Every employee nowadays is a few days away from being ‘giged’, or ‘graduated’, particularly the person who is making the decision, as workflows in packages such as data, across screens to numerous geographies. The nature of ‘re-working’ will differ in each place.

#futureofwork

Fading skill archives of the non-digital.

I went into an emotional state watching Uncle ply his fading craft of restoring my torn leather slippers as if time were invoked from the past.

#clementiboy

The difference between venture building vis-a-vis business development and pure growth is asking the question- for what growth, the ‘so what question’ is critical as there is a journey after the ‘lead’ and before the lead too, the infrastructure that are mobilized for the lead to sprout into the sale, needs a software reboot, a new culture and sometimes a new product which reconfigures the organization.

Venture Building and Ecosystem Generation operates at different scales and velocities, it needs the fine print as excellence however needs a sprint into the future, to create the present. Venture Builders know the vision, as they create the delivery channels as well to match the lead. Venture creation is about moving the discourse forward with a dual value capture trajectory, the immediate sale, and the state of the nation of the venture five years down the line. So What problem are we solving moves to what future we need to create to remediate the present chaos, is often the mindset shift that quotidian business development is unequipped for.

#growth

Ideas generated through research are highly scalable; from an essay to a white paper to a startup pitch to a grant application to a white space, the possibilities are numerous, however the potency depends on the risk appetite and the ability to execute. #startups

Chana chawal aur punjabi style paneer from a food court stall beside Mustafa, Kaka Da Dhaba- a non-descript place popular with migrant workers from Amritsar is satisfying on a different scale.

When I look at my life from a mobilities lens, it makes perfect sense as movement is made normal rather than staying at one place. I was viewing my journey from a ‘static’ perspective.

#ESG is the energy to recreate entire business models to align society and the low carbon paradigm with quality of life in mind. It is not merely a risk abatement framework, it is not that constipated in thinking

We have a bewildering amount of content available at a tap of a smartphone screen. In my pro-bono coaching work with young professionals and start up founders, i often sense a loss of language about a direction for the future. The template from our parents’ generation of a few jobs across a lifetime is no longer valid, as every job is projectized and line item budgeted. This is contributing to a sense of frustration even among the Oxon educated as career services are staffed with Counsellers and not job creators.

The issue is too much information, where are professionals are looking at person specific tailored solutions looking at the short term and the long term. If Facebook can create custom interfaces for each user based on our likes and shares, then the need is for job creators themselves to go out to the job seeker to go and tell stories that connect rather than job posts on LinkedIn and job boards which need a peculiar cv to pass through the filters predetermined by algorithms.

The job market is increasingly skill based and academics with PhDs are disconnected with the right skills that are needed. They are amazing for courses that are focused on fundamentals, but most young graduates seek a ROI on the crazy amounts of tuition paid to the university. The key is in connecting the graduate to the job market through internships as soon as possible. For older professionals seeking a pivot, should seek reskilling as a long-term priority as skills are not built overnight. Doing a couple of MOOCs does not make you valuable but building a skill that is needed often at the interface of two or three sub-disciplines.

Careers anchored in solving meta problems such as Climate Change will have various jobs at different points of their lives. The lack of mentoring is leading many careers going astray as the old playbook is almost obsolete. The clarity if achieved early in the career leads to creating options, which leads to resilience.

Young professionals can author an essay well, but they lack knowledge in seeking the right job, the calling which is needed and not all knowledge is on the web. Seek wisdom stuck in the heads of battle-hardened investors and founders. Podcasts convey success stories not when they encountered a bankruptcy.

Reinvention should be a must thought skill in school or otherwise. Think of a Vir Sanghvi when thinking about career pivots. We need to understand the hidden transcript of jobs which is not taught at university.

Dubai makes happen what postcolonial could have looked like with Dr Palash, Faisal Kapadia and James sing together at the #Expo2020

Expo2020Dubai is a revelation for its concerts, that are live!