Month: March 2021

As is mentioned in the Adam Grant book “Think Again,” if we don’t look back at ourselves a year ago and say, “Wow, I understand that topic so much better today than I did a year ago,” then we are not learning fast enough.

Although the pandemic has brought crisis to people around the world, for Sudan, crisis was the norm even before we heard of Covid-19. For a bit of historical context, Sudan was placed under US economic sanctions in 1997. The sanctions were lifted in 2017, with no effect on the life of Sudanese people because the country was also on the list of State Sponsors of Terrorism since 1993. Sudan was removed from the SST in December 2020. The sanctions and SST list meant that Sudan was cut-off from the…

If the pace, abruptness, and unpredictability of change during the global pandemic has you hoping for a chance to catch your breath, MIT Sloan Professor of the Practice Bill Aulet has a word of caution. “The world never will be slower than it is today,” he says. “That’s a fundamental state of affairs that entrepreneurs must embrace if they are to thrive in the midst of—and most certainly beyond—this current global crisis.”