Found in Translation

  We didn’t immediately notice the man sitting on the wooden bench in the shade of a burgeoning fig tree. It was a hot day and he was hunched over a book, diligently reading and writing notes. We had just emerged enthralled by the glory of the Golestan Palace, the nostalgia, and the bygone days…

Finding the New Project Management

It took Nur Hasyimah Mohd. Afandi, known as Syima, just 30 minutes to complete her Green Project Management (GPM) online examination. The allocated time was 3 hours. This petite bundle of enthusiasm, Head of Corporate Services at LW’s collaborative partner ThinkPlus, had taken a week to revise her GPM Reference Guide to Sustainable Project Management.…

Warrior Workout

An evocative, soulful sound rose above the hypnotic beat of a single drum. The Morshed (master) began the session by performing epic and Gnostic poems on a Zarb (goblet drum). His voice is as haunting as the photographic panoply lining the interior walls. Muscular men, from throughout history, proud in posed pictures. We had stumbled…