An-Nahar
Columnist
Opinion and analysis on AI, digital governance, the economy and Lebanon's future.
Jack Jendo
Writing
Columns, articles and essays on AI, digital transformation, leadership and Lebanon.
Columns in An-Nahar
October 2026
التحوّل بالذكاء الاصطناعي... من قياس الاستخدام إلى قياس النجاحAI transformation: from measuring usage to measuring success
August 2026
من يدير مَن في عصر الذكاء الاصطناعي؟ أدوار الشركات لم تعد كما كانتWho manages whom in the age of AI?
August 2026
أوروبا بـ10 مليارات يورو... من استخدام الذكاء الاصطناعي إلى امتلاكهEurope's €10 billion: from using AI to owning it
August 2026
الإمارات والسعودية... من استخدام الذكاء الاصطناعي إلى صناعة القيمةUAE and Saudi Arabia: from using AI to creating value
July 2026
القيادة بعد أتمتة الإدارة بالذكاء الاصطناعيLeadership after AI automates management
July 2026
صناعة التدريب في الخليج تتحول مع الذكاء الاصطناعي والوكلاء الأذكياءThe Gulf's training industry and the rise of AI agents
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July 2026
20 مليون طفل يستخدمون الذكاء الاصطناعي... هل العالم مستعد لحمايتهم؟20 million children use AI. Is the world ready to protect them?
June 2026
الذكاء الاصطناعي والتفكير البشري... من يكتب ومن يفكر؟AI and human thinking: who writes and who thinks?
June 2026
أكبر مغالطة في عصر الذكاء الاصطناعي: أن الآلة دائماً أوفر من الإنسانThe biggest fallacy of the AI age: that machines are always cheaper
June 2026
عندما تخاف شركات التأمين من الذكاء الاصطناعي: ولادة اقتصاد جديد للمخاطرWhen insurers fear AI: a new economy of risk
May 2026
الخليج وتحولات القيادة الحديثة في عصر الحرب والطاقة والذكاء الاصطناعيThe Gulf and leadership in an age of war, energy and AI
May 2026
ما بعد الحكومة الذكية: ماذا يعني دخول الإمارات عصر الذكاء الاصطناعي الوكيل؟Beyond smart government: the UAE enters the agentic AI era
April 2026
القيامة الرقمية بعد الموت: التوأم الرقمي بين الحنين… والسلطةDigital resurrection: the digital twin between nostalgia and power
April 2026
الذكاء الاصطناعي ليس السبب… هذه حقيقة ما يحدث لوظائف التكنولوجياAI is not the cause: the truth about tech jobs
April 2026
من أنظمة تفكّر وحدها إلى خلايا بالذكاء الاصطناعي: تحوّلات العالم الآنFrom systems that think alone to AI-designed cells
April 2026
القيادة الرقمية في زمن الحروب: لماذا تصمد دول وتنهار أخرى؟Digital leadership in wartime: why some states hold and others collapse
March 2026
حين يبدأ الذكاء الاصطناعي بمجاملة المستخدم… من يقود من؟When AI starts flattering the user, who leads whom?
March 2026
محطات الأرقام: سلاح استخباراتي قديم يعود في زمن التوتر مع إيرانNumbers stations: an old intelligence weapon returns
March 2026
الذكاء الاصطناعي في معادلة القوة الجيوسياسيةAI in the equation of geopolitical power
February 2026
من استضافة الذكاء الاصطناعي إلى صناعته: السؤال الصعب للهندFrom hosting AI to building it: India's hard question
Featured essays
22 August 2024 · LeadershipNavigating Innovation, Influence, and Impact in LeadershipInnovation, influence and impact are the triad that defines leadership today. What each one asks of a leader, and five strategies to practice them.Read 19 April 2024 · Digital TransformationDigital Transformation: A Roadmap for Entrepreneurial LeadersSix steps for leaders who want transformation to change the business, not just its software, from a digital mindset to talent, strategy and partnerships.Read 26 March 2024 · LeadershipWhy Leadership that Creates More Leaders is EssentialThe real test of a leader is how many leaders they leave behind. Why empowerment, scale, sustainability and diverse perspectives all depend on it.Read 10 June 2022 · Digital GovernanceDigitally Transforming the Election ProcessAlmost everything around us has gone digital except the way we vote. Why e-voting stalls on trust, and how blockchain could make a digital ballot secure, private and verifiable.Read
From the archive
Articles and press pieces first published on jackjendo.com and Beirut In, 2015 to 2024.
22 August 2024 · Leadership
Navigating Innovation, Influence, and Impact in Leadership
Innovation, influence and impact are the triad that defines leadership today. What each one asks of a leader, and five strategies to practice them.
19 April 2024 · Digital Transformation
Digital Transformation: A Roadmap for Entrepreneurial Leaders
Six steps for leaders who want transformation to change the business, not just its software, from a digital mindset to talent, strategy and partnerships.
