Bandar Alhattab's essays in one place, on leadership and people, marketing and media, Saudi society, and AI and work, with the outlet and date of each.https://bandaralhattab.com/enhttps://bandaralhattab.com/writing/the-saudi-you-need-to-know/https://bandaralhattab.com/writing/the-saudi-you-need-to-know/A look of faint suspicion forced itself in the police officer's eyes who asked me politely to show him an additional identity document. I instantly realized that the critical current situation we were in, and my national identity card in his hand, which was issued in the city of "Al Qurayyat" -…Tue, 19 Feb 2019 00:00:00 GMThttps://bandaralhattab.com/writing/from-rescue-to-ruin/https://bandaralhattab.com/writing/from-rescue-to-ruin/This was the first impression I got when I came across the photos of Carlos Ghosn, former Nissan Motor Co. Chairman, that were published under the headline of his arrest on tax fraud case. What was stunning at that moment was the fact that the same Japanese press had once made a hero out of the man…Wed, 09 Jan 2019 00:00:00 GMThttps://bandaralhattab.com/writing/only-2-percent-of-women-are-beautiful-en/https://bandaralhattab.com/writing/only-2-percent-of-women-are-beautiful-en/Just before you get hostile at the writer for his insensitive judgment, let me just clear my name and quickly reveal the fact that it is a scientifically proven research who stated this, let me tell you the whole story.Thu, 01 Nov 2018 00:00:00 GMThttps://bandaralhattab.com/writing/does-innovation-need-a-compass/https://bandaralhattab.com/writing/does-innovation-need-a-compass/"You are a Saudi, aren't you?! Doesn't your heart ache for your fellow Saudis? Don't you feel sorry about jobs given to expats in our own country?"Mon, 22 Oct 2018 00:00:00 GMThttps://bandaralhattab.com/writing/entertainment-newbies/https://bandaralhattab.com/writing/entertainment-newbies/I think wives have some of the most astonishing associations whenever they are planning to attend an entertainment event with their families! Things can get even more serious if the event is on one of Eid's days (Muslim celebration). Why on earth should such plans include shopping new clothes and…Mon, 30 Jul 2018 00:00:00 GMThttps://bandaralhattab.com/writing/the-best-job-in-the-world/https://bandaralhattab.com/writing/the-best-job-in-the-world/The following lines are not a fictitious advertisement or a marketing ploy but rather, part of a job advertisement published by the Australian government for a vacancy in the Queensland Tourism Department in Australia:Tue, 12 Dec 2017 00:00:00 GMThttps://bandaralhattab.com/writing/vision-2030-through-the-eyes-of-abu-abdullah/https://bandaralhattab.com/writing/vision-2030-through-the-eyes-of-abu-abdullah/Now, people who have heard of Saudi Vision 2030, please hear me out. To tell me that my colleagues who work for the government are going to be a world class workforce creating an internationally competitive economy is a bit too much for me to digest. The 2 hours workload per day, the Fool (beans)…Wed, 03 May 2017 00:00:00 GMThttps://bandaralhattab.com/writing/say-leadership-one-more-time/https://bandaralhattab.com/writing/say-leadership-one-more-time/That's it, I'm done being nice and diplomatic and elaborate using the most politically correct terms. "leadership" and "A leader" and all this jargon have become more common than IPhones and more cheesy than cheese itself.Fri, 07 Apr 2017 00:00:00 GMThttps://bandaralhattab.com/writing/why-i-broke-up-with-my-business-partner/https://bandaralhattab.com/writing/why-i-broke-up-with-my-business-partner/Now look, before having any pre-judgments or smart conclusions. My business partner is a sharp kid, ambitious and very resourceful, and my BMW 7 Series is a sexy piece of engineering. So put a a side your early conclusions and keep reading, good nations read (I don't know who said that but it…Tue, 09 Aug 2016 00:00:00 GMThttps://bandaralhattab.com/writing/khalids-kabsah-and-professor-mischel/https://bandaralhattab.com/writing/khalids-kabsah-and-professor-mischel/This is a picture of Kabsah, a traditional Saudi dish, but who’s Khalid?!Fri, 20 Jun 2014 00:00:00 GMT