Business books may be able to explain why it's important to leverage diverse perspectives, but they tend to be too model-driven to adequately reflect the complexities of the real world. For those insights, especially if you're in a management position, reach for works of fiction.
On the day she appeared in court for the first time in her life, Leena Ghani found it difficult not to squirm in front of the judge. She realised within five minutes that the cushioned seat she was on was infested with bedbugs. You could sit right on the edge of your seat and hope to be spared, or, as she shows me on the day I accompany her to Karachi’s city court in February, you give it a good thump. That was her second lesson. The first: she was dressed entirely inappropriately at that appearance, in a comfortable
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The tattoo is a heart rate line joined to the letters of his hometown Chicago and inked like a black band around his left wrist. Just below, there is another: an outline of baby Simba from
The Lion King. The images embody birth and childhood, and Danny Ramirez once planned to continue the timeline, to run a mural of symbols up his arm, up his life, up until his final breath, when an artist would complete the sleeve with the letters of his last town and a black flatline encircling his shoulder: death.
For now, the 28-year-old’s arm is mostly negative space. Had he filled in the last 20 years, he may have added landmarks from Miami and then Atlanta and then New York and then L.A. There may have been a football or a soccer ball, his first dreams, and then a film camera, his latest dream. This past year, there would certainly be wings. With
Riz Ahmed’s Spirit award could lead him towards an Oscar win on Sunday
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Riz Ahmed’s Spirit award could lead him towards an Oscar win on Sunday
Hollywood star Riz Ahmed is at the top of his game currently as his film Sound of Metal leads him towards several top accolades this awards season.
The Reluctant Fundamentalist actor, 38, after bagging the 2021 Film Independent Spirit Award for best male lead for Sound of Metal, thanked his wife novelist Fatima Farheen Mirza.
Giving his winning speech, he said: Thank you to the Spirit Awards for this incredible honor. I share this with a lot of people, most of all [director] Darius Marder. I love you man, you re crazy. Thank you for your daring and your genius,” he said.