Health over work, even as a CEO, with Shahed Islam of SJ Innovation

Evolving Your Workplace · Feb 9, 2023 · 49m

“She (Shahed’s wife) would go to a stakeholder meeting and tell me that ‘You haven’t done that properly…”” CEO Shahed Islam tells Carol. “Our team members have learned that. We have become a good example. Now they are arguing.”

Shahed co-founded SJ Innovation, an IT solutions company, with his wife almost two decades ago when they were two traveling freelancers.

The business has now grown to 170 employees across the globe. Although SJ Innovation is highly remote, Shahed talks about culture and how central it is to the company.

In this episode, Carol and Shahed discuss coaching and the value…