International workforce mobilisation and capability legacy for a host nation’s first multi-sport Games
The Challenge The Games were the host nation’s first major multi-sport event. With limited in-country expertise, the Organising Committee needed to rapidly mobilise several hundred experienced international professionals to design and deliver Games operations. The obstacles were significant: limited local major-event experience, compressed mobilisation timelines, and the need to integrate international experts into a new […]
Interim volunteer programme leadership for an emirate-wide sporting event
The Challenge With limited time before the Games, leadership recognised they needed experienced support to design and deliver a large-scale volunteer programme across the event’s many venues and functional areas. The programme needed rapid stabilisation and clear delivery governance. It also had to align with the national volunteering strategy – including a close partnership with […]
Building an AI centre’s technical team for a GCC government agency
The Challenge A GCC government agency was establishing a centre for Artificial Intelligence – a high-performance computing facility at the forefront of research and innovation, supporting the country’s economic diversification strategy. The centre’s mandate was to solve complex, large-scale industry problems and support major national programmes. It needed a brand-new team of world-class technical talent, […]
UAE national academic talent mapping for a leading UAE university
The Challenge A leading UAE university wanted a comprehensive, data-driven picture of UAE national academic talent across every research discipline relevant to its programmes. It had no up-to-date database of Emirati researchers – from doctoral students to professors, in the UAE and abroad. That made strategic workforce planning and opportunity hiring hard to carry out […]
Volunteer strategy delivery and workforce operations leadership at a global exhibition
The Challenge The host city was staging a six-month global exhibition with participation from countries around the world. The organisers needed a dedicated volunteer strategy and the organising committee capability to mobilise a workforce at very large scale – later complicated by the disruption of the COVID-19 pandemic They wanted a volunteer function with lasting […]