“Are you ok?” Why it’s so hard to honestly answer that question as a Palestinian living outside Palestine right now* This book was a bedrock for my undergrad dissertation “Faris? That’s a cool name. Where is it from?” “It’s Arabic,” I respond, bracing myself for the next question. “Oh, which part of the Middle East are you from?” “I’m Palestinian” […]
I facilitate because I am Palestinian but being Palestinian has actually moulded me to be a better facilitator Every chair needs an adornment I’m proud to be Palestinian. I’m proud to be a Start-up Founder. I’m proud to be an Expert Facilitator. As I explained in last week’s blog, these 3 things are not a coincidence. […]
Mugs for every occasion In some ways it seems inevitable that my two sisters ended up in the careers that they did. One is a doctor and the other a human rights lawyer and this is no coincidence considering our heritage. What is our heritage? Our parents are Palestinian immigrants to the UK, moving here in the […]
Who writes with a biro nowadays? This is a reprint of a classic blog that I wrote in June 2020 when I first started my company Shiageto Consulting. Enjoy! In this series, I share with you some of the key learnings I have had from my first 6 months of launching my first start-up (Shiageto […]
Lessons on pricing from my cleaner vs how we do pricing for my consulting business This is not the cleaning trolley of my cleaner… It’s not big enough 😂 “And one more thing, Mr Aranki”, said my cleaner at the end of what was now one of her customary monologues that she gave at the end […]
What a way to be carried This is a reprint of a classic blog that I wrote in June 2020 when I first started my company Shiageto Consulting. Enjoy! In this series, I share with you some of the key learnings I have had from my first 6 months of launching my first start-up (Shiageto Consulting) […]
Life as a small business owner: What happens when you email 200 connections asking if there are opportunities to collaborate? Somedays, running a business makes me feel like this giant fish in a sink In many ways the current market feels like there is a recession without there being a recession. It’s been 4 years since […]
The 3 wise men This is a reprint of a classic blog that I wrote in May 2020 when I first started my company Shiageto Consulting. Enjoy! In this series, I share with you some of the key learnings I have had from my first 6 months of launching my first start-up (Shiageto Consulting) and how […]
This picture either makes you smile or your brain to melt :/ This is a reprint of a classic blog that I wrote in May 2020 when I first started my company Shiageto Consulting. Enjoy! In this series, I share with you some of the key learnings I have had from my first 6 months of […]
There’s a famous quote from management guru Peter Drucker that says: “What gets measured, gets managed!” That makes sense and something I’ve definitely noticed in my personal and professional life (interestingly, as a strategist, I realise too few people actually work out what is sufficiently strategically important that they should measure it instead often letting metrics […]
