The First Principle - By Mahmoud Taher

Mahmoud Taher

Държава Египет

Жанрове Бизнес, Управление

Език AR

Епизоди 45

Последен 21.09.2026

The First Principle is a business podcast aimed at senior executives, board members, and aspiring CEOs leading large organisations in Egypt and the Gulf. It is hosted by Mahmoud Taher, a deputy general manager with more than 20 years of executive leadership experience spanning engineering mega-projects, manufacturing, and multi-industry operations. Each episode examines one high-level strategic intersection — such as finance meeting operations, HR meeting strategy, or AI meeting leadership decision-making — and breaks down what it means in practice. The goal is to help leaders move beyond single-department thinking and master the places where functions overlap.

Епизоди

The 78% Stat 21.09.2026

78% من المستهلكين شايفين ان التضخم عالى جدا واثر عليهم بشكل قوىاخر 3 سنوات
Cash Conversion Is the Real KPI 18.09.2026

الربح مجرد وجهة نظر، أما تحويل النقد فهو حقيقة.Profit is an opinion. Cash conversion is a fact. New episode every week — The First Principle. #TheFirstPrinciple #CFO #Finance #CEO #Egypt #Gulf
Profitable but Insolvent 18.09.2026

تواجه الشركات الإعسار رغم إعلانها عن تحقيق نمو؛ وإليك السبب.Companies are going insolvent while reporting growth. Profit is an opinion. Cash conversion is a fact. #TheFirstPrinciple #CFO #Insolvency #CashFlow #CEO
Amazon's -22 Day Secret 16.09.2026

تدير أمازون دورة نقدية مدتها -22 يوماً؛ حيث يقوم موردوها بتمويل نموها.Amazon runs a -22 day cash cycle by design. Here's the Ops+Finance intersection behind it. #TheFirstPrinciple #Amazon #CFO #Operations #CEO
Cash Conversion Is the Real KPI - تحويل النقد هو المقياس الحقيقي 16.09.2026 16мин

تحويل النقد هو المقياس الحقيقي: ١٫٧ تريليون دولار محاصر من غير حراك.مبنية للـ CFO والـ COO والـ CEO في مصر والخليج.استمع الآن على Spotify وApple Podcasts وAnghami وYouTube.New episode of The First Principle Podcast is live.Cash Conversion Is the Real KPI: $1.7 Trillion Trapped, Doing Nothing.$1.7 trillion is trapped inside America's largest companies. Cash locked in receivables and inventory, doing nothing, while boards celebrate quarterly profit.In this episode we decode:→ What the cash conversion cycle actually measures — and why P&L can't tell you→ The $1.7 trillion blind spot, and why 2025's "improvement" wasn't real→ How Amazon engineers a -22 day cash cycle by design→ Why companies keep going insolvent while reporting growth→ The trap that catches even genuinely growing companiesBuilt for CFOs, COOs, and CEOs in Egypt and the Gulf.Listen now on:SPOTIFY → open.spotify.com/show/50rSU2AIH9378xE5cujftfAPPLE PODCASTS → podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-first-principle/id6787276180ANGHAMI → open.anghami.com/qf4IwUmVu4bYOUTUBE → youtube.com/channel/UC2j9YzvXHeVHzuD2r8BCHnANew episode every week.——🔵 linkedin.com/company/1stprinciple📘 facebook.com/thefirstprinciple📸 @thefirstprinciple__#TheFirstPrinciple #Podcast #CFO #WorkingCapital #Egypt #Gulf
The Fake Improvement 15.09.2026

شركات أمريكية "حسّنت" دورتها النقدية في عام 2025... إليكم الجانب الخفي للأمر.US companies 'improved' their cash cycle in 2025 — by queezing suppliers harder. Not the same as fixing it. #TheFirstPrinciple #CFO #WorkingCapital #Finance #Operations
The $1.7 Trillion Stat 14.09.2026

هناك 1.7 تريليون دولار محتجزة داخل كبرى الشركات الأمريكية، دون أن تُستغل في أي شيء.$1.7 trillion trapped in working capital, doing nothing. Full episode: Cash Conversion Is the Real KPI — link in bio. #TheFirstPrinciple #CFO #WorkingCapital #Finance #CEO
وهم إعادة التأهيل - The Reskilling Illusion 13.09.2026 22мин

