Since the outbreak of the pandemic, mental health and well-being has plunged.In 2020 alone, the global prevalence of anxiety and depression increased by 25%. Widespread concerns around this drastic spike in mental illnesses prompted 90% of coun

Let's Get Phygital

Apr 29th, 2022 16m 41s

The inevitable rise of e-commerce, waves of customer analytics, personalized sounds, smells and experiences and automated home delivery. The future of the retail landscape looks very different to the bricks and mortar physical buildings we inte

The Middle East's new business landscape

Mar 24th, 2022 21m 27s

With the UAE transitioning to a new Monday to Friday working week, the business landscape in the Middle East has altered irreversibly. So, what are the challenges of this new playing field – for businesses, organisations and governments? And wi

Future of business travel

Mar 22nd, 2022 26m 34s

Licy DoCanto, managing director of APCO’s headquarters in Washington DC’s and Stephanie Waties, senior director, APCO Worldwide, Washington, D.C., join the CommsLife team to discuss the future of travel.As the fallout from the pandemic continue

Selling Sustainability

Sep 19th, 2021 20m 1s

ESGs. SDGs. GHGs. NDCs. Whether it’s acronyms or the word itself, sustainability is on the tip of the tongue of every communicator today. Likewise, it’s at the top of every corporate and government agenda. But what is the substance behind the b

Transitions with John Defterios

Aug 29th, 2021 35m 2s

We are witnessing a "phenomenal pivot" from oil companies reinventing themselves to become energy companies. Strategic communications is pivotal to their success. Former CNN Emerging Markets Anchor John Defterios joins us in the CommsLife studi

Supplying the Solution

Jun 3rd, 2021 25m 23s

"The pandemic highlighted that healthcare and logistics are intricately bound. The million-dollar question is, how do we ensure vaccines are as widely and fairly distributed as possible?" - Craig Arnold, Vice President of UPS Healthcare talks a

Youth Matters

May 27th, 2021 19m 56s

"Young people most likely will be paying for the consequences of the pandemic, for a long time to come," a quote from Othman Almoamoar, the Chair of the 2020 Youth20 Engagement Group and research lead at Misk Foundation, on this week's episode

A Decade of Anti-Decadence?

Apr 22nd, 2021 24m 51s

Casual and fine dining have been the most disproportionately affected sectors in the global food and beverage industry, with sales in the US down by 80 and 85 percent respectively, in 2020.With many of the world’s most esteemed restaurants unab

Choose to Challenge

Mar 8th, 2021 20m 52s

As we celebrate and recognise the theme for International Women’s Day 2021, Choose to Challenge, we bring on Samar Alshorafa, Founding CEO of She is Arab to dive into the topic of women empowerment in the region. We identify how and who the cha

Change Agents & Black History Month

Feb 24th, 2021 34m 32s

"Now is our time to turn the corner on racism and communicators can be leaders in that" - Charlene Wheeless, Senior Advisor for Equity and Justice at APCO Worldwide talks with Licy Do Canto, Managing Director for Washington, DC Office at APCO W

The Power and the Energy

Feb 10th, 2021 28m 54s

"There is still so much division as to whether climate change is real, and how best to address it" - Damian Brandy, Communications officer in IRENA’s Strategic Management and Executive Direction Division on how the need for a “green recovery” i

The influencer journalist

Jan 27th, 2021 20m 14s

"We need to produce more content for millennials to get them engaged with business" - Lubna Hamdan, Host of business talkshow Greenback on how new media should be involving younger audiences in the world of business. We also talk about the rise

Voice your concerns: audio AI at your service?

Dec 28th, 2020 21m 8s

"The average person doesn't know where to turn online for information today and there's very little editorial control of that" - Mukul Devichand, Executive Editor of Voice & AI at the BBC on the rise of voice command technologies, social media

Diplomacy & the rise of citizen journalism

Dec 14th, 2020 17m 42s

"There's pressure on diplomats to become more like journalists" - James Watt, former British Ambassador to Egypt, Lebanon and Jordan, talks about the crossovers between the communications and diplomatic spheres. he also offers the diplomat's vi

Talking Trash

Aug 4th, 2020 19m 51s

“We don’t have to manufacture relevance. There’ve been many brands who have been trying to keep themselves relevant during a time when they haven’t been active, but we actually had a role to play” – in the final episode of CommsLife's first sea

No place like home

Jul 27th, 2020 13m 5s

Despite the financial uncertainty of the pandemic, a growing number of people are looking to move to bigger homes, as they're spending more time working from home - Julian Redman, Head of Marketing at Dubai Asset Management, discusses the trend

Agricultural Intelligence

Jul 20th, 2020 21m 32s

Vertical farming will use "anywhere between 10 to 100 times less water, fertilizer and land, compared to conventional farms", making a potential game changer when it comes to feeding an ever-growing global population says Stuart Oda, Founder &

The way we work now

Jul 10th, 2020 26m 56s

“The worst slump in [job] hiring has already occurred, we are on the way to recovery” – Najat Abdelhadi, Communications Lead at LinkedIn MENA and Lynn Chouman, Editor at LinkedIn, discuss the impact of COVID-19 on the job market in the MENA reg

New World Disorder

Jul 3rd, 2020 24m 9s

“We need to do more than reset, we probably need to reinvent; there will be big questions for the new world order” – Rob Willock, Director of The Economist Corporate Network for MENA discusses the road to economic recovery as the world adapts t

Chasing Unicorns

Jun 28th, 2020 15m 59s

“We should reconsider how we approach the start-up boom” – Karin Gabriel, Project Lead at Dubai Future Accelerators, discusses why start-up founders and entrepreneurs must refocus their efforts away from the exit. Rather than chasing unicorns t

No earth to waste

Jun 20th, 2020 21m 32s

“Is it green wash, is it propaganda, or is it a PR stunt? To some extent, there will always be an issue with perception" - Her Excellency Dr. Nawal Al-Hosany, the UAE’s Permanent Representative to the International Renewable Energy Agency (IREN

Talking Bots

Jun 12th, 2020 21m 8s

"Lose your job successfully to AI, and learn from it" - Toby Ruckert, Founder and CEO of Unified Intelligent Brain (UIB), talks about the moral, sociological and educational responsibilities we have in building artificial intelligence (AI) syst

Death of the press release?

Jun 5th, 2020 18m 51s

“It is no longer about issuing a press release for optimum reach and coverage – that’s not going to happen anymore.” Lena Terlaare, Director of Marketing and CSR at Transguard Group, explains how storytelling has evolved over the last 20 years

Future Journalism

May 29th, 2020 16m 34s

"Social media has been horrible, a pernicious force that's wrought more damage than good" - Kelsey Warner, Future Editor at The National, says the integrity of well-researched, fact-driven reporting from qualified journalists is crucial for sep