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Four Reasons for Considering a New Job – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1075 Dear Colleagues! This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1075 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: Nataliya Vaitkevich Credit: Katrin Bolovtsova Credit: Mikhail Nilov This post is based on a research by Gallup, and compiled by Corey Tatel, Ben Wigert, and Sangeeta Agrawal. Link at the end. Preamble As I often point out, gone are the days when people stuck to the same job for a lifetime, except government employees who wish that the same job should be transferred in their children’s name and continue. Private sector employees are more used to switching jobs, though you still find cases where people even in private sector spend long time/ lifetime in the same organization. The trend is changing, in certain functions more than the others....

Personality Assessment Using AI – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post 1046 Dear Colleagues! This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post 1046 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 our contributions here. Credit: Andy Barbour Credit: Antoni Shkraba Credit: Eden Kefale This post is inspired on an article written by Eliot Gattegno and Nadav Klein, and published in Knowledge by INSEAD. Link at the end. Preamble This post may be considered as an extension of the previous post with particular focus on AI. One opportunity for deploying technology is to assess personality, an individual’s characteristics that remain consistent across different social situations. People with similar personalities will act similarly in important ways. This means that personality information can be used to predict likely matches and mismatches between colleagues who work together in teams, ...

Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1041 Dear Colleagues! This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1041 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 our contributions here. Credit: Bianca Salgado Credit: Mikael Blomkvist Credit: Pavel Danilyuk This blogpost also partakes information from a McKinsey article. Link at the end. Preamble Artificial General Intelligence – AGI – is a theoretical AI system with capabilities that are as good as humans.  AGI refers to an advanced form of artificial intelligence that can perform any intellectual task a human can do, with comparable levels of understanding, reasoning, and adaptability. Unlike current AI systems, which are domain-specific and limited to predefined tasks (narrow AI), AGI would possess general reasoning abilities and the capacity to learn and apply knowledge across a w...

Power of Consonance of Goals – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1020 Dear Colleagues! This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #1020 for Pharma Veterans. Pharma Veterans Blogs are published by Asrar Qureshi on its dedicated site https://pharmaveterans.com. Please email to aq.pharmaveterans@gmail.com for publishing our contributions here. Credit: Polina Zimmerman Preamble All business organizations set goals. Some visualize for one year, some for three or more years, based on the nature of the business. However, plans are reviewed every year and finalized for the year, every year. From the corporate goals, team goals and individual goals are derived. These goals are incorporated into the performance management system running in the organization also.  The observation is that despite this cascade, goals of teams and individuals are not in alignment. And of course, the biggest omission is that customer-related goals are not included in the corporate goals. In recent times, I can say with reasonabl...

Understanding the Internet of Things - IoT – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #966 Dear Colleagues! This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post 966 for Pharma Veterans. Pharma Veterans Blogs are published by Asrar Qureshi on its dedicated site https://pharmaveterans.com. Please email to aq.pharmaveterans@gmail.com for publishing your contributions here. Credit: Anna Shvets Credit: Ivan Bertolazzi Credit: Jakub Zerdzicki Credit: Yücel Özel Help for this article has been taken from a McKinsey article, link at the end. Preamble Pharma Industry is among the slowest in Pakistan to take up new technologies. Even top grossing companies are doing lot of manual operations in all departments, particularly production. This will have to change if the industry is to become more competitive. Competition today is based on efficiency, not just the amount of production done. Being an insider, I understand that there are lots of wastages of all kinds in the operations of any pharma company, which is an entire subject to...

Is Being Passionate About Work Always Good? – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #878 Dear Colleagues!  This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #878 for Pharma Veterans. Pharma Veterans  aims to share knowledge and wisdom from Veterans for the benefit of Community at large. Pharma Veterans Blog is published by Asrar Qureshi on  WordPress, the top blog site. Please email to asrar@asrarqureshi.com for publishing your contributions here. Credit: Amina Filkins Credit: Kindel Media Credit: Liza Summer Understanding Passion for Work Passion for work is a positive emotional state characterized by enthusiasm, motivation, sense of purpose, and commitment. A passionate person displays a strong interest in and enjoyment of one's work, a desire to put in extra effort and go above and beyond expectations, a sense of meaning and connection to one's work, and a strong dedication to fulfilling one's responsibilities and achieving goals. Passion at work may accord several benefits, including but not lim...

Why Are We Trapped in the Inside View – Mostly? – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #877 Dear Colleagues!  This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #877 for Pharma Veterans. Pharma Veterans  aims to share knowledge and wisdom from Veterans for the benefit of Community at large. Pharma Veterans Blog is published by Asrar Qureshi on  WordPress, the top blog site. Please email to asrar@asrarqureshi.com for publishing your contributions here. Credit: Samson Katt Credit: Max Rahubovskiy Credit: Pawet L. Scenario – A new product launch is being worked upon. Since it will be at least among the first three launches of this generic, if not the first, there is an air of secrecy around. Only a select few can know what is happening, even fewer who know the progress in real time. Ironically, they do not realize that it is not very difficult to know which company is working on which new product, unless they are cheating the government. Import data is available from customs department which shows the ...

Emotional Intelligence – Benefits, Limitations and Myths – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #814 Dear Colleagues!  This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #814 for Pharma Veterans. Pharma Veterans welcome sharing of knowledge and wisdom by Veterans for the benefit of Community at large. Pharma Veterans Blog is published by Asrar Qureshi on  WordPress, the top blog site. Please email to asrar@asrarqureshi.com for publishing your contributions here. Photo Credit: cottonbro studio Photo Credit: Julia Larson Photo Credit: Yan Krukau Emotional intelligence (EI) has gained significant attention in recent years as a key factor in personal and professional success. It refers to the ability to understand, manage, and harness emotions effectively. Individuals with high emotional intelligence are equipped with a set of skills that enable them to navigate relationships, make sound decisions, and maintain overall well-being. However, while emotional intelligence offers numerous benefits, it also has it...

Social Media in Our Lives – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #808 Dear Colleagues!  This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #808 for Pharma Veterans. Pharma Veterans welcome sharing of knowledge and wisdom by Veterans for the benefit of Community at large. Pharma Veterans Blog is published by Asrar Qureshi on  WordPress, the top blog site. Please email to asrar@asrarqureshi.com for publishing your contributions here. Photo Credit: August de Richelieu Photo Credit: Andrea Piacquadio Photo Credit: Ketut Subiyanto Photo Credit: Lisa Fotios I n the digital age, social media has become an integral part of our lives, leaving a visible and invisible impact on individuals and society as a whole. It has transformed the way we connect, communicate, and consume information. While social media offers numerous advantages such as enhanced connectivity and access to information, it also poses challenges such as privacy concerns and negative impacts on mental health. Social Media may be categorized in fou...