Speaking and Mentorship
Mohamed Al Hashemi shares his perspectives on leadership execution and governance through speaking engagements, teaching, and mentorship across the Middle East.
He speaks about
- Authority fragmentation and why execution fails
- Decision ownership under pressure
- Expectation velocity and institutional lag
- Governance under scrutiny
- What makes a business investable
Selected Keynote Titles
"The Execution Gap: Why Strong Strategies Fail Inside Organizations"
"Decision Gravity: Who Owns the Decision When Pressure Rises"
"The Expectation Economy: Leading When Systems Cannot Keep Up"
Conference Speaking and Executive Panels
Mohamed Al Hashemi speaks at industry conferences, business forums, and leadership summits across the GCC and internationally. He has shared his perspectives at events organized by the World Economic Forum, the New Economy Academy, the UAE Healthcare Leadership Development Program in partnership with Harvard Business Impact and the American Hospital in Dubai, Seal the Deal in Sharjah, and other major gatherings. His talks draw on operational experience rather than theory, focused on the practical realities of leading organizations through change.
He speaks about leadership in the age of AI, the execution gap that kills good strategies, building investable businesses in the Middle East, decision gravity and why unresolved decisions rise to the top, corporate governance for the next generation of leaders, and retail innovation in the expectation economy. His book The Execution Gap provides the intellectual foundation for many of his talks on why strong leaders fail when authority breaks.
Mohamed Al Hashemi also serves as an executive panelist on the UAE Healthcare Leadership Development Program for 100 Emirati Leaders, a program run in partnership with Harvard Business Impact and the American Hospital in Dubai.
Featured: Mohamed Al Hashemi at SEF2025
Mohamed Al Hashemi speaking at the Sharjah Entrepreneurship Festival 2025
More Video Interviews and Panels
Teaching Entrepreneurship in Dubai
Mohamed Al Hashemi teaches entrepreneurship at the New Economy Academy in Dubai, where he contributes to the Emirati Entrepreneurship Program. This is a comprehensive six-day course at Emirates Towers covering all stages of building a business, from idea validation to scaling. He brings the perspective of a practicing CEO who also mentors startups, which means his teaching is grounded in what actually works in the market. His books Investable and The New Economy serve as practical companions to his teaching on startup readiness and expectation velocity.
He also contributes to programs at the New Media Academy, a digital education initiative launched by Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, where he shares insights on leadership and digital transformation with emerging content creators and entrepreneurs.
Mentoring Entrepreneurs Through Endeavor
Mohamed Al Hashemi has been a mentor with the Endeavor Organization since 2019, working with emerging entrepreneurs and high-growth companies across the Middle East. His mentorship focuses on strategic clarity, operational discipline, and the leadership mindset required to scale a business beyond its founding stage.
He also serves as Chairman of Atelier Digital, a retail-focused artificial intelligence technology firm, and is a board member of the UAE Food Platform, extending his strategic guidance across the technology and food sectors. As he told Entrepreneur Middle East: "Even small guidance can save a startup months of trial and error."
