Putting people at the heart of innovation
7 September 2017, 18:00 PM Next Step
The data-driven future is here
13 July 2017, 18:00 PM Next Step
From professorship to politics
8 June 2017, 18:00 PM Next Step
THE SECRET TO ACING THE CULINARY ARTS
4 May 2017, 18:00 PM Next Step
THE STORY OF EDUTUBE
13 April 2017, 18:00 PM Next Step
RESILIENCE PERSONIFIED
16 March 2017, 18:00 PM Next Step
Sheba.xyz: Taking the service industry by storm
18 August 2016, 18:00 PM Next Step

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.
7 September 2017, 18:00 PM

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.
22 June 2017, 18:00 PM

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.
8 June 2017, 18:00 PM

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.
4 May 2017, 18:00 PM

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.
13 April 2017, 18:00 PM

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.
16 March 2017, 18:00 PM

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.
2 February 2017, 18:00 PM

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.
18 August 2016, 18:00 PM

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.
28 July 2016, 18:00 PM

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.
30 June 2016, 18:00 PM

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).
16 June 2016, 18:00 PM

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.
5 May 2016, 18:00 PM

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.
21 April 2016, 18:00 PM

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.
7 April 2016, 18:00 PM

Going international: Cambridge's plans for Bangladesh

In conversation with Guy Chapman, Deputy Director, International Network at Cambridge International Examinations
10 March 2016, 18:00 PM

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.
3 March 2016, 18:00 PM

Succeeding across cultures

We talk to Hae In Kim, Regional Head of HR, Asia Pacific at British American Tobacco, about her career and visit to Bangladesh.
4 February 2016, 18:00 PM

E-commerce is now a 300 crore industry and growing

Syeda Kamrun Ahmed, CEO of Bagdoom, shares insights on the e-commerce industry in Bangladesh
7 January 2016, 18:00 PM

Telenor: Visions from the visionary

Telenor is easily one of the most far-sighted businesses in the world today. Where others dwindle and decrease in prominence, Telenor has gone from strength to strength. But what does it take to not only be a market leader but to keep a firm grip on such a covetable position?
31 December 2015, 18:00 PM

Cross functionality in business

Next Step talks to ICMAB DBC's Chairman on the 2015 Cross Functional Summit
24 December 2015, 18:00 PM