The Queens of Creativity: A True(ish) Story

The Queens of Creativity: A True(ish) Story

“Here, put these on.” Queen Farah said, handing Rahma a pair of dusty slippers. “You can’t see because of the white floor but there’s porcelain dust everywhere. It gets on everything.” With her feet suitably shielded Rahma stepped through the archway into the creative wonderland of Queen Farah Hernandez’s ceramics studio. Pots of all sizes…

Clinical Pharmacist Maiya Ahmed on Reframing Disasters and Learning on the Job

Clinical Pharmacist Maiya Ahmed on Reframing Disasters and Learning on the Job

“I just have so many ideas for what I want to do. It’s hard to contain myself and just focus on one at a time” Maiya Ahmed lights up when she talks about her business. Global Allied Solutions offers consulting and training in clinical pharmacy but her plans for the future don’t stop there. “I…

Design Thinking vs Lean Startup; If You Build it, Will They Come?

Design Thinking vs Lean Startup; If You Build it, Will They Come?

Traditionally, a business would build a product and hope to find customers who want to buy it. Aggressive marketing tactics would hook consumers who, faced with few other choices, would respond accordingly. The company would corner the market and move on to building the next product. While many organisations built their reputations in this way,…

Are You Building a Personal Brand That’s as Powerful as Yourself?

Are You Building a Personal Brand That’s as Powerful as Yourself?

The Power of Personal Branding Personal branding is about covering your authentic and unique self by allowing you to be the person you are meant to be. It’s more about building credibility as your target audience wants to know that you can do what you say you are going to do. It’s worth to note…

A Deep Dive: 3 Steps to Building Your Most Powerful Personal Brand

A Deep Dive: 3 Steps to Building Your Most Powerful Personal Brand

Let me start by saying I’m not writing as an expert in this post. Future Females announced this theme and I thought: … [nothing]. Don’t get me wrong, I do think personal branding is very important. But when I look at myself I’m right in the middle, still figuring it out. So for this blog…