Jun 6, 2022Leading through teamwork: 4 lessons on creating an effective top teamAuthor: Alain Bejjani — CEO, Majid Al Futtaim — Holding What makes a successful CEO? In my view, the answer is not as simple as we might think. How much of our success is truly our own, and how many outside influences affect our company’s results? According to McKinsey &…Leadership3 min readLeadership3 min read
May 26, 2022How digitalisation and the metaverse are revolutionizing the retail industryAuthor: Shireen El Khatib — CEO, Majid Al Futtaim — Shopping Malls The metaverse is going to change how we buy our retail products. Clothing brands such as Adidas, Gucci and Vans are already preparing their presence in the digital sphere. Rather than reducing physical sales, the metaverse could unlock…Metaverse5 min readMetaverse5 min read
May 25, 2022Regional Economic Integration: This is our time, and our momentAuthor: Alain Bejjani — CEO, Majid Al Futtaim — Holding What would the MENAP region look like if we collectively generated more than twice our current GDP? What could we achieve for our people, businesses, sectors and nations if we worked together to unlock more than USD 230 billion as…3 min read3 min read
May 23, 2022How business leaders can leverage trust to drive positive changeAuthor: Alain Bejjani — CEO, Majid Al Futtaim — Holding To wildly paraphrase Dickens, it has been the worst of times, and the best of times in recent history. Over the past two years, we have had to face the harsh realities of climate change and the associated and increasingly…5 min read5 min read
Feb 7, 2022A lever long enoughHow women in coding can transform individual lives, industries and nations Author: Alain Bejjani — CEO, Majid Al Futtaim — Holding Every once in a rare while, business has the opportunity to make a positive change that reverberates across individual lives, industries, nations and regions. For Majid Al Futtaim, the…4 min read4 min read
Dec 13, 2021True commitments are not to be taken lightly or made easilyAuthor: Alain Bejjani — CEO, Majid Al Futtaim — Holding This is true for life, business and statehood. It is one of the lessons of the UAE’s Golden Jubilee — the country could not have come this far this fast without a vision backed by unrelenting commitment to do better…4 min read4 min read
Sep 14, 2021Outliers at workHow fast does your business run, and to what end? Author: Alain Bejjani — CEO, Majid Al Futtaim — Holding In the natural world, species must continually evolve to survive; the same is true for business. This is the Red Queen effect, inspired by the author Lewis Carroll’s words: It…3 min read3 min read
Aug 26, 2021Doing good and doing wellWhat our new record in sustainable finance means for you Author: Alain Bejjani — CEO, Majid Al Futtaim — Holding Sustainability-linked loans may sound complicated, but they are worth taking a few minutes to understand as they affect every one of us. Simply put, they exemplify doing well by doing…3 min read3 min read
Aug 15, 2021A film by any other platformAuthor: Alain Bejjani — CEO, Majid Al Futtaim — Holding Disruption is the steel-cut oats of a thriving business — perhaps not the most popular choice, but undoubtedly good for you. Succeeding at disruption requires business to have a finger on the pulse of the industry, markets and consumers; to…4 min read4 min read
Aug 5, 2021Lessons from the OlympicsAuthor: Alain Bejjani — CEO, Majid Al Futtaim — Holding At first glance, business and sport seem to have much in common. Both are results- and performance-oriented, highly competitive, thrive on differentiation, strategy and teamwork, for example. Both are also clearly about people. Sports, like no other platform, is a…3 min read3 min read
