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GCC tech talks podcast

Listen to the operators behind the GCC’s biggest tech and innovation moves share how they really do it. We cut through the hype to talk about what works, what doesn’t, and everything in between.

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Operational Leadership in Retail: Culture, Data, and AI Adoption with Taiyab Ghafoor

With Tom Stroud & Sye Rahman

May 7, 2026

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Leading AI in Healthcare: Data, Regulation & Real Use Cases with Leina Essakalli

With Tom Stroud & Sye Rahman

Apr 21, 2026

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How CIOs Should Lead AI Adoption with Faisal Ali

With Tom Stroud & Sye Rahman

Apr 14, 2026

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Startup Lessons: Trust, Validation & MVP Focus with Omar Abdellaoui

With Tom Stroud & Sye Rahman

Mar 24, 2026

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Omnichannel, Data & AI: Speed With Governance with Sumit Srivastava

With Tom Stroud & Sye Rahman

Mar 10, 2026

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Hiring Shift: Compliance, Capital & AI Talent with Oscar Orellana-Hyder

With Tom Stroud & Sye Rahman

Feb 17, 2026

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How CEOs Should Be Thinking About Transformation with Richard Steward

With Tom Stroud & Sye Rahman

Feb 3, 2026

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Project Management Unplugged with Mark Primett

With Tom Stroud & Sye Rahman

Jan 20, 2026

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Beyond Software: How Real Transformation Leaders Think with Ezzeddine Jradi

With Tom Stroud & Sye Rahman

Jan 6, 2026

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GCC Tech Talks: Who We Are and Why We’re Here

With Tom Stroud & Sye Rahman

Dec 15, 2025

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Operational Leadership in Retail: Culture, Data, and AI Adoption with Taiyab Ghafoor

What’s in this episode? In this episode of GCC Tech Talks, ⁠Tom Stroud⁠ and ⁠Sye Rahman⁠ sit down with Taiyab Ghafoor — a people-first operator with a background spanning the UK and the Gulf, from retail and leadership roles to now running an e-commerce toys startup as COO. This one is a deep dive into operational […]

Leading AI in Healthcare: Data, Regulation & Real Use Cases with Leina Essakalli

What’s in this episode? In this episode of GCC Tech Talks, ⁠Tom Stroud⁠ and ⁠Sye Rahman chat with Leina Essakalli — a data scientist and AI transformation leader with a rare background spanning biomedical engineering , bioinformatics at Harvard, and scaling AI across healthcare in the UAE. Leina shares what it really takes to make […]

How CIOs Should Lead AI Adoption with Faisal Ali

What’s in this episode? In this episode of GCC Tech Talks, ⁠Tom Stroud⁠ and ⁠Sye Rahman⁠ sit down with ⁠Faisal Ali⁠, an Emirati Group CIO with a career spanning IBM/Microsoft, government, and the private sector. We talk about how tech leadership has evolved from the early days of infrastructure (yes, physical firewalls and dot-matrix printers) […]

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