The rise of Facebook & Twitter re-establishes (like AOL in the 1990's and Microsoft and Nokia in the 2000's) how real power eventually settles with gatekeepers of information.
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The rise of Facebook & Twitter re-establishes (like AOL in the 1990's and Microsoft and Nokia in the 2000's) how real power eventually settles with gatekeepers of information.
Originally published on The Huffington Post as part of a collaborative snapshot of the UAE in 2010. Fellow contributors include Hisham Wyne, Sultan Saood Al Qassemi, Paul Castle and Hind Shoufani.
Dubai: 2020. Another decade is quickly unraveling. In contrast to popular lore, the city has begun charting an unprecedented course--one of unified resurgence.
The need to course-correct business decisions with agility, has made decision makers rely almost entirely on 'analytics,' without necessarily leading off into the hard stuff -- the decisions.
One of the fundamental tenets of the Industrial Age has been the commonly accepted concept of 'specialisation.' Generalisation, however, is the key to prosperity and survival in the future.