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February 2020

Community Letter

Date: March 1, 2020

Dear friends and family,
How are you? With the COVID-19 spreading, we are now practicing to work remotely. The first one in my network pushing the remote work was my wife, Nassim, who made her music teachers at the Elham Music Institute to organize their classes for over 400 students remotely. In case you want to try remote working better, this article by Mehrnoosh Baratpoor, COO of Idearun that explains the hands-on experience.

BIG NEWS! The fifth edition of Idea Designer’s Magazine came out just recently with my article in it: “What Defines Our Very Future, Yet We Can’t See It.” In the article, I described how most of our focus is dedicated to our “actions” while what defines us, is, in fact, the reactions we have to our environment. This link will take you to my IGTV, where I read my article. Order the magazine here.

This piece of mind is part of a series focused on my ideal audience, the responsible optimist elite. I recently started a series of Tweets describing who is elite! Share your thoughts.

In another magazine, I’m happy that my article on the importance of the long-termism became so important to the editors that they dedicated the theme of issue number 317 of Tadbir Magazine to the subject. Read the head article here.

Hopelessness, unemployment, global warming… none of these issues can be addressed with the decisions that fit a lifetime. We need longer perspectives to address complex challenges.

At the TEDxTehran curation team (which is responsible for the event’s content), we came by a brilliant idea: Launching the TEDxTehran Books!
Long enough to explore a powerful idea, but short enough to read in a single sitting, TEDxTehran Books pick up where our talks leave off. An 18-minute speech can plant a seed or spark the imagination; but many talks create a need to go deeper, to learn more, to tell a longer story. TEDxTehran Books fills this need.

eSafar, eSafar eSafar! it’s growing so fast. At the company, we are constantly finding ways to bring real value like the best flight price, and super responsive support for the startup’s audience. I want you to support the company and book your flight via esafar.com. Also, follow eSafar’s beautiful Instagram page.

On February 6, 2020, we have invited part of our friends among the Iranian elites for our latest Oppmakr Breakfast. **The Oppmakr Breakfast event is a series of structured yet agenda-less happenings. Its mission is to gather Iranian elites and ignite meaningful multilogues.**

After working with Careem, at the Oppmakr Institute, we are now tackling Iran Argham‘s challenges. With more than 850 employees, the giant needs millions of Euros to be injected in its cashflow. That’s where we come in! Have you read my online book “The Four Seasons of Opportunity Making?” It’s in Farsi and available free on my Virgool account. I’ll post a part every few days. Here are the first two episodes:

چرا کار می‌کنیم؟! از چهار فصل فرصت‌آفرینی / قسمت اول

چرا کار می‌کنیم؟! از چهار فصل فرصت‌آفرینی / قسمت دوم

That’s it for the month! Let’s go and get ready for the Nowruz! And let’s please stay safe. It’s such a bad excuse to leave the world because of a tiny ugly virus!

My best as always,
Reza