DUBAI 10X

Dubai 10X creates disruptive, exponential change in government entities, placing Dubai 10 years ahead of leading global cities. At Dubai 10X, the aim isn’t incremental innovation – i.e. making good services better. Instead, it is to utterly disrupt the status quo to create future-ready operating models.

Dubai 10X Vision

Dubai 10X was launched by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai in 2017. He challenged all government entities to embrace disruptive innovation as a core operational process. A process of innovation and iteration saw 26 projects greenlighted for implementation in phase one.

EXPLORE THE 10X TIMELINE

Create X-Units
Each government entity is tasked with setting up an independent X-Unit with the mandate of disrupting their own organisation’s practices.
Trial and Learn
Entities are asked to develop systems, processes and labs to trial and scale radically disruptive approaches and technologies, and to learn from failure.
Scale Disruption
Entities embrace cutting-edge technologies while simultaneously challenging regulatory obstacles to innovation, to positively disrupt their sectors.

Dubai 10X is a mindset

As much as it aims to disrupt existing business models, Dubai 10X is also about shifting mindsets and behaviours to aim big, learn from failure and adopt risk-taking.

At 10X, the aim isn’t incremental innovation. Instead, it is to utterly disrupt the status quo to spark brand new operating models for a future that doesn’t yet exist.

Introducing 10X 2.0

Dubai 10X 2.0 continues the mandate of propelling Dubai 10 years ahead of any other global city. This time, a cross-sectoral approach lays the foundations of a programme where 37 government entities are asked to collaborate, innovate and introduce novel disruptive ideas. The end goal remains the same: to create and implement today what other cities will only be doing a decade later.