Topics discussed

• Openness to experience: taking opportunities and learning along the way
• How to manage different stakeholders in a project
• The role of a leader in technical projects
• Learning and growth are processes that never end
  

Questions asked

• 0:58 What were you doing before getting into technology?
• 6:22 Tell us a little bit about your opportunity at the UN?
• 20:00 Do you think the translation you make in real lime really helps in terms of clarifying your thinking and your communication?
• 23:01 How did you start working with the UN?
• 34:52 Were there lessons in leadership in your view from cricket?
• 40:29 How did you convince your wife about the UN transition?
• 51:51 Why do you say you were not a good project manager?
  

Quotable

• 2:08 “Telling yourself ‘you’re not ready, wait for it, and get yourself perfect’ is the wrong way to go” —Hasan Anjum
• 5:14 “You understand your strengths and weaknesses at the moment, take on an opportunity and learn as you go” —Hasan Anjum
• 33:17 “Money is a really short-term motivator for leadership because it’s a really hard job” —Andrew Ramsden
• 33:37 “One of the principles of being a leader is to share the spotlight” —Hasan Anjum
• 41:28 “It is important to look at the challenges we have in our lives as opportunities” —Hasan Anjum
• 43:14 “When you get into leadership roles, it’s all political” —Hasan Anjum
• 53:58 “As a leader, you have to improve the average rating of the entire team” —Hasan Anjum
• 55:10 “If you can make yourself redundant, then you are free to move on to the next big thing” —Andrew Ramsden
• 1:17:15 “Leadership is not only exercised at the top level” —Hasan Anjum