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How we started Aion Teams
Aion Teams is a new product developed by Cosmic Centaurs. Aion Teams allows distributed or hybrid teams to track their moods and locations.
Marilyn Zakhour
Apr 1, 20213 min read
Centaur Stage Ep. 14 - The future of the office Hamza Khan
Marilyn and Hamza Khan discuss how Letswork have adapted to the recent changes and how he believes it will shape the future of work
Cosmic Centaurs
Mar 31, 202111 min read
Centaur Stage Ep. 13 - Scaling a startup in the post-pandemic world with Rami Kahale
Marilyn and Rami Khale, the CEO of Joi Gifts discuss his experience running and scaling an e-commerce business
Cosmic Centaurs
Mar 25, 202113 min read
Cosmic Centaurs at the 2021 Khaleej Times Remote Workforce Summit
Marilyn moderated a panel at the 2021 Khaleej Times Remote Workforce Summit, with Damian Brown, Hanna Nordell, and Hessa Al Ghurair
Cosmic Centaurs
Mar 16, 20218 min read
Developing Organizational Resilience & Leadership in a Prolonged Crisis
Marilyn Zakhour and Liesbeth Schiavo from Securitas discuss how to lead organizations through long-lasting crises.
Cosmic Centaurs
Mar 12, 20212 min read
Centaur Stage Ep. 12: What agile teaches us about running remote teams with Andrew Blain
In this episode, Marilyn and Andrew Blain discuss the interconnection of remote and Agile.
Cosmic Centaurs
Mar 11, 202114 min read
Centaur Stage - Ep. 11: Can you shatter glass ceilings while working from home?
In this episode, Marilyn and Rhea discuss whether distributed work helps or hinders in the workplace and how the pandemic has impacted that.
Cosmic Centaurs
Mar 10, 20216 min read
Centaur Stage Ep 10: Ability Not Age - The Future Of Learning? with Adam Elrafey
In this Centaur Stage episode, 10-year-old Adam El Rafey shares why he believes the future of learning is about ability, not age.
Cosmic Centaurs
Mar 1, 20216 min read
Centaur Stage Ep. 9: Teaching entrepreneurship to kids with Helen Al Uzaizi
Helen Al Uzaizi shares why she believes in teaching youth about entrepreneurship and how we can integrate it into school curriculums.
Cosmic Centaurs
Feb 25, 202114 min read
Centaur Stage - Ep 8: Data-driven Organizational Design & Decision-making with Phanish Puranam
Marilyn and Phanish Puranam spoke about organizational data, how it impacts the structure and design of companies, and decision-making.
Cosmic Centaurs
Feb 18, 202112 min read
A Discussion on Meaning with Baaghil
Marilyn and the 'Unconventional' Baaghil join forces again to discuss the importance of finding meaning in companies and brands.
Marilyn Zakhour
Feb 17, 20211 min read
Centaur Stage Ep. 7: Why broad knowledge wins with James Piecowye
In this episode of Centaur Stage, Marilyn and James Piecowye discuss why broad knowledge wins in a specialized world.
Cosmic Centaurs
Feb 11, 20215 min read
Centaur Stage Ep. 6: Mindful Leadership with Nitesh Batra
Marilyn and Nitesh Batra explored what it means to lead mindfully, its benefits and its impact on teams, organizations and classrooms.
Cosmic Centaurs
Jan 28, 20215 min read
Centaur Stage - Ep. 5: Does Remote Work Create More Opportunity for Refugee Talent with Rama Chakaki
Marilyn and Rama Chakaki, founder at edSeed, debate whether remote work creates more or less opportunity for refugee talent.
Cosmic Centaurs
Jan 15, 202114 min read
Centaur Stage - Episode 4: Agile Teaching with INSEAD’s Jose Santos
INSEAD's Jose Santos shares how he integrated 'agile methodologies' into his online teaching, virtual teamwork, and the future of teaching.
Cosmic Centaurs
Jan 10, 202110 min read
Entrepreneur Middle East Op-Ed: Leadership in the Era of Uncertainty
Read Marilyn's op-ed for Entrepreneur Middle East titled "Leadership in the Era of Uncertainty".
Cosmic Centaurs
Jan 4, 20211 min read
Centaur Stage - Episode 3: The Art of Virtual Facilitation with Dr. Myriam Hadnes
On this episode Marilyn and Myriam Hadnes discuss the art of virtual facilitation, making workshops work & the Never Done Before Festival.
Cosmic Centaurs
Jan 3, 202112 min read
Virtual Holiday Party Ideas for Remote Teams
From ice-breakers to activities, Cosmic Centaurs put together a few ideas for virtual company holiday parties.
Cosmic Centaurs
Dec 7, 20203 min read
Centaur Stage Episode 2: Creating Value Beyond Conversion with Ziad Rahhal
Centaur Stage Episode 2: Marilyn Zakhour (Cosmic Centaurs) & Ziad Rahhal (LinkedIn) discuss leadership, compassion and customer centricity
Cosmic Centaurs
Nov 29, 202010 min read
How do you organize companies around Hybrid or Flexible work models? | Webinar with DBWC
The Dubai Business Women Council (DBWC) invited us to host a webinar about organizing companies around Hybrid or Flexible work models.
Cosmic Centaurs
Nov 23, 20201 min read
Remote Work Manifesto
Inspired by the ‘Agile Manifesto’, we have developed ‘The Remote Work Manifesto’ capturing the values, direction, and vision for effective flexible, remote or virtual team work.
Ritual Bank
If your team or company is looking for rituals to help with performance, cohesion, communication, or onboarding new team members visit our ritual bank for inspiration.
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