Professor Ghassan Aouad is a Lebanese man from a mountain village who has established an academic career rising to PVC Research and Professional Institution President as a muslim leader of a family finding its way in universities of technology in northern English cities. He is now the Chancellor of one of the fastest developing universities in one of the most complex, multi-cultural and diverse environments in UAE in the middle east. This is his story of leadership of innovation and growth in a complex multi-cultural setting addressing issues of social change using multiple forms of intelligence.