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…
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. Even in a time like now. Even though the heart wanted, with a yearning unlike previous years, for it to…
The blessed month of Ramadan is here. It has something to teach us about the world caught in this pandemic.
This is my first attempt at maintaining a blog on my website. And what else to start with but COVID-19. Till last week, I felt I will start by talking about my own experience with the virus. But there is better stuff to talk about.
UPDATE: This year, I’ve shifted the blog to my primary website www.asifkhan.in. You can view the updates under Projects, or simply by clicking here. 5 years is a long time. When I started this blog in 2011, it was out of a sense of loneliness. Living alone in a big city wasn’t the best…