Uves Sareshwala

Work & Society

Leadership & Work

Leadership, teamwork, culture, strategy, productivity, decision-making and careers.

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Writing · Character & Communication

The Man Who Never Left You Guessing

What the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ teaches us about communication and commitment

Argues from the Seerah that words create expectations and expectations are an amanah. Points to the Prophet ﷺ confirming he was understood, Ka’b ibn Malik admitting he had no excuse, and the deposits he arranged to return on his last night in Makkah, and concludes: never disappear after creating an expectation.

4 min read

Book · Business, Wealth & Ethics

The Prophetic Economic Model

The Complete Edition

Ninety-five lessons for Muslim entrepreneurs, moving from a Financial Times podcast on the Prophet ﷺ as trader to the Qur’an and the Sunnah. Argues that commerce under Tawhid keeps profit lawful but answerable to Allah, and that truthfulness, amanah and disclosure are the highest-return strategy, not a tax on profit.

Writing · Da'wah, Community & Institutions

Tabligh Jamaat, Part 2: Emotional Intelligence, Management Mastery, and the Mathematics of Scale That the World Has Not Noticed

Why Four Months in Jamaat Develops Competencies That Two Years of MBA Cannot Replicate

Argues that four months in Tabligh Jamaat develops emotional intelligence and management skills more deeply than a two-year MBA, because it works on the real person under unscripted conditions and with a spiritual anchor. Contends that critics of declining quality confuse a falling percentage with the absolute number of lives transformed.

16 min read

Writing · Da'wah, Community & Institutions

Stick to Mashwara for Teamwork

Qur’an & Sunnah-Based Analytical Guidance on the Etiquettes of Consultation as Guided by Rasoolullah ﷺ

Argues that mashwara is a Divinely commanded act of collective ibadah, not a borrowed management technique, and grounds its etiquettes in Qur’an and Sunnah: spiritual preparation, who qualifies, the duties of the Amir and members, women’s counsel, confidentiality, no lobbying or postmortem, and wholehearted implementation with tawakkul.

31 min read

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