320- Yousif Asfour on International IT Leadership and Innovation

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5 • 49 Ratings

🗓️ 2 September 2024

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Yousif Asfour Yousif Asfour serves as the Chief Innovation and Transformation Officer at American University of Beirut. With a background in hardware engineering and international IT leadership, Yousif brings a unique perspective to driving IT innovation in higher education. He is co-author of the book “From Geek to Lead: A Techie’s Guide to Leadership” and has extensive experience in bridging cultural gaps in global IT organizations. Yousif Asfour on International IT Leadership and Innovation How can IT leaders navigate cultural differences and drive innovation in global organizations? In this episode, Yousif Asfour, Chief Innovation and Transformation Officer at American University of Beirut, shares his journey from hardware engineering to international IT leadership. Yousif offers insights on cross-cultural communication, the importance of relationships in leadership, and strategies for driving technological transformation in higher education.

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0:00.0	Welcome back, everyone, to dissecting popular IT nerds.
0:05.4	I'm your host, Doug Kameen, and today I'm talking with Yusuf Asfor, Chief Information
0:10.2	and Transformation Officer at American University in Beirut, Lebanon.
0:14.6	Welcome to the show, Yusuf.
0:16.6	Good to be here.
0:17.4	Yeah.
0:18.0	So this is, we were talking about this right before the show started.
0:20.6	This is my first international podcast interview individual.
0:27.1	So you are not based in the United States, although you are here with regularity, I presume.
0:34.4	Is that correct?
0:36.1	Correct.
0:36.6	The American University of Beirut is actually in New York-based
0:39.8	university, but our campus is in Lebanon, in Beirut, Lebanon. So I am based in Beirut, but I'm in New York and
0:47.5	the U.S. on a regular basis. Yeah. That's, so, so Beirut is, I know just little bits about Beirut.
0:56.3	So for us here at the United States, Beirut ends up in the news a lot for a variety of other
0:59.9	reasons.
1:00.3	But I think Beirut is a very cosmopolitan and unique city of its own right.
1:06.7	You know, maybe I guess I'll ask for your affirmation on that.
1:10.1	I'm sure you're going to tell me yes.
1:11.8	Of course, of course.
1:12.9	Actually, Beirut is quite lively the way I like to describe it, although I'm not sure if everybody agrees.
1:20.0	It's if you take New York City and shrink it down a thousand times, that's Beirut.
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