Birthday cakes and design process learnings
Last week, I baked a birthday cake for my daughter. I enjoy cooking but I haven’t really tried my hand a lot at baking. So I picked up the easiest sounding recipe for a chocolate…
Ramadan Mubarak 1442H
This time last year, I had been discharged from the hospital and had spent 2 weeks in isolation waiting for my “double negative” test results. By then, all I wanted was to be home in…
2021 | Week 10
There is a series of three lectures by Clayton Christensen which he delivered at Said Business School a few years ago. In the first one, unsurprisingly, he discusses the theory he is best known for:…
2021/Week 9
Bill Gates has released his green manifesto in the book “How to Avoid a Climate Disaster”. I haven’t read it yet and I am fairly confident that I won’t be able to come around to…
2021/Week 7
Gong Xi Fa Cai Not sure how it is in the part of the world you live in, but where I am, Chinese New Year is the biggest social event on the calendar. Of course,…
2021/Week 6
In the near future of work, to what extent do we see employers being liable for ensuring employee health and well-being? The world is still in the throes of the pandemic, but some parts which…
2021/Week 5
January is over. Capitol Hill got stormed but America has a new president now. Back home, some said that the protesting farmers rampaging Red Fort on Republic Day was a repeat of the Capitol Hill…
Officially, a LSE graduate now
I’m officially a LSE graduate now, Alhamdulillah. It took 18 years for me to go back to school for a Master’s degree, and what a time to have chosen to study Social Innovation. Before joining,…
Eid in the Time of Pandemic
The month of Ramadan has left us. Everyone says this every year, and I say it again: Of all the months, this has always been and will remain the one which passes by the quickest.…