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. Parenthood transforms the way our brains are wired. Definitely for the better, because it doesn’t leave much space for anything…
“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 to see it was someone brown like us. When I told her that he was the first brown prime minister…
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 cake. Why chocolate? Because every five year old loves chocolate. Actually, make that between five and fifty, to take into…
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 time for Eid. Looking back, there is so much to be grateful for. The gift of life, of being with…
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: disruptive innovation. The second talks about management and the panda’s thumb – practices which were developed because they may have…
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 reading it either, but there’s enough on the internet to know what he wants. The key premise he talks about…
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, I know this quite well now after living in Singapore for more than a couple of years now. But I…
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 have been fortunate to experience a relatively lower incidence of infections and mortality have been resuming economic activity. This includes…
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 siege. Well. The good news is that the pandemic is over in India – it may well be one of…
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, I had been warned that a UK Master’s is spread across quite a short time period, so the learning experience…