Using your PhD in a non-academic job
Whether or not you remain an academic, the training and insights from your PhD serve you well in achieving your world-changing aspirations
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Information seeking behaviour of a policy advisor
People whose networks span structural holes have early access to diverse, often contradictory, information and interpretations, which gives them a competitive advantage in seeing good ideas. To be sure, ideas come over a variety of paths from a variety of sources …, but idea generation at some point involves someone moving knowledge from this group…
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Don’t call me Migrant or Asian but who do you say I am?
Finding a safe house to explore shifting identities.
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Belonging, longing to be
If there is a theme for my 2019 work life, it would be transition. And not just moving from one job to another, but from one city to another, from one work culture to another. Through these transitions, I have journalled my responses to having (and not having) a sense of belonging and fitting into…
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Living and thriving with labels: A journey towards cultural intelligence
What’s your label? I have three: the ‘international’, the ‘migrant, and the ‘advisor’.