Pakistan, Jan. 24 -- Alvin Toffler's observation that "the illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn". It captures perfectly the challenges faced by Pakistanis everywhere in the fields of education, specific job skills and the culture of workplace learning and training. I was on a personal trip to Karachi in December 2018, where I happened to meet my mentor, teacher and the most influential person in my life, Ziyad Awan. Our discussion had never as profound in the last 12 years as it was this time; we talked about guilt, love, marriage, hypocrisy, career, books, spiritualism, relationships, sex, education, leadership, social impact of academic research, consc...