12 April 2024 · Leadership
Unlocking Environmental Leadership Potential
Environmental change needs leaders inside communities. Five ways to grow them, from knowledge and practical tools to networks, stories and grassroots action.
26 March 2024 · Leadership
Why Leadership that Creates More Leaders is Essential
The real test of a leader is how many leaders they leave behind. Why empowerment, scale, sustainability and diverse perspectives all depend on it.
15 March 2024 · Entrepreneurship
Unlock Your Entrepreneurial Potential: Wisdom from 5 Inspirational Quotes
Five lines that shaped Jack Jendo's entrepreneurial path, on starting, boldness, failure, opportunity and execution.
25 January 2023 · Innovation & Sustainability
The Benefits of Design Thinking for Sustainability and Environmental Impact
Empathy, experimentation, collaboration and lifecycle thinking. How design thinking helps organizations tackle environmental problems at the root.
20 June 2022 · Personal Leadership
Not So Happily Ever After: Challenges Post-Graduation
Graduation is where the show begins, not where it ends. Five challenges every new graduate faces, and why personal leadership is the answer to all of them.
18 June 2022 · Personal Leadership
The Everlasting Dilemma of Paid vs. Unpaid Internships
Paid or unpaid? The real pros and cons of each internship, and why the better question is which one will teach you the most.
10 June 2022 · Digital Governance
Digitally Transforming the Election Process
Almost everything around us has gone digital except the way we vote. Why e-voting stalls on trust, and how blockchain could make a digital ballot secure, private and verifiable.
21 April 2022 · مقالات
المرشح جاك جندو: حذار من محاولة إرضاء الناخب بأسلوب رخيص
بيان خلال انتخابات 2022 النيابية يدعو إلى الرقي بالخطاب السياسي والتركيز على المشروع الانتخابي بدل القشور والحملات المحرّكة للغرائز.
18 March 2022 · The Knowledge Metaverse
The Metaverse: Use Cases and Benefits
From social spaces and brand marketing to virtual offices, tourism and healthcare, where the metaverse was finding real uses.
8 March 2022 · The Knowledge Metaverse
The Metaverse: 6 Best Ways to Make Money in the Metaverse
What the metaverse is, and six ways people were earning in it, from play-to-earn games and NFTs to virtual land and digital businesses.
26 February 2022 · The Knowledge Metaverse
What is Blockchain and How Does it Work?
Decentralization, transparency and immutability. A plain explanation of what a blockchain is and how a transaction travels through it.
7 February 2022 · Youth Empowerment
Youth Empowerment: The Road to Adulthood
Children are capable of amazing things when given inspiration and room to try. The roles of empowerment, and eight preparations that make adulthood less of a shock.
27 January 2022 · Personal Leadership
Beat Fear for Success
Comfort kills progress. Why growth starts at the edge of your comfort zone, and small practical steps to get there without tipping into panic.
20 January 2022 · Entrepreneurship & Business
From Leading to Coaching: How Businesses Are Improving
Why organizations are moving from the boss who gives orders to the leader who coaches, and what that shift does for culture, teams and inclusion.
13 January 2022 · Entrepreneurship & Business
NFT: What's All the Hype?
What non-fungible tokens are, why ownership is the one word that defines them, and why artists, buyers and collectors each wanted in.
28 December 2021 · Personal Leadership
The Key to a Great Presentation
In a world full of good speakers, be a great one. Seven habits that turn a presentation into something the audience remembers.
8 July 2021 · Digital Transformation
Digital Transformation Changes Businesses, Changes the World
Digital transformation as a constant rethinking of the relationship between business and technology, and how the pandemic turned it into a force that reshapes policy, work and society.
5 July 2021 · Digital Transformation
How to Create a Successful Digital Transformation?
Five steps to set the right strategy, choose the right technologies and get the full benefit of a digital transformation.
14 June 2021 · Digital Transformation
7 Reasons Why Digital Transformation is Important for Your Company
Seven ways digital transformation changes a company, from customer experience and data protection to the markets it opens.
1 April 2021 · Economic Empowerment
eCommerce: Stores at the Push of a Button
Why a business should own its online store instead of drowning in a marketplace, and how that ownership turns into customer insight and reach.
16 January 2016 · Entrepreneurship & Business
Global digital ad spend to hit $1 billion by 2017
Why regional digital advertising was set to dominate in 2016, with Jack Jendo's view on where audiences and advertisers were heading.
18 November 2015 · Entrepreneurship & Business
Digital Marketing is a game changer for region's SME businesses, says regional online solutions consultancy
Beirut In on why the next big thing in marketing is the convergence of conventional and digital platforms, and what SMEs in the Middle East need to do about it.
Publications
Lead Forward
Newsletter · LinkedIn & Instagram
Leadership, AI for career growth, entrepreneurship and societal value.
VisitDigital Nations
Doctoral research · in progress
A framework for how technology can carry the institutions of nations without borders.