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March 2, 2026
The Small Guy Is The Big Guy
It started off like any normal travel day. Get up, hustle through morning traffic to Jomo Kenyatta International Airport...
February 23, 2026
A Royal Corporate Governance Lesson
If you’ve ever wondered whether the British royal family is a family business or a soap opera, the answer is simple:...
February 17, 2026
Brevity Is The Soul of Wit
The phrase "brevity is the soul of wit" comes from William Shakespeare's play Hamlet. It is spoken by the character...
February 3, 2026
3 Tips for Good Chairmen
The dictionary defines the word “chairman” as a person chosen to preside over a meeting. But it is imperative to note...
January 26, 2026
Road Discipline as Personal Governance
Eleven years ago, a client invited me to provide training to their Rwandan board of directors at an offsite location. I...
January 13, 2026
CEO New Year Resolutions
It is that time of year again. The time when the air in Nairobi thickens with the scent of auditors combing through a...
December 9, 2025
Trusts Are Not Without Governance Issues
Family businesses are curious beasts. They begin with a patriarch’s sweat and vision, then morph into dynasties that...
December 1, 2025
Lessons from the Tata Family Trusts
Last week I highlighted the 157-year-old legacy of the Indian conglomerate Tata and Sons, founded by Jamsetji Tata in 1868...
April 15, 2024
When Things are Elephant!
Last Friday, with three other friends, we set off on a drive through the Aberdare National Park, entering its south-western...
October 16, 2023
To Tip Or Not To Tip
A tip is defined as a bonus, a little extra, a bit extra, a present, a gift, a reward or an inducement. About 25...
October 9, 2023
Government Response to Protecting Our Diaspora
A couple of weeks ago, I wrote about how Indians have been diaspora workers since the 19th century and it was only a century...
July 30, 2023
The Danger of a Single Nigerian Story
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is a critically acclaimed Nigerian author who gave a stirring TED talk titled “The Danger of a...
July 17, 2023
Sights and Sounds of Kinshasa
I recently visited Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) for the first time and came back with a deeply...
May 22, 2023
Networking With Purpose
Several engineer professors got on a plane to go to a conference. The pilot came back to tell them their students are the...
February 5, 2023
Sights and Sounds of Chennai Again
I recently went on a visit to Chennai, in India’s south eastern coastal state of Tamil Nadu. This is a city I have...
October 24, 2022
Guiding The Entrepreneur To The Top of the Mountain
So an unintended but good outcome of the Covid 19 downtime was that I joined up with a group of like-minded suckers for pain...
January 26, 2026
Road Discipline as Personal Governance
Eleven years ago, a client invited me to provide training to their Rwandan board of directors at an offsite location. I...
October 3, 2025
Communication 202
Last week’s article regarding a communication snafu seems to have triggered a few readers who, like me, get irked by poor...
September 23, 2025
Communication 101
Social media has turned communication into truncated sound, video and word bytes. I recently received a direct message (DM)...
July 21, 2025
Shout Out to Shoat Farmers
I recently arrived at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport and stood by the luggage carousel to wait for my bags to...
April 14, 2025
Comprehension Is An Art Not A Science
The dictionary definition of the word comprehension is “the ability to understand something.” It is also defined as...
March 18, 2025
Revenue Allocation For Who
Deep in the windswept volcanic plains of the majestic Laikipia county lies a few acres of land on which I rear sheep and...
March 11, 2025
Are Interviews An Effective Process
Kevin went for a job interview, and the interviewer said they were looking for somebody who is responsible. Kevin said,...
March 3, 2025
From Farming Travails To Farming Victory
I am a shoat farmer. Sheep and goats are collectively farmed as shoats. Following the drought of a few years ago, I learnt...
September 11, 2025
The Innovative Employee Part 2
Last week, I introduced the requirement for Kenyan employers to put in place policies to protect both themselves and...
September 3, 2025
The Innovative Employee
Spencer Silver, a scientist at the American conglomerate 3M, was trying to create a superstrong adhesive in 1968. It...
September 16, 2024
Travails of A Novice Farmer
Like many other Kenyans, I do a little bit of sheep and goat farming somewhere deep in the bowels of Laikipia County. That...
July 26, 2024
Communicating With Impact _ August 2024 Edition _ Come Learn With Us!
If you get tired of confused looks when you finish your presentation, we can help with that. Communicating With...
March 20, 2024
Parasites at the Harvest
Farmer class. That’s a term a friend of mine likes to use to distinguish