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Why Employees Training Pays Twice – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1245 Dear Colleagues! This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1245 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: Artem Podrez Credit: Christina Morillo Credit: Yan Krukau Preamble This blogpost is based on a research by Professor Christopher T. Stanton and Professor Miguel Espinosa, forthcoming in the Journal of Political Economy, as reported in Harvard Business School Working Knowledge. Link at the end. Why Employee Training Is Worth Twice What You Think Most organizations calculate the return on training by asking a simple question: did the people we trained get better at their jobs? New research from Harvard Business School suggests that question, while reasonable, captures less than half the story. Companies in the United States spend roughly $1,200 pe...

  New Centralized Role of Pharmacies – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1244 Dear Colleagues! This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1244 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: BYB BYB Credit: Ivan S Credit: Jose Ismael Espinola Preamble This blogpost is based on a discussion with Ms. Nishaminy Kasbekar, Vice President and Chief Pharmacy Officer for University of Pennsylvania Health System. Link at the end. From Dispensers to Decision-Makers: Why Pharmacy Must Be Central to Patient Care For decades, pharmacies were viewed as the final step in the healthcare journey, a place where prescriptions were filled and handed over the counter. Pharmacists were often seen as support staff, working behind the scenes, with limited visibility in patient outcomes. That model is rapidly becoming obsolete. A recent conversation...

  Pakistan Ranking in Happiness Report 2026 – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1243 Dear Colleagues! This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1243 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: Huzaifa Irfan Credit: Waseem Saleem Credit: Zain Islam Preamble This blogpost is based on the Pakistan ranking in the Gallup® World Happiness Report 2026. Why Pakistanis Are Happier Than Expected – And What Still Holds Us Back When global rankings place Pakistan in the lower half of the World Happiness Report, the immediate reaction is often predictable: concern, criticism, or resignation. With an average life evaluation score hovering around 4.8 out of 10 and a ranking near the 100-mark globally, Pakistan does not appear to be a particularly happy country. Yet, beneath these numbers lies a paradox that deserves deeper reflection....

  Gallup® World Happiness Report 2026 – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1242 Dear Colleagues! This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1242 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: August de Richelieu Credit: Jb Jorge Barreto Credit: Pranavsinh Suratia Preamble This blogpost is based on the Gallup® World Happiness Report 2026. Link at the end. The World Happiness Report 2026: What It Reveals About Happiness in a Divided, Digital World In an era defined by technological advancement, economic complexity, and geopolitical uncertainty, one fundamental question remains at the heart of human progress: Are we becoming happier? The latest findings from the World Happiness Report 2026, based on global data from the Gallup World Poll, offer a nuanced and, at times, troubling answer. While some regions continue to thrive in ...

  Child Mortality Progress Slows Down – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1241 Dear Colleagues! This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1241 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: Eddie* Malika Credit: Thato Moiketsi Credit: Greta Hoffman Preamble This blogpost is based on UN reports. Link at the end. A Story of Progress, Now at Risk – 4.9 million Children Under Five Die in 2024 In a world that prides itself on scientific progress, technological breakthroughs, and economic growth, one statistic remains deeply unsettling: millions of children continue to die every year from causes we already know how to prevent. A recent global report highlights a sobering reality, approximately 4.9 million children under the age of five died in 2024, a figure that underscores both progress made and the dangerous slowdown now unde...

  Leadership Guide to Perseverance – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1240 Dear Colleagues! This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1239 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 blogpost is based on the concepts from the best-selling author Seth Godin, as articulated by Daniel Lancaster. Link at the end. The Art of Knowing When to Persist Through the Dip: A Leadership Guide to Smart Perseverance In business, leadership, and life, we are repeatedly told one simple mantra: never quit. Persistence is glorified. Grit is celebrated. Endurance is seen as the defining trait of success. But what if this advice is incomplete? What if success depends not just on persistence, but on knowing when to persist and when to quit? This is the central idea behind what many call “the Dip”, a concept popu...