“Most of the things in life follow the 80/20 rule. 20% of the works require 80% effort and vice versa.”
— An Associate, pi STRATEGY
7:00AM
Wake up, check and respond to email from my phone.
8:30AM
Call our office assistant to pick up breakfast, head out to work.
9:15AM
Arrive at work, have breakfast, coffee, and skim through the morning newspaper.
10:00AM
Lead a brainstorming session on how we might reimagine our current online identity and redesign a fresh new web portal that we plan to launch soon.
11:30AM
Interview a potential new candidate for our team that is co-designing a brand new product with one of the top MNOs in the country.
2:00PM
Project 1: Meet the head of an international NGO as part of a competitive advantage assessment for a client.
3:30PM
Project 1: Call a senior member of an European donor from the car. My colleague conducts the brief interview in the car. The phone on speaker. I ask clarifying questions, and take notes.
4:00PM
Project 1: Meet the head of another international NGO as part of a competitive advantage assessment for a client.
5:30PM
Project 1: Call the primary client contact, the Country Director, from the car, and flag a few potential issues that seem to be emerging.
6:00PM
Project 2: Meeting the MD of one of the top-3 private banks in the country to discuss the shifts in the digital financial services landscape in the country.
7:30PM
Project 1: Meet a renowned civil society thought leader at his evening ‘social venture’, discuss his views on a recent policy shift from the Government.
9:00PM
Have dinner with colleague at a historic 50-year old ‘hole in the wall’ restaurant that witnessed the birth of our nation.
10:00PM
Get back home, shower, write up key takeaways from all the meetings today, and jot down a simple TO-DO list for tomorrow.
11:30PM
Head to bed. Another exciting day ahead tomorrow.
pi STRATEGY