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18 September 2026 · Newsletter

AI Was Supposed to Reduce the Work. Now We're Managing the AI.

Agents, automations and reminders multiplied, and so did the management load. What it takes to make AI actually lighten the work.

28 August 2026 · Newsletter

You're Not Behind on AI. You're Just Overwhelmed.

A new tool every week is not progress. How professionals can choose fewer tools and use them well.

12 August 2026 · Newsletter

My Digital Twin Reduced My Procrastination by 80%. Here Is What Actually Changed.

Procrastination turned out to be an interface problem, not a discipline problem.

9 April 2026 · Newsletter

When AI Starts Agreeing With You… You Should Be Worried

The real risk is not that AI replaces human thinking, but that it stops challenging it.

30 March 2026 · Newsletter

We Are No Longer Living in the Future. We Are Living Inside It.

Ten innovations, from salt batteries to brain-computer interfaces, that are already rewriting how we live and work.

8 December 2025 · LinkedIn article

The Silent Data War: How China, the United States, and the Gulf Are Shaping the Digital Future

Data is becoming the Middle East's most strategic resource, and the region is now a contested ground between global powers.

3 October 2025 · Newsletter

Critical Thinking in the Age of AI: The Century's Most Urgent Notice

When algorithms deliver instant answers, judgment becomes the one capability we cannot outsource.

30 May 2025 · Newsletter

AI Is Everywhere, But So Is the Pressure: How Professionals Can Lead Without Losing Themselves

AI has moved from buzzword to job requirement. How to keep up without burning out.

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 · Elections & Governance

Candidate Jack Jendo: Beware of Courting Voters the Cheap Way

A statement from the 2022 parliamentary elections calling for a higher standard of political discourse, and campaigns built on real programs rather than social rounds and appeals to instinct.

المرشح جاك جندو: حذار من محاولة إرضاء الناخب بأسلوب رخيص

Originally written in Arabic. Read the English translation →

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.