Face-off
Putting people at the heart of innovation
Innovator, co-founder, investor. These three titles don't necessarily do justice to the person we are meeting. Donning a mischievous smile throughout the interview, Abdur Chowdhury, former Chief Scientist of Twitter and Co-founder of Aura Frames, talks about his plans, passions, and most importantly what brings him to Dhaka.
The data-driven future is here
Next Step speaks to Cramstack, a data company with its very own business intelligence and analytics platform, about the data revolution in Bangladesh.
The single biggest driver of success is challenge
Stephen Filotas, Group Head of Route-to-Market and Customer Management, has spent what he calls “15 very short years” at British American Tobacco (BAT). He shares the biggest lessons he's learned over the years with Next Step during his visit to Bangladesh.
From professorship to politics
Next Step talks to Kathleen Gertrud Ferrier, former Dutch Member of Parliament and visiting professor at AUW, about her career in politics, social aid and teaching.
THE SECRET TO ACING THE CULINARY ARTS
Currently a judge of Rupchanda-The Daily Star Super Chef, Chef Daniel has worked in places all over the world, including U.A.E, Bahrain, and India.
THE STORY OF EDUTUBE
There are multiple EdTech startups that have amassed quite a bit of popularity in Bangladesh. Edutube is certainly one of the underrated top few.
RESILIENCE PERSONIFIED
With the passing of International Women’s Day, Next Step spoke to one of the most inspiring women figures at BAT Asia Pacific – Belinda Ross, Regional Head of Legal & External Affairs.
GROUPM: DRIVING EXCELLENCE IN BANGLADESH'S MEDIA INDUSTRY
Closeup, Lux, Horlicks. Behind these brands' success in resonating with the audience is GroupM, a one-stop media solution. Executive Director Morshed Alam shares GroupM's star-studded journey throughout its 17 years of operation.
Sheba.xyz: Taking the service industry by storm
Starting from plumbing, electrical and IT services to managing chefs, chauffeurs and security personnel, Sheba.xyz has it all! We caught up with the ever enthusiastic CEO, Adnan Imtiaz Halim.
Redefining 'win-win': Youth in social business
With the third season of Social Business Youth Summit (SBYS) 2016 knocking at the door, Shazeeb M Khairul Islam, Founder & President of Social Business Youth Alliance-Global (SBYA) tells us why it is the must-attend conference of the season.
What real estate has to offer
Next Step caught up with Sadat Hossain Salim, a prominent figure in the country's real estate arena and advisor to Rupayan Group, to talk about the real estate market and its career scope.
Never back down
Managing people is a challenging task in any business. What makes it even more daunting is diversity, trying to manage different people who are very different from each other. To find out how this challenging task is done, we caught up with someone who has no trouble managing the talent of one of the largest multi-nationals in the world: Giovanni Giordano, Director of Group Human Resources at British American Tobacco (BAT).
Nurturing home-grown talent
A data science enthusiast and Lecturer at NSU, K. M. Saqiful Alam talks to Next Step about his projects and the future of education in Bangladesh.
Jugaad: The budget approach to innovation
We recently interviewed Dr. Jaideep Prabhu, Jawaharlal Nehru Professor of Business and Enterprise at Cambridge University and a leading researcher of Jugaad—a frugal and flexible approach to innovation—to talk about why innovation knows no boundaries and how it is evolving every day.
The 10 million connection
This year Synergy Global.co, a team from Bangladesh won the Shanghai Regional Round of the Hult Prize, defeating 45 teams from top business schools.
Weaving a career in RMG
With over 30 years of experience in the RMG industry, Md. Moshiul Azam Shajal, former Director of BGMEA & Managing Director of Posmi Sweaters, gives us the scoop on how rewarding this industry can be career-wise.
Going international: Cambridge's plans for Bangladesh
In conversation with Guy Chapman, Deputy Director, International Network at Cambridge International Examinations
Management in the fast lane
We caught up with the Head of HR of Bangladesh Express Ltd., licensee of FedEx Corp, to get to know more about this fast paced business sector.