16 Feb 2022

Let’s call it the ‘post-covid era’: although, the world continues to plunge into uncertain times and the virus too continues a threat, but it is also evident that the crisis will end soon and, by the will of the Almighty, humanity will survive. Schools across the globe were closed, students lost and the learning came down. In fact, a study by UNESCO says that almost 1.2 billion of studen...

27 Apr 2021

Greetings from READ Academy (READ)!  Every year on April 23rd, the world celebrates the joys and benefits of reading since the beginning of human interaction. Books play a major role in how we connect with others and learn. At READ, our mission is ‘to bring to mind & reiterate the subsistence of the word READ and in so doing create a sustainable future by making the mankind of all ty...

10 Mar 2021

[caption id="attachment_2382" align="alignnone" width="150"] Emotion Intelligence helps you to take right decision at correct time,[/caption] Soft Skills taken are smart’ skills that will help you keep the job as opposed to technical hard’ skills that will help you get the job; accepting the above, would you weigh Emotional Intelligence (EI) high on the list of the soft skills and if so...

06 Oct 2020

my sincerest sympathies to all of those who have been directly affected by the corona crisis and thanks to those who have stepped up to support their organizations & clientele by telecommuting during this crisis despite the warnings of the clear & present danger which the world cared less, the show must go on; and when it comes to leading your organization through the Coronavirus...

27 Sep 2020

Ever heard ‘Lights…Camera…Action’! And what followed was Zoom in - Zoom out; camera, trolly, tilt up – tilt down; as an actor, I would fancy that, but these are the times in which you don’t have to be an actor to be catching to such lingo.  Welcome to the world of webinars where every each one of you plays a role and most importantly have the privileged to be on air.  Webinars are a grea...

08 Sep 2020

Space remains the final frontier and before I further on the voyages of the Starship Enterprise, I’ll admit that I have been off lately on the course update front but that doesn’t mean not working hard!  We’ve been busy updating Soft Skills course’s PowerPoint deck, giving them a more modern look and feel while working on the other fronts.  And back to the voyages, ‘Star Trek’ ...

25 Nov 2018

It’s a fact that when asked what ‘the cloud’ is, a majority would not refer to it as an actual cloud, the sky, or something related to weather. So, Cloud is now all about storing documents, pictures, videos and even music on the cloud.  More so, a life-saver because it simply means never having to say I lost those pictures of your cat that you sent me.  But what if you could store your f...

02 Oct 2018

The good about Riyadh living is that everything seem available and there is nothing that I personally miss doing here that I did in the past.   In this regard, the retail brands are all but available; for a consumer seeking to quench or to simply live by, Riyadh offers the needed world class brands across from the Americas, Europe and the Asia.  So, I walked into Birkenstock on the main ...

02 Oct 2018

The good about Riyadh living is that everything seem available and there is nothing that I personally miss doing here that I did in the past.   In this regard, the retail brands are all but available; for a consumer seeking to quench or to simply live by, Riyadh offers the needed world class brands across from the Americas, Europe and the Asia.  So, I walked into Birkenstock on the main ...

24 May 2018

So FaceBook is to stay but never mind that.  As a LinkedIn netizen, I have often come across the phrase ‘this is not Facebook’ for some probable out of the context posts’.  As much as we value and appreciate content and encourage the added value, don’t we have the right to voice and stop the anti-content that is being posted.  So here is my question for today: why is there a no-stand aga...