Writer's Block
Rethinking Symbolic Leadership
Leadership , at its core, is meant to drive progress, inspire teams, and deliver results that move organizations toward a sustainable and thriving future. Yet, according to Narghiza Ergashova, the modern business world finds itself grappling with what she identifies as "ROT Leadership" – a concerning trend where appearances take precedence over substance and long-term value is sacrificed at the altar of shareholder expectations and symbolic success.
By Narghiza Ergashova7 days ago in Writers
Your Surveillance Dossier
Surveillance pricing incorporates large set of data harvested on an individual to price target him or her individually. For example, a price of a burger on your pay day would be higher exclusively for you because you are cash up and more willing to spend
By Narghiza Ergashova7 days ago in Writers
Data Breach - End of Privacy?
When the Optus data breach hit headlines in September 2022, it was impossible to ignore. Over 10 million Australians, myself included, found ourselves caught in the crossfire of one of the country's largest privacy scandals. Sensitive data like driver's licenses and Medicare card details were exposed to cybercriminals, sparking a wave of class actions, media outrage, and questions about the future of cybersecurity.
By Narghiza Ergashova7 days ago in Writers
Name Discrimination in Hiring:
I am a "residential year" student in AGSM (Australian Graduate School of Management) UNSW (University of New South Wales). Residential year is the last year of an MBA journey anyone undertakes with AGSM. The year is designed to bring together the entire cohort for a week across four terms and engage them into group written mini thesis.
By Narghiza Ergashova7 days ago in Writers
Poor Mindset
In her frustrated speech Senator Mehreen Faruqi states that there should be no billionaires in Australia and that having 150 of them is directly related to incremental unfavorable changes in statistical representation of the percentage of the Australian population living below the poverty line. In other words, the 150 of them are the reason why the country is getting poorer not the government itself that runs policies and administers the states that see poor stay poor.
By Narghiza Ergashova7 days ago in Writers
The Centaur of the Centaur
Automating your processes? Hallucinating AI is a terrible co-pilot. It is an "automation blindness" that lead to screening officers meticulously spotting every harmless shampoo bottle on X-rays, while missing nearly every gun and bomb smuggled through their checkpoints.
By Narghiza Ergashova7 days ago in Writers
The Case for Real-World Leadership
I see numerous ads on leadership and promoting leadership through uptake of schooling. There are degrees that focus specifically on honing one’s leaderships skills. This begs the natural question of can you build a leader based entirely on theory?
By Narghiza Ergashova7 days ago in Writers
When performance is measured against curated feed of perfection
Have you been to a performance review that inevitably ends up comparing you to popular Joe, charismatic Jackie or high performing Jack? Most formal performance reviews have sections where employees are compared sideways against peers within and outside their departments. Definition of a “peer” here is largely determined by a line manager who is assumed to have the power of veto to be able to understand the term, its correct application and most importantly the ramifications of its misuse. The review fails to appreciate that the line manager is just another fallible human being with no previous “human psychology” training.
By Narghiza Ergashova7 days ago in Writers
Writers & their ego
Writers have this familiar way of using people. Often it’s premeditated rarely it’s unintentional. We go about casual conversation with an undertone of interrogation because we don’t trust anything with a pulse. We ask the questions, & we want answers in poetry, filled with metaphors & oxymorons, but when you deal with mediocre chitchat, what do we really expect to get?
By tatiana vitas24 days ago in Writers
