ayesha farhat
writer. mentor.
Credits: Ryunosuke Kikuno on Unsplash
essays and articles
What "The Teenage Brain" taught me about management
Random reflections on what Frances Jensen's "The Teenage Brain" taught me about management
WHAM! A framework for workshopping OKRs
Using OKRs to motivate teams
OKRs are a great tool to drive a product team in the direction of the business strategy, but they can also be a means of motivating product teams. In this article in Mind the Product, I share a framework that I have used for product OKRs.
An article on motivating teams by using OKRs
published fiction
"Once Upon A Fly" was published in the Leicester Writes Short Story Prize Anthology 2023 - "Once Upon A Fly" is the story of a nine-year old Syrian refugee Nadiya
"Pateeli" and "Lonely Saturdays" were published in the Oslo Writers League Anthology 2024 Restart. "Pateeli" is the story of a Pakistani milkman seeking a fresh start in the city. "Lonely Saturdays" explores the unlikely bond created between an old woman and a hospital receptionist because of their loneliness.
"Full Circle" was published in The Aleph Review Volume 8 2024. After a professional setback an ambitious woman comes to the realisation that she has returned full circle to the past she's been running away from.
Credits: Mike Hindle on Unsplash
about me
My days are spent (arguing) with engineers and business folks about building products that will (hopefully) improve someone's life, I pay back to the community that built me through mentorship, I'm a mother to two wonderful girls and in between everything else, I write.
My novel has been longlisted in the Bath Novel Award 2022, a finalist in the Page Turner Award 2025 and shortlisted in the London Festival of Writing 2026 Friday Night Live.