Newcastle’s rise to the Champions League is a case study in strategic leadership
Eighteen months ago, Newcastle United was teetering on the edge of Premier League relegation. Today, the club secured a spot in UEFA’s elite club competition for the first time in 20 years – the...
The Saudi venture capital renaissanceA potent mix of top-down institutional support and bottom-up creative vigor is propelling Saudi Arabia to the helm of regional tech and entrepreneurship. For the Kingdom, promoting social innovation...
Hosting the World Cup means hosting progressNo other sport comes close to football’s global reach. American football failed to cross the Atlantic. Cricket struggles to extend beyond the confines of the old British Empire. US baseball is limited...
China isn’t trying to dominate the Middle EastGreat power rivalry is more pronounced now than at any time since the Cold War. US-China relations have rapidly deteriorated, mostly owing to increased geopolitical competition, economic frictions,...
A global film hub is emerging in the KingdomOver the past century, Damascus, Beirut and Baghdad stood out as regional cultural hubs where chart-topping songs were recorded, intellectual curiosity was satiated, and blockbuster movies created....
When it comes to reform numbers are only half the storyThere are two sides to socio-economic reform: the number and the story. Every data point is just a number from today amplified by a story about tomorrow. Behind the success of Key Performance...
AlUla is becoming a global cultural hub in Saudi ArabiaAn ancient city home to 200 thousand years of largely unexplored human history is rapidly emerging as a global cultural hub. That city is AlUla, located at the heart of a scenic desert - roughly the...
Empowered through sports, Saudi females take the sector by stormA recent post on Instagram from Zinedine Zidane features a photo on set with Saudi female footballer Farah Jefry. “Thank you for sharing your passion for football with me, keep going on your journey,”...