in conversation with Syed Veqar ul Islam, CEO & Director, JBS discussing leadership in the pandemic-impacted world at the #FutureSummit #TFS
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Conversation
"In many ways, COVID has been that amplifier. The structural issues of Pakistan have remained the same, our reliance on imports has remained the same. And because of COVID, those challenges have become that much more amplified." - in conversation with Syed Veqar ul Islam
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"So the supply chain shocks, the rise in commodity prices, have had that much of an impact on the economy." - in conversation with Syed Veqar ul Islam.
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"There were times where we drew inspiration from the role that we had in this country. Being in businesses where availability of our plants becomes a critical issue - whether it's us providing fertilisers to the farmers or managing the supply chain," - at Future Summit
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"as far as LNG is concerned where we are responsible for 15% of the country’s gas supply. For us, continuity of operations in a sustainable way was not really an option."- at the Future Summit
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"We have to embrace a hybrid work environment, embracing technology, learning for the leadership to be more empathetic and needing to communicate more. One of the opportunities now is to encourage a more diverse workforce with respect to gender diversity"-
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"As a country and as a company, we continue to fight and build on some of the opportunities which have been presented to us." - at the
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"There are a few preconditions that are necessary for this hybrid work environment to succeed:
An environment of trust
Ensuring that the right tools are present which allow for open communication and collaboration"
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"You first want to make sure you have the right technology and transaction systems deployed which form the basis of any digitization or technology-led transformation."- at the #FutureSummit
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"In our Fertilizer business vertical, we built an application on top of SAP, called Humsafar, which is now transacting with all our dealers." - at the #FutureSummit
"Over a 100 Bn rupees worth of orders are now received through this application and 25% of those are transacted end-to-end."- at the #FutureSummit
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"Almost 75% of our workforce are millennials and they think differently. They are far more concerned about, and rightly so, the purpose that we serve as a corporation." at the #FutureSummit #tcf
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"They are far more aware and concerned about their physical and mental health - all this plays a part in the awareness of leaders."- at the #FutureSummit #TCF
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"The demands of the workforce today are fairly different and it is fundamentally dependent on establishing those very transparent and open lines of communication."- at the #FutureSummit #TCF
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"The reality is that they are clearly more relevant and as much as we want them to understand us as leaders, I think there is a bigger responsibility for us to understand them and what their demands are." - at the #FutureSummit #TCF
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"I think the traditional mindsets that women cannot work at industrial complexes are just a figment of our imagination. Women are ready to work under the same circumstances as men and they are eager."- at the #FutureSummit #TCF
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"Technology, a hybrid word, for a certain segment has given rise to opportunity for women." - at the #FutureSummit #TCF
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"BreakKeBaad is one initiative where we’ve created a program for women on career breaks to come back into the workforce but there’s room for a lot of work." - at the #FutureSummit #TCF
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"We cannot progress as a country if we cannot sell our products and services to the rest of the world. We must come up with new engines of growth in terms of export - whether it’s tech services, food processing or mineral mining."- at the #FutureSummit #TFS
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"There is a need for us to document our economy, use technology to do this and broaden our tax base. Engro, in the scheme of things, propagates that a dollar saved is a dollar earned."- at the #FutureSummit #TFS
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"We want to do our part in import substitution in the petrochemical space, in renewable energy in a more evolved, free, deregulated market. And, in terms of connectivity, as an infrastructure provider."- at the #FutureSummit #TFS
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