That was the answer Abdul Sattar Edhi gave to a question when once asked ‘why must you pick up Christians and Hindus in your ambulance?’ By any stretch of imagination, Abdul Sattar Edhi is an enigma to most people. None of us truly understand him. I often think that Edhi walks a fine line between […]
Companies achieve growth for any number of reasons. The right opportunities at the right time, a solid business plan, qualified and competent human resource, highly efficient systems in place and so forth. But there is something else too; a key ingredient that not only assures growth but which clearly differentiates a company from its competitors. […]
The Wall Street Journal recently carried a (now somewhat infamous in CSR circles) piece by Aneel Karnani, associate professor of strategy at the University of Michigan’s School of Business. Karnani was the author some years ago of a thoughtful and trenchant critique of the ‘Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid’ work of C. K. […]
The soft-spoken, eloquent Kamal Hyat, Founding CEO and MD of the Pakistan Poverty Alleviation Fund (PPAF) recently shared with tbl his thoughts about poverty and our responsibilities in addressing it. His focus is on the people his organization serves to benefit: those in poor communities. He urges everyone to spend time with the people in […]
