Author: Masrura Oishi
Masrura Oishi is an over-thinker and procaffeinator. In her free time, she pretends to be a philosopher and does some development work for BRAC Social Innovation Lab. She invests her insulin pumped energy into reading, writing, traveling and living!
Find out who made it to Round 2 of bracX!
This has been a wonderful ride, working with all of our intrapreneurs through weekdays and weekends- seeing the passion, the search for teammates, the long brainstorming meetings, the late night submi... Read More
So we’ve launched bracX, now what?
We weren’t sure how many people would join the launch, given it’s the month of Ramadan, and not many knew what it was about. Then we started the morning, picking phone calls from 8.... Read More
Do Simple Ideas Interest You? Here’s One We’ll Try This Year
We all have a pre-set idea of communication channels that work for different socio-economic groups. But what about a target audience, as busy as urban life could make them, flooded with texts, posters... Read More
May Innovation Forum: The FAQs for digitising your data collection!
Are you planning to digitise your data collection method? Here is a list of questions you need to be ready for whether you are going to pitch it to your senior management, the frontline staff or your ... Read More
What kept us going through the hectic AoP/IoP sprints!
Just a heads up on what SIL has been reading and sharing this month! Every year, mostly during Jan/Feb, we lose a valuable amount of time in hectic meeting schedules, specially when we are busy writin... Read More
Thinking of writing an Innovation Pitch? Break the myths with these wise words from Sir Ken Robinson
If you are thinking of writing an innovation pitch, or preparing one in your head, there is one thing that deserves your attention. You should very well expect few people in the audience (or more) who... Read More
February Innovation Forum: Exploring the Base of the Pyramid with Jack Sim
This February we had Jack Sim, the founder of BoP Hub and World Toilet Organisation visiting BRAC. We snatched the first opportunity we could find to talk to his team and hence we brought them over fo... Read More
January Innovation Forum: How to Tell Your BRAC Story…
We wanted to start the first Innovation Forum of year 2017 on a grand note. We wanted to talk about something that touches everyone at the organisation, in both their personal and professional life. A... Read More