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Leading Change Without a Roadmap – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1261

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Leading Change Without a Roadmap – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1261 Dear Colleagues! This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1261 for Pharma Veterans. Pharma Veterans Blogs are published by Asrar Qureshi on its dedicated site https://pharmaveterans.com. Please email to pharmaveterans2017@gmail.com  for publishing your contributions here. Credit: Alexas fotos Preamble This blog post is based on insights from an article by Chengyi Lin and Michael Y. Lee of INSEAD. The article appeared in INSEAD Knowledge on May 6,2026. Link at the end. Leading Change Without a Roadmap: How Great Organizations Move Forward When the Path Does Not Exist Leaders love roadmaps. Roadmaps create comfort. They suggest predictability, sequence, control, and certainty. They reassure boards, calm executives, and make transformation feel manageable. But what happens when the roadmap does not exist? What happens when the challenge is so new, so complex, and so uncertain that no benchmark, no precedent, and no proven fr...
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Building Psychological Safety for High Performing Teams – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1260

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Building Psychological Safety for High Performing Teans – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1260 Dear Colleagues! This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1260 for Pharma Veterans. Pharma Veterans Blogs are published by Asrar Qureshi on its dedicated site https://pharmaveterans.com. Please email to pharmaveterans2017@gmail.com  for publishing your contributions here. Credit: Capture View Credit: Emre Gencer Preamble This blog post is based on insights from a discussion published in the Harvard Business School, Working Knowledge, between Professor Amy C. Edmondson, and Kara Baskin. Link at the end. Harvard Business School Professor Amy C. Edmondson coined the term “team psychological safety” in the 1990s to describe work environments where candor is expected and where employees can speak up without fear of retribution. When employees feel psychologically safe, they’re empowered to iterate and take risks, leading to better team performance.   The Silent Superpower of High-Performing Teams: P...
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WHO Prequalifies First Ever Malaria Treatment for Newborns and Infants – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1259

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  WHO Prequalifies First Ever Malaria Treatment for Newborns and Infants – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1259 Dear Colleagues! This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1259 for Pharma Veterans. Pharma Veterans Blogs are published by Asrar Qureshi on its dedicated site https://pharmaveterans.com. Please email to pharmaveterans2017@gmail.com  for publishing your contributions here. Preamble The WHO prequalified Coartem Baby in April 2026 as a malaria treatment designed for infants weighing 2–5 kg (4.4–11 lb). These sweet cherry-flavored, dissolvable tablets treat acute, uncomplicated malaria, addressing a gap in neonatal care. The drug has been developed by Novartis and Medicines for Malaria Venture and is designed for distribution in high-risk areas.  The drug contains artemether and lumefantrine. The combination is not new as such; it has been in use for children and adults for many years. However, the use in newborns and infants was not qualified and relevant dosage forms were no...
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Cost of Incentives to Work Life Balance – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1258

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Cost of Incentives to Work Life Balance – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1258 Dear Colleagues! This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1258 for Pharma Veterans. Pharma Veterans Blogs are published by Asrar Qureshi on its dedicated site https://pharmaveterans.com. Please email to pharmaveterans2017@gmail.com  for publishing your contributions here. Credit: Ketut Subiyanto Preamble This post is based on insights taken from Harvard Business School Working Knowledge article by Ashley V. Whillans and Rachel Kim Rackza. Link at the end. When Incentives Redefine Priorities: A Pharma Industry Perspective on Bonuses, Performance, and Life The pharmaceutical industry is built on precision, compliance, and performance. From sales targets to regulatory milestones, from product launches to market share growth, everything is measured, tracked, and rewarded. And rightly so. In a high-stakes industry where outcomes impact both business and patient lives, performance matters. But beneath this structured sys...
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Organizational Best Practices Supporting Mental Health in the Workplace, Seven Principles, and Carolyn Mattingly Award – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1257

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Organizational Best Practices Supporting Mental Health in the Workplace, Seven Principles, and Carolyn Mattingly Award – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1257 Dear Colleagues! This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1257 for Pharma Veterans. Pharma Veterans Blogs are published by Asrar Qureshi on its dedicated site https://pharmaveterans.com. Please email to pharmaveterans2017@gmail.com  for publishing your contributions here. Credit: Anna Tarazevich Credit: Ketut Subiyanto Credit: Timur Weber Preamble & Introduction This post is based on a research article published in the Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. Authors: Wu, Ashley MHS; Roemer, Enid Chung PhD; Kent, Karen B. MPH; Ballard, David w. PsyD, MBA; Goetzel, Ron Z. PhD. Link at the end. The mental health and well-being of employees have become an increasing concern among employers, especially in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. According to a survey conducted during the COVID-19 pandemic, workers reported an increa...
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The Global Waste Crisis – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1256

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The Global Waste Crisis – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1256 Dear Colleagues! This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1256 for Pharma Veterans. Pharma Veterans Blogs are published by Asrar Qureshi on its dedicated site https://pharmaveterans.com. Please email to pharmaveterans2017@gmail.com  for publishing your contributions here. Credit: Kelly Credit:Kings Studio Cedit: Mumtahina Tanni Preamble This post is based on an article in Development Aid Digest. The article is contributed by Daniil Filipenco. Link at the end. The Global Waste Crisis: What Our Trash Reveals About Our Future Every day, without much thought, we throw things away. A plastic bottle. Food leftovers. Packaging. Old electronics. What disappears from our homes does not disappear from the world. It accumulates. And today, that accumulation has reached a scale that is no longer just an environmental issue, it is a global systems crisis. Recent global waste statistics reveal a stark reality: the world is producing more waste ...
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Courageous Conversations – Why Leadership Today Requires Both Heart and Spine – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1255

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Courageous Conversations – Why Leadership Today Requires Both Heart and Spine – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1255 Dear Colleagues! This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1255 for Pharma Veterans. Pharma Veterans Blogs are published by Asrar Qureshi on its dedicated site https://pharmaveterans.com. Please email to pharmaveterans2017@gmail.com  for publishing your contributions here. Credit: Alena Darmel Credit: Aathif Arifeen Preamble This post is based on a recent McKinsey Article by Kurt Strovnik, Meagan Hill, and Mike Carson. Link at the end. I read the latest ideas in management thinking and share these here because the world around us is changing fast and our managers cannot keep sticking to old, traditional methods of management, which are mostly based on coercion, threats, and quick firing of their subordinates. It is time these practices are changed. These blogposts are aimed at bringing what are the latest, evidence-based ideas. Happy Reading. Courageous Conversations: Why Leader...
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