Hosted by Emma Jordaan & Sarah Brooks · 🇺🇸 US · EN-GB · 20 episodes
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HR & CQ Edge is an independent strategic intelligence series addressing the most pressing human capital challenges facing organisations in the UAE, GCC and beyond. Anchored in the EDGE framework — Equity, Direction, Growth and Experience, each episode convenes senior practitioners, executives and subject matter leaders to examine the evidence, challenge conventional thinking and advance the people agenda at board level. For CHROs, people executives and senior business leaders who understand that organisational performance begins and ends with people. Hosted by Emma Jordaan Founder of Infinite Consulting and Sarah Brooks, FCIPD, Founder of Fikrah HR and regularly joined by distinguished guest contributors from across the UAE, GCC and global HR community.
Emma Jordaan & Sarah Brooks hosts The HR & CQ Show, a business show with 20 episodes published.
Send us Fan Mail In this special episode of The HR & CQ Show, recorded live at our HR & CQ Summit 2026, we’re joined by Andrew Stotter-Brooks, Global Learning & Development Director at TGI Fridays. Together, we explore w
Send us Fan Mail What actually shapes culture inside an organisation? And why does everything seem to shift when leadership changes? In this episode of The HR & CQ Show, we unpack one of the most relevant challenges faci
Send us Fan Mail End-of-service benefits (gratuity) continue to be one of the most frequently asked questions at our HR & CQ Breakfast Bites and Summit events, so in this episode, we’re unpacking it properly. Sarah, our
Send us Fan Mail In this episode of The HR & CQ Show, Emma Jordaan and Sarah Brooks are joined by Niall Hughes, Talent Acquisition Director at KEO International, for an in-depth conversation on hiring, retaining, and man
Send us Fan Mail In this episode of The HR & CQ Show, recorded live at Ru’ya 2025 at Dubai World Trade Centre, Emma and Sarah sit down with Nashfi Qureshi , Director of Marketing at Bayt.com , the Middle East’s largest j
Send us Fan Mail In this special year-end episode, Emma and Sarah look back at the most defining HR and Cultural Intelligence moments of 2025 — and unpack what these shifts mean for organisations across the UAE and wider
Send us Fan Mail In this episode of The HR & CQ Show, hosts Emma Jordaan and Sarah Brooks sit down with Umnia Ahmed, Emiratisation Director at Chalhoub Group, the region’s leading luxury retail group with over 16,000 emp
Send us Fan Mail In this episode of The HR & CQ Show, Emma Jordaan and Sarah Brooks dive into the hidden challenges of international assignments in Dubai and beyond. With nearly 40% of relocations failing—and 70% of thos
Send us Fan Mail Dubai is seeing an unprecedented influx of newcomers – around 1,000 people arriving every single day. With the government’s ambitious 2040 Master Urban Plan aiming to nearly double the population, the jo
Send us Fan Mail In this episode of The HR & CQ Show, Emma Jordaan and Sarah Brooks delve into the timely topic of Emiratisation , the UAE’s national initiative to increase the participation of Emiratis in the private se
Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we sit down with Charlotte Stebbing-Mills (Co-Founder of The Wellness Theory) and Sam Harvey (Founder and MD of Braver Leaders) to explore the real meaning of leadership and wellbeing in
Send us Fan Mail In this episode of The HR & CQ Show, we sit down with Carmen Rendy and Alex Stanchu, co-founders of Divergent Line HR Consultants , to unpack their bold move from corporate HR to entrepreneurship — and t
Send us Fan Mail In this special episode of The HR & CQ Show, we’re joined by none other than Dr. David Livermore , global thought leader on Cultural Intelligence (CQ), author, and Director of CQ Fellows. Together, we di
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Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Sarah Brooks MCIPD and Emma Jordaan explore the ins and outs of onboarding in Dubai, including: ✅ Educating new hires about company culture. 🌏 Embracing diversity beyond Emirati culture
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Sarah
archer · Bat Digest
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Sarah Brooks
CEO and founder · The Sparkle Foundation
3 appearances on this show
Charlotte Stebbing Mills
Co-Founder · The Wellness Theory
1 appearance on this show
Charlotte Stebbing-Mills
well-being specialist and co-founder · The Wellness Theory
1 appearance on this show
Sam Harvey
Psychiatrist and Executive Director and Chief Scientist · Black Dog Institute
1 appearance on this show
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