In 2026, the country’s democratic transition has coincided with a global geopolitical maelstrom, triggered by the US–Israel attack on Iran. The US’s attempt to decapitate the Iranian leadership and destabilize the regime appears to have…
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A Knowledge Worker’s Guide to Avoiding Technology Distractions
Knowledge workers face numerous challenges, but one of the most damaging is technology-driven distractions. These distractions can significantly lower productivity, impair performance, and derail career aspirations. With the advent and popularization of smartphones and social media platforms, multitasking has become the norm. As we juggle mission-critical tasks alongside WhatsApp messages and emails, the depth and quality of our output suffer, leading to missed deadlines and damaged professional reputations.
Forging Ahead in Uncharted Territory: Staying True to Our Future Selves
Our experiences change us, transform us, and enrich us as human beings with evolving ambitions and desires. It’s important to keep challenging our future selves by trying things that can potentially transform us and our society.
Hiring: The Foundational Duty of Founders
Hiring is the most crucial role for any founding team. Despite the demands of building our businesses, founders and organizational leaders need to prioritize the recruitment process. As the gatekeepers and custodians of our organizational…
Book Review: The Defiant Optimist
I often don’t do book reviews, apart from my annual listing of my best reads. But this one simply couldn’t wait, considering the impact it had on me. The author of ‘The Defiant Optimist’, Dureen, is one of the accomplished Bangladeshis creating waves in the international domain. Her checkered career in investment banking, microfinance, development finance, media, social entrepreneurship, and academia held her in good stead when she founded Impact Investment Exchange (IIX).