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Women’s Health – The Untapped Opportunity – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1062 Dear Colleagues! This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1062 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: Cnordic Nordic credit: MART Production Credit: Tima Miroshnichenko Credit: Yan Krukau This post is based on a McKinsey Report. Link at the end. Preamble Most top pharma companies derive more than 60 percent of their revenue from therapies for diseases that affect women uniquely, differently, or disproportionately. Despite significant strides in medicine, women's health remains an underexplored and underfunded sector. Many health concerns that disproportionately affect women are not sufficiently researched or addressed. Conditions such as endometriosis, polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), and various reproductive cancers receive a fraction o...

Five AI Trends to Watch in 2025 (and Beyond) – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1061 Dear Colleagues! This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1061 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: Brett Sayles Credit: Christina Morillo Credit: Ron Lach This post is inspired by an article by Rob Howard of https://innovatingwithai.com and PWC report. Link at the end. Preamble I keep returning to the topic of AI because it is the most happening field right now and shall remain so for the next several years.  According to PWC (Price Waterhouse Cooper) global report, Artificial Intelligence shall cause to increase global GDP by 14% in 2030. This will be the equivalent of additional $15.7 trillion. The report highlights that: • Labor productivity improvements will drive initial GDP gains as firms seek to augment the productivity of ...

Four Timeless Leadership Traits – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1060 Dear Colleagues! This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1060 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: Cedric Fauntleroy Kampus Production Credit: Lubomir Satko Credit: Natanael Alves Bezerra This post is inspired by an article by Marcel Schwantes, Executive Coach, Speaker and Author. Link at the end. Preamble Leadership is a subject which has invited opinions, observations, and deep thinking by hundreds of people across various ages. From small town leadership to country leadership, and from first line managers to CEOs, leadership means differently in different role. We focus mainly on corporate management which is our core subject.  Too many traits have been identified, suggested, and recommended for leaders to cover every aspect of leadership. Mo...

Navigation Plan for CEOs and Top Executives 2 – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1059 Dear Colleagues! This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1059 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: Kampus Production Credit: Mikhail Nilov Preamble This is in continuation with the previous post. The key information and excerpts are taken from McKinsey article. Link at the end. #3 – Leadership Mobilization Checklist • Team Composition – Is my senior team the right size, comprising people with complementary skills and characterized by an ‘enterprise first’ mind? Tough question. A group of high performers becomes truly effective only when its members’ skills complement one another. If it is so, then the overall performance will be bigger than the sum of individual performances. When Asher-Topilsky became the CEO of IDB bank, it was un...

Navigation Plan for CEOs and Top Executives – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1058 Dear Colleagues! This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1058 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: Rene Terp Credit: Tima Miroshnichenko Preamble I am very impressed with the quality and range of work done by McKinsey &Co. The reports and articles generated by them are par excellence. They have published a great article in November last year in which they drilled down the learning taken from in-depth interviews of many of the most successful CEOs of current times and converted it into a checklist of 18 questions, of which every CEO should have the answers. These questions are spread across 6 dimensions.  I would like to take this checklist and apply it to senior executives rather than CEO alone. In our pharma organizations, emplo...

Issues with Leadership Development Programs – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1057 Dear Colleagues! This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1057 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: Alax Matias Credit: Chu Chup Hinh Credit: Mustapha Damilola This blog post in based on a McKinsey article published ten years ago in January 2014 but is still very relevant. Link at the end. I have added my own point of view based on Pakistan experience.  Preamble Every organization of substance and character spends money on leadership development programs. US companies alone spend almost $14 billion annually on leadership development. Most universities offer degrees and courses in leadership development even in Pakistan. Elitist institutions in Pakistan may charge 1.5 million for a two-week management development program while a top bu...

Final Stage of Adult Development – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1056 Dear Colleagues! This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1056 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: Orhan Pergel Credit: Sen R Preamble The Self-Transforming Mind, or the Fifth Order of Consciousness, represents the pinnacle of Robert Kegan’s Constructive-Developmental Theory. This stage signifies a profound ability to step beyond the frameworks, assumptions, and identities constructed in earlier stages to see oneself and the world as fluid, interconnected systems. Here, individuals engage in constant reflection, balancing competing perspectives, and embracing complexity without needing to resolve it into a singular or definitive viewpoint.   This stage is relatively rare and typically achieved by individuals in late adulthood—if ever—due t...

Third and Fourth Stages of Adult Development – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1055 Dear Colleagues! This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1055 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 Credit: PNW Production ENESFILM Bill Salazar Preamble In Robert Kegan's Constructive-Developmental Theory, the Socialised Mind, or the Third Order of Consciousness, represents a pivotal stage where individuals move from a self-centered perspective (as seen in the earlier Imperial Mind) to one defined by external influences and relationships. This stage is common in adolescence and adulthood, reflecting the influence of social roles, norms, and interpersonal connections on one’s sense of identity and meaning-making. Transition to the Third Stage – The Socialised Mind   As individuals mature, life experiences suc...

First and Second Stages of Adult Development – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1054 Dear Colleagues! This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1054 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: Chup Chup Hinh Credit: German TR Credit: Luna Lovegood Credit: nappy Preamble Robert Kegan's Constructive-Developmental Theory is a framework describing how individuals construct meaning and navigate the world throughout their lives. The five-stages of adult development is an important subject. Therefore, it is worthwhile to see it in more detail. In this post, we look at the first two stages: impulsive mind, and imperial mind. The Impulsive Mind – Robert Kegan’s First Stage of Development   The Impulsive Mind, also called the First Order of Consciousness, represents the earliest stage in this developmental process. It primarily c...