حلقة هذا الأسبوع: وهم إعادة التأهيل.شاهد على YouTube — أو استمع على Spotify وApple Podcasts وAnghami.لو برنامج إعادة التأهيل في منظمتك شكله لوحة معلومات بدل نظام مسار وظيفي — شاركها مع مين ما كان بيمسك الميزانية دي.The First Principle Podcast — now on video.This week's episode: The Reskilling Illusion — 90% Have the Data. 34% Have the People.Watch on YouTube → youtube.com/channel/UC2j9YzvXHeVHzuD2r8BCHnAOr listen on:Spotify → open.spotify.com/show/50rSU2AIH9378xE5cujftfApple Podcasts → podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-first-principle/id6787276180Anghami → open.anghami.com/qf4IwUmVu4bIn this episode:→ Why 90% skills-data adoption still leaves 66% of programs under-engaged→ The 11% of the workforce nobody is naming→ Why only 1 in 50 enterprise AI investments show a measurable return→ What actually works — real case studies, real design principlesNew episode every week.If your organisation's reskilling program looks like a dashboard instead of a career system — share this with whoever owns that budget.——🔵 linkedin.com/company/1stprinciple📘 facebook.com/thefirstprinciple📸 @thefirstprinciple__#TheFirstPrinciple #Podcast #Reskilling #HR #YouTube #Egypt #Gulf
The Reskilling Illusion 11.09.2026

لا يمكن للموارد البشرية وحدها حل هذه المشكلة. ولا يمكن للاستراتيجية وحدها حلها.HR alone can't fix the reskilling gap. Neither can Strategy alone. New episode every week — The First Principle. #TheFirstPrinciple #HR #Strategy #AI #Egypt #Gulf
Skills Now Expire Twice as Fast 11.09.2026

كانت المهارات تدوم 15 عامًا. أما الآن، فهي تدوم حوالي 5 سنوات.Skills used to last 15 years. Now they last about 5. Annual training reviews can't keep up. #TheFirstPrinciple #Reskilling #HR #Strategy #CEO
The 2% ROI Stat 09.09.2026 1мин

واحد من كل 50 استثمارًا في مجال الذكاء الاصطناعي للمؤسسات يحقق عائدًا قابلاً للقياس على الاستثمار.Only 1 in 50 enterprise AI investments produce a measurable ROI. The missing half of every transformation. #TheFirstPrinciple #AI #CFO #ROI #CEO
The 11 Percent Nobody Names 08.09.2026 1мин

إذا كان عدد موظفيك 100 شخص، فإن 11 منهم متخلفون عن الركب بالفعل.If your workforce were 100 people, 11 are already being left behind. Do you know who your 11% actually is? #TheFirstPrinciple #WorkforcePlanning #HR #AI #CEO
The 90/34 Gap 07.09.2026

تستخدم 90% من فرق الموارد البشرية بيانات المهارات، بينما لا يرى سوى 34% منها تفاعلاً حقيقياً للموظفين90% of HR teams have the data. Only 34% have real employee engagement. Full episode: The Reskilling Illusion — link in bio. #TheFirstPrinciple #HR #AI #Reskilling #CEO
Sustainability-Linked Finance - التمويل المرتبط بالاستدامه 06.09.2026 19мин

حلقة هذا الأسبوع: التمويل المرتبط بالاستدامة.لو منظمتك بتهيكل ديون مستدامة دلوقتي — شاركها مع مين ما كان بيحدد المؤشرات.This week's episode: Sustainability-Linked Finance — The Penalty That Was Never Real.Watch on YouTube → youtube.com/channel/UC2j9YzvXHeVHzuD2r8BCHnAIn this episode:→ 31.2bps average penalty — less than 12% of the coupon→ Why the market's trust in sustainability-linked debt collapsed→ What replaced it, and why the Gulf got there first→ The CFO framework for credible sustainable debtNew episode every week.If your organisation is structuring sustainable debt right now — share this with whoever is setting the KPIs.——🔵 linkedin.com/company/1stprinciple📘 facebook.com/thefirstprinciple📸 @thefirstprinciple__#TheFirstPrinciple #Podcast #SustainableFinance #YouTube #CFO #Egypt #Gulf
A trillion-dollar market didn't fail - لم يفشل سوق تبلغ قيمته تريليون دولار 04.09.2026

