2023 Week 4 – Struck by strike
My kids’ school is closed tomorrow because the teachers are on strike. With the way things are across the UK, this was only a matter of time. I can’t think of any public service that…
2023 Week 3 – No Logo, contd.
Note – I’ve still been thinking about some of the questions which No Logo left me with. So I am going to cheat a bit and build upon last week’s post to add some more…
2023 Week 2 – No Logo
It’s been more than twenty years since No Logo was first published. I finally read my copy more than a decade after purchasing it, during which it travelled with me as I moved between four…
2023 Week 1 – Resolutions
I don’t recall the last time I made resolutions in a new year. As far as I can remember, I never have. Although TBH, my memory doesn’t stretch much beyond the past 6 years.…
A matter of representation
“We have a third prime minister?” Yes, and I showed her his photograph. “Oh, okay”. For a soon to be six years old, it didn’t really mean anything to my daughter…
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…