organisations operate day to day.
Hybrid modelsOperating designProductivity
The Workforce Initiative
The Workforce
Initiative
Sharp thinking on work,
talent, and people.
An editorial publication examining how work, talent, and policy are reshaping organisations — in the Gulf, and across the modern economy.
What we publish
Original research.Considered synthesis.Honest perspective.
Examining how work, talent, and workforce policy are reshaping organisations — in the Gulf, and across the modern economy. We publish slowly, deliberately, and only when we have something worth saying.
Areas of focus
Three threads we keep pulling on.
We don't cover everything. We pay attention to the questions that compound — the ones leaders quietly worry about, but rarely get sharp answers to.
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Talent
How people are sourced, developed, and retained — and what changes when expectations outpace institutions.
LeadershipMobilitySkills - 03
Policy
Workforce policy across the Gulf and beyond — Saudisation, Emiratisation, immigration, and the rules that shape labour markets.
Gulf labour marketsRegulationReform