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Lives & Livelihoods: Lessons from the UAE Crisis Management Playbook with Peter Zemsky | 2026 Cosmic Conferene
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The UAE’s response to COVID-19 has become a global case study, not just for how it managed the crisis, but for how it emerged stronger.
In this episode, Peter Zemsky, Professor of Strategy & Innovation at INSEAD and CEO of Lexarius, shares insights from his research into what made that response effective.
The conversation explores how leaders navigated difficult trade-offs, integrated expertise into decision-making, and coordinated across systems in moments of uncertainty. It also looks at what organizations can learn from this experience today, from building crisis-ready capabilities to rethinking how leaders develop people in a world shaped by rapid change and AI.
This episode is part of the 2026 Cosmic Conference: Grounded & Limitless – Leading Organizations that Survive & Thrive, hosted by Cosmic Centaurs, an organizational and leadership development consultancy supporting leaders to build stronger, more adaptive organizations.