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Eid ul Fitr 1446/ 2025 – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1087 Dear Colleagues! This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1087 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: Mohammed Alim Credit: Omar Alsharawy Credit: Thirdman Prayers, Wishes, Felicitations, and Celebrations on Eid ul Fitr Certainly, Eid brings excitement and happiness. Although in this time and place, the reasons for happiness are becoming more and more elusive.  The world generally has become a dangerous place, much more dangerous for the weak. The rule of power and force and the philosophy of might is right has taken roots firmly. We are the weak ones, and we pay heavily due to it. Closer to home, law and order has crumbled, and people are under severe threats of all kinds. The law enforcement agencies cannot be entirely blamed because the quantum of ...

Global Fertility Crisis 3 – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1086 Dear Colleagues! This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1086 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: Aa Dil Credit: cottonbro studio Credit: Ketut Subiyanto Preamble While population growth is alarming for the countries and the world at large, this is one side of the picture. An even more alarming situation is the falling birth rate which has gone down drastically low.  I am discussing this matter through drawing material from a recent McKinsey report along with articles from various other sources. Links at the end. Support Ratios Will Continue to Fall The world shall become more and more youth-scarce, which means that the number of workers per senior will fall.  Support ration is the number of people of working age relative to senior citizen...

Global Fertility Crisis 2 – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1085 Dear Colleagues! This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1085 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: Jimmy Chan Credit: Mumtahina Tanni Credit: Sam Rana Preamble While population growth is alarming for the countries and the world at large, this is one side of the picture. An even more alarming situation is the falling birth rate which has gone down drastically low.  I am discussing this matter through drawing material from a recent McKinsey report along with articles from various other sources. Links at the end. Reasons for Declining Birth Rate Falling birth rates across the world are driven by a combination of social, economic, technological, and cultural factors. Here are the key reasons globally. Pakistan has a different situation due to major...

Global Fertility Crisis 1 – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1084 Dear Colleagues! This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1084 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: Daisy Laparra Credit: Muqtada Mohsen Preamble During the last census, the digital census as it was called, Pakistan population was estimated at over 240 million. More importantly, population growth was found to be 2.5% across the country, while Balochistan had 3.5% population growth. These figures were presented as alarming because our country could not afford such high growth. Regional comparison put India at 1.7% and Bangladesh at 1.9%. However, in all these statistics, there was no calculation of average number of children per family, which also means how many children a woman shall have during her entire number of fertile years. While population gro...

Edgar Schein’s Management Lessons – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1083 Dear Colleagues! This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1083 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. Kampus Production Credit: Mikhail Nilov Preamble Edgar H. Schein was a social psychologist who bridged the academic and pragmatic sides of culture and organization by practicing his own tenets on humble leadership and inquiry. He passed away on January 2025 at the age of 94. Schein, who was the Society of Sloan Fellows professor of management emeritus at MIT Sloan, joined the school in 1956, when it was still known as the MIT School of Industrial Management. During his 67-year tenure, Schein authored dozens of books on social science subjects including career dynamics, organization culture, group dynamics, and interpersonal interactions. His three-tiere...

The Power of Organizational Culture – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1082 Dear Colleagues! This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1082 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: Kindel Media Credit: Mikhail Nilov Credit: Theo Decker Preamble Organizational culture is one of the most significant yet often overlooked aspects of business success. It shapes how employees interact, influences decision-making, and determines how companies respond to challenges and opportunities. In an era where businesses must constantly adapt to rapid changes, culture is no longer a soft aspect of the organization—it is a strategic imperative. In this article, I would explore the definition of organizational culture, its impact on hiring, its role in strategy making, and why it should serve as a guiding force rather than a restrictive barr...

50 Years of Work and Counting – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1081 Dear Colleagues! This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1081 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: cottonbro studio Credit: Pavel Danilyuk Credit: Polina Tankilevitch Prologue I had published a blog post titled ‘42 years and counting’ in 2017. I started counting from April 1975 but later my good old friend, the very well recognized Trainer and Coach, Javed Akhtar corrected me. Since we both started at the same time, he reminded that we actually started in February 1975. Counting from there, we have completed 50 years of working, Alhamdulillah. We both are still working enthusiastically. Given below are excerpts from the post mentioned above, with some additions. The Beginning From February 1975 till now; long journey; and very happening. I joined...

Evolution of HR Functions – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1080 Dear Colleagues! This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1080 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 EqualStock IN Credit: Ron Lach Preamble The role of Human Resource (HR) managers has undergone a dramatic transformation over the past two decades. Once primarily seen as administrative professionals handling payroll, compliance, and hiring, HR managers have now become strategic business partners, culture architects, and drivers of digital transformation. This shift has been fueled by technological advancements, evolving workplace expectations, globalization, and a stronger emphasis on employee experience.   From Administrative to Strategic HR Long before, HR used to be Personnel Division which only did documentation of hiring,...

Pharma Marketing Over Decades– Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1079 Dear Colleagues! This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1079 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: Leeloo The First Credit: Mikael Blomkvist Credit: Timur Saglambilek Preamble Pharmaceutical marketing worldwide has undergone a radical transformation over the past two decades, driven by technological advancements, regulatory changes, shifting patient expectations, and evolving healthcare dynamics. From traditional sales-driven models to digital, data-driven, and patient-centric approaches, the industry has adapted to a rapidly changing landscape. In Pakistan, last three decades have also seen major changes, however, these are not related to technology mostly. I would keep my focus on marketing part, not other areas of pharmaceutical industry. Shift...