لم يفشل سوق تبلغ قيمته تريليون دولار، بل فشل حافز واحد عديم الفائدة.A trillion-dollarmarket didn't fail. One toothless incentive did. New episode every week — TheFirst Principle. #TheFirstPrinciple#SustainableFinance #ESG #CEO #Egypt #Gulf
The Gulf's Early Correction - تصحيح الخليج المبكر 04.09.2026

بينما تخلى العالم عن الديون المرتبطة، اختارت دول الخليج السندات الخضراء قبل عام من الموعد المحدد.The Gulf chose green bonds over linked debt a year before the rest of the world caught up. Full episode in bio. #TheFirstPrinciple #SustainableFinance #Gulf #Sukuk #CFO
What Replaced It - سبب التغيير 02.09.2026

لم يبتعد رأس المال عن التمويل المستدام، بل انتقل إلى ما يمكنه التحقق منه.Capital didn't leave sustainable finance — it moved to what it could verify. Green bonds now dominate. #TheFirstPrinciple #GreenBonds #SustainableFinance #ESG #CFO
Sustainability-Linked Finance - التمويل المرتبط بالاستدامة 02.09.2026 16мин

حلقة جديدة من بودكاست The First Principle متاحة الآن.التمويل المرتبط بالاستدامة: العقوبة التي لم تكن حقيقية أبداً.متوسط العقوبة على تفويت هدف ESG في سند مرتبط بالاستدامة هو ٣١٫٢ نقطة أساس بس — أقل من ١٢٪ من معدل الكوبون.مبنية للـ CFO وفرق الخزينة والـ CEO في مصر والخليج.استمع الآن على Spotify وApple Podcasts وAnghami وYouTube.New episode of The First Principle Podcast is live.Sustainability-Linked Finance: The Penalty That Was Never Real.The average penalty for missing an ESG target on a sustainability-linked bond is just 31.2 basis points — less than 12% of the coupon rate. That's why the market walked away.In this episode we decode:→ How sustainability-linked debt was supposed to work — and where the incentive broke→ The collapse: from 35% market share to 10% in three years→ What replaced it, and why green bonds now dominate→ Why the Gulf positioned itself a year ahead of the global correction→ The 4-question framework for structuring credible sustainable debtBuilt for CFOs, treasury teams, and CEOs in Egypt and the Gulf.Listen now on:SPOTIFY → open.spotify.com/show/50rSU2AIH9378xE5cujftfAPPLE PODCASTS → podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-first-principle/id6787276180ANGHAMI → open.anghami.com/qf4IwUmVu4bYOUTUBE → youtube.com/channel/UC2j9YzvXHeVHzuD2r8BCHnANew episode every week.——🔵 linkedin.com/company/1stprinciple📘 facebook.com/thefirstprinciple📸 @thefirstprinciple__#TheFirstPrinciple #Podcast #SustainableFinance #ESG #CFO #Egypt #Gulf
The Market Collapse - انهيار السوق 01.09.2026

فقدت الديون المرتبطة بالاستدامة ثلثي حصتها السوقية خلال ثلاث سنوات. إليكم السببSustainability-linked debt lost two-thirds of its market share in 3 years. The number behind the collapse. #TheFirstPrinciple #SustainableFinance #ESG #Finance #CEO
The 31.2bps Stat - 31.2 نقطه اساس 31.08.2026

العقوبة المترتبة على عدم تحقيق هدف الحوكمة البيئية والاجتماعية والمؤسسية: أقل من 12% من معدل الفائدة.The penalty for missing your ESG target is less than 12% of the coupon. Full episode: Sustainability-Linked Finance — link in bio. #TheFirstPrinciple #SustainableFinance #ESG #CFO #GreenBonds