Improving education is a long journey enhancing the quality of a nation’s teachers, its resources, teaching methodologies, as well as the overall learning environment, cautions BCG’s Leila Hoteit. The partner and managing director explains that countries seeking quick advances must target support from industry and focus on educating for jobs—and must quickly establish best practices that deliver high return on investment.

Leila Hoteit is a specialist in human capital topics and is the global lead of Boston Consulting Groups' education, employment, and welfare sector. She has written multiple publications on the topic and is often a requested expert by the media on topics of education and women’s economic empowerment. She is a member of the Public Sector practice with over 20 years of strategy and operations experience acquired through projects in the Middle East and Europe. She is also on the leadership team of the Social Impact practice.

Leila also has extensive experience in social development and culture, and works with policymakers, regulatory authorities, and key public sector entities on policy development, strategic planning, organizational development, and governance

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

EDUCATION

  • PhD, signal processing, Imperial College London
  • MBA, INSEAD, Dean’s list
  • BS, with distinction, computer and electrical engineering, Imperial College London

HONORS AND AWARDS

  • World Economic Forum, Young Global Leader, selected in 2014 for work on human capital development
  • UNESCO Inclusive Policy Lab, expert member, selected 2019
  • Recognized by Forbes Middle East as one of the top Power Businesswomen in 2020
  • TED Talk on women empowerment with over 4.2 million views so far
  • Author of multiple patents: Seismic acquisition and filtering; Patent date Issued Sept. 1, 2009 Patent issuer and number us 7584057
  • Methods and systems for averting or mitigating undesirable drilling events; Patent date Issued March 22, 2005 Patent issuer and number us 6868920

Publications and Videos

What Governments Can Do to Curb Inequality

What Governments Can Do to Curb Inequality

Inequality is a complex challenge. To tackle it, governments should not only provide safety nets for citizens but also create trampolines that help them advance.
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Alleviating the Heavy Toll of the Global Skills Mismatch

The Future Skills Architect tool enables governments and businesses to accurately and effectively address the problem of mismatched workforce skills and tasks.
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Why the Social Sector Needs Scenario Planning Now

As long-term threats to society loom, governments need to be ready if they are to safeguard the well-being of individuals and communities.
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Start Reimagining Government Now

COVID-19 has massive implications for governments, including increased demand for public services and the need to improve resilience. To adapt, leaders must rethink governments’ roles and processes.
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Governments Must Fix the Skills Mismatch for a Post-COVID World

As COVID-19 widens the gap between supply and demand, countries cannot stop at short-term measures—they must plan strategically for skills in a recovering economy.
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What primary and secondary education leaders should prioritize in the era of COVID-19

School leaders had little time to prepare for the crisis. Careful scenario planning can help them weather the closures and reopen from a position of strength.
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Getting to Agile at Scale in the Public Sector

The public sector is adopting agile but not yet at scale.
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Fixing the Global Skills Mismatch

Countries must strive to achieve human-capital development that serves the economies of tomorrow.
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How to Start Building the Government of the Future

Governments need new structures that are suited to today’s world, but implementing a dramatic overhaul is tough. Here’s how public sector leaders can get started.

Trends in Social & Emotional Learning and Character Education

In an increasingly fast-changing world, where adaptability and soft skills will be required to succeed in work and society, the role of social and emotional learning and character education is becoming more important. This session explores definitions of social and emotional skills and character education, the imperative of developing these skills, and select government and private sectors effort to measure and incorporate them into formal and informal settings.

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Flex-Work Programs That Actually Work

Giving employees the freedom to determine where, when, and how much they work is rapidly becoming a business imperative.
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Towards A Broader View of National Performance

There’s a fundamental societal shift underway—and many governments are missing it. National decision makers and government leaders are still mainly relying on the product equivalent to assess policy performance, failing to consider the equivalent of consumer experience--the well-being of citizens.
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