Archive for May, 2010

Telecoms duopoly needs time to dial in a better service

By Rehan Khan. Published in The National www.thenational.ae on 31st May 2010.

This is going to make me incredibly unpopular but I agree with the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority’s (TRA) decision not to allow any new operators into the country for the next three years. Read more »

Attention all staff: I am the boss so you must like me

By Rehan Khan. Published in The National www.thenational.ae on 24th May 2010.

There is a paradox at the heart of modern management: managers state that employees are their most important asset but employees don’t feel that way. Read more »

Magical mystery tour is waiting to take us away

By Rehan Khan. Published in The National www.thenational.ae on 17th May 2010.

Technology is converging all around us. Where is it headed? Nobody knows. What does it mean to our lives? Nobody knows. But its allure is beguiling. Read more »

We must learn to learn from our success stories

By Rehan Khan. Published in The National www.thenational.ae on 10th May 2010.

Have I got a great case study for you … That is not quite how I deliver my strategy and marketing training courses to clients – I don’t want to come across as a slippery life insurance salesman. Read more »

Dubai landlords forced to let the good times roll

By Rehan Khan. Published in The National www.thenational.ae on 3rd May 2010.

Is this a great time or what? That was a slogan the senior executives at the doomed MCI Worldcom adopted for one of their marketing campaigns in the 1990s. Read more »