Tamakkan Profile: Dareen Zoughbi
Dareen Zoughbi, the CEO of Nadereen Consultancy, presented a workshop on how to boost emiritisation strategically through a set of proprietary tools. The framework helps organizations assess their current talent and readiness to move to the new phase of Emiratisation 2.0. The new phase for Emiratisation will go beyond meeting quotas, she says, into nurturing nationals into committed leaders.
Tamakkan Profile: Gavin Fenn-Smith
Gavin is a Founding Partner at The River Group. He has twenty years experience as a advisor to CEOs and senior executives, and as an expert in leadership and organizational development. He has consulted to organizations across the US, and has worked in many countries in Europe, the Middle East and Asia.
Before forming The River Group, Gavin was a Senior Partner at Equinox Organizational Consulting. He was a co-founder of Kemp and Watson, a nonprofit consulting firm that is now part of The River Group. He is a member of the Board of Saroga, the nonprofit leadership forum, which creates leadership development solutions for nonprofit executives.
Black History Month – Art and Business
As an active supporter of Black History Month, TAMAKKAN celebrates the work of African Americans and others from the BIPOC community who share their amazing initiatives and projects in the areas of Arts, the Environment, Social Enterprises, and Literature. The events, organized every year at the Tamakkan innovation space, attracts members of the community involve community groups, universities and corporations.
The Maker Movement – Unleashing Innovation
The Innovator Space hosts Tamakkan entrepreneurship workshops as we usher in the mood of Innovation and how the government can supports innovative tech. Tamakkan’s collaboration with TDC highlights the opportunities that the maker space facilities can offer product and service developers through the use of new hands-on technologies that enable experimentation and prototyping. Tamakkan promotes the exciting maker movement and the new TDC hub for creativity and DIY including 3D Printing, Laser Cutting and Fabrication.
Business Setup Location! What are the options?
Where’s the best place to set up a business? Onshore? Free Zone? or Abroad? For entrepreneurs, There are several choices to select from when establishing your business so learning which one to pick right from the start is an essential matter to begin your business in the right footing! Tamakkan presents representatives of the department of licencing and the free zones as well as business set up consultants to provide insights.
Snapshot: Unlock the Entrepreneur in You
Tamakkan hosted a workshop by Ivy League Advisor Founder and CEO Dr. Wasif Syed who shared insights on how an individual can fully utilize latent skills to bring out their entrepreneurial abilities.
Syed’s presentation, entitled Accelerate Entrepreneurship: Unlock the Entrepreneur, offers a unique approach that focuses on innovation.