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Four Mindsets that Sabotage Workplace Well-being – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1276

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Four Mindsets that Sabotage Workplace Well-being – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1276 Dear Colleagues! This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1276 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: Vitaly Gariev Preamble This blog post is based on research by Enoch Li at INSEAD. Link at the end. The Four Mindsets That Sabotage Workplace Well-being Over the past decade, employee well-being has moved from the periphery of management thinking to the center of leadership discussions. Good organizations now invest in wellness programs, mindfulness apps, mental health support, flexible working arrangements, resilience training, and employee assistance programs. Yet despite these efforts, burnout remains widespread, employee engagement remains fragile, and workplace stress continues to rise. This raises an important question. If or...
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Youth Unemployment Despite Good Education – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1275

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Youth Unemployment Despite Good Education – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1275 Dear Colleagues! This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1275 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: Edmond Dantés Credit: Yaroslaw Shuraeva Preamble This blog post is based on several expert opinions. Link at the end. The Lost Opportunity: Why the World Must Act on the Youth Jobs Crisis Around the world, millions of young people are doing what society has always asked them to do. They stay in school. They earn degrees. They acquire skills. They prepare for the future. And then they discover that the future has no place for them. The growing shortage of meaningful employment opportunities for young people is emerging as one of the defining economic and social challenges of our time. What was once considered a temporary transition betwee...
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Investing in Health is Investing in Growth – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1274

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Investing in Health is Investing in Growth – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1274 Dear Colleagues! This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1274 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: Mikhail Nilov Preamble This blog post is based on a CARE International Report. CARE International is a global humanitarian and development NGO fighting global poverty and responding to crises. Operating in over 120 countries, they run programs covering disaster relief, health, education, and climate resilience. Link at the end. Strong Health Systems, Strong Economies: Why Investing in Health Is Investing in Growth For too long, healthcare has been viewed primarily as a social sector expense, a moral obligation to care for the sick, protect the vulnerable, and improve quality of life. While this perspective remains valid, it is increasin...
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HR Monitor 2026 from McKinsey – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1273

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HR Monitor 2026 from McKinsey – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1273 Dear Colleagues! This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1273 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: fauxels Credit: Tima Miroshnichenko Credit: Vitaly Gariev Preamble This blog post is based on McKinsey’s HR Monitor 2026. Link at the end. HR at a Turning Point: Five Lessons from McKinsey's HR Monitor 2026 For decades, Human Resources was often viewed as an administrative function, a department responsible for hiring, payroll, compliance, and annual performance reviews. Today, that perception is rapidly becoming obsolete. Economic uncertainty, demographic shifts, changing employee expectations, and the disruptive force of artificial intelligence are fundamentally reshaping the workplace. In this environment, organizations can no longer afford an HR...
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WHO New Guidelines for Psychological Self-Help – How It Will Be Delivered – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1272

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WHO New Guidelines for Psychological Self-Help – How It Will Be Delivered – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1272 Dear Colleagues! This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1272 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: Tima Miroshnichenko Preamble This blog post is based on a World Health Organization Press Release dated June 1, 2026. Link at the end. How the New Self-Help Will Be Delivered? This is perhaps the most important aspect of WHO's new initiative. The science behind the interventions is already established. The real challenge is delivery at scale. WHO's implementation guide is essentially a blueprint for taking evidence-based psychological skills from academic journals and specialist clinics into villages, schools, refugee camps, workplaces, and primary healthcare centers. The model is often described as a ...
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New WHO Guidelines for Psychological Self-Help – The Model – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post 1271

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New WHO Guidelines for Psychological Self-Help – The Model – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post 1271 Dear Colleagues! This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post 1271 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: Keenan Constance Preamble This blog post is based on a World Health Organization Press Release dated June 1, 2026. Link at the end. Mental Health for Millions: Why WHO's New Self-Help Guide Could Change the Future of Psychological Care Mental health has become one of the defining public health challenges of our time. Anxiety, depression, chronic stress, grief, trauma, loneliness, and emotional exhaustion have become increasingly common across every region of the world. The COVID-19 pandemic exposed existing vulnerabilities, humanitarian crises continue to traumatize communities, and economic uncertainty has added new layer...
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The Next Era of Medicine is Personal – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1270

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The Next Era of Medicine is Personal – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1270 Dear Colleagues! This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1270 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: Gustavo Fring Preamble This blog post is based on an interview with CEO of Moderna Technologies, Mr. Stéphane Bancel. Interview done by McKinsey panel. Link at the end. The Next Era of Healthcare Is Personal: From Treating Diseases to Understanding People For most of modern medical history, healthcare has followed a remarkably consistent model. A patient becomes sick. Symptoms appear, a diagnosis is made, and a treatment is prescribed. The goal has largely been to identify diseases and apply therapies that work for the average patient. That model has delivered extraordinary progress. Vaccines have eradicated deadly infections. Antibiotics hav...
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