Founded in Dubai
We are the first independent practice of its kind, with headquarters in Dubai, and offices in Abu Dhabi & New York.
— 2001

Created Dubai’s first national tourism brand
We conceived, designed and developed a unified city-wide national tourism brand, campaign and digital destination.


Design
— 2006
Launched first UAE bank on social media
We helped RAKBank launch one of the largest social footprints of a financial institution globally.

Strategy
— 2007
Founded Hybrid Thinking™
We founded hybrid thinking™ as our core principle, combining management consulting with design thinking, leveraging technology and investing capital with our clients.
— 2013

Launched Smart Dubai

Xische was the founding brand, communications and strategic partner of Smart Dubai, the citywide digital transformation program to make Dubai the happiest city on earth.

Strategy ContentDesign
— 2014
Co-authored Dubai Happiness Agenda
Xische was engaged to co-author, build, launch and manage a science-backed, methodical framework to plan, implement and measure Dubai’s smart city transformation with a quantifiable basis in promoting public happiness.

Strategy ContentDesign
— 2015

Announced UAE Mission to Mars

The Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre and Prime Minister’s Office tasked us to help build the overarching vision and narrative to announce the the first interplanetary space mission by the Arab World.


Strategy
— 2015
Xische Academy launched
Opened doors to our academy to train over 1000 government officials on design thinking, prototyping and storytelling, starting with the Dubai 10X program.


Strategy Content
— 2015
Co-Authored Dubai Blockchain Strategy
Xische co-authored the national strategy with Smart Dubai and Dubai Future Foundation to unlock the potential of Blockchain for the city.


Strategy Content
— 2016

Thought Leadership practice launchedWe bring regional context to global insights through our own independent articles and newsletters, and commissioned reports and presentations for our clients and partners, showcased in TIME and World Government Summit.
— 2017

Digital Transformation practice launched

We assemble and manage digital leadership and operational squads to enable organizations to maximize potential from new digital tools through strategic planning, implementation and performance.

Strategy Design
— 2018
Global partnership with Amazon
Our Digital Transformation team was certified as an AWS premium partner.
— 2021

100th issue of Backstory™
We have been distilling global shifts in key sectors with a regional perspective in our weekly newsletters.
— 2022

Launched Dubai on the Metaverse

We helped conceive, design and communicate Dubai’s first steps into the metaverse at the World Government Summit 2022.

Strategy ContentDesign

— 2022
300 clients + 100 people
21 years later, with a 43% year-on-year growth, we are now over 100 people strong having serviced over 300 clients regionally with a remote-team footprint across 7 countries.
— TODAY