GenAI helped me with an image of a panda dwelling over failure whilst everyone around him is cheerful It’s the morning of the first working Monday of 2024 and I have chosen to spend it writing my first blog of the year, but what should the topic be? This time of year there’s a lot written about […]
Shiageto is like this puppy; exhausted after the year we’ve had but excited for our growth next year 😊 It’s the final day of 2023 and it’s at this time of year that people reflect on how their year has panned out. For me, the founder of an innovative consulting firm that specialises on strategic effectiveness, it’ […]
How much for a coffee?? There are times when my culture and my business sense clash None more so than when it comes to paying for meals and coffees. Why is this a thing? As a start-up founder, who also happens to be single, I go for a lot of coffees and meals; either they are as part of […]
Start-up life in the time of Corona/recession, Lesson 8: Life and Happiness AI did not help with creating this picture This is a reprint of a classic blog that I wrote in July 2020 when I first started my company Shiageto Consulting. Enjoy! In this series, I share with you some of the key learnings I […]
EQ reflections: We all set the tone for the conversations we are about to have; we just don’t necessarily realise it Today I wrote 2 birthday cards; both were blank inside so I could have written absolutely anything. What I wrote really influenced the conversation that followed and that’s the same in life Did you know that […]
What shall I click on next? 🤔 It’s Sunday and I’m staring at my inbox; there’s not many messages to go through but even so I can’t be bothered; my heart’s just not in it. Still, I tell myself if you don’t reply then you’ll never make any progress on your goal and this is important to you. […]
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 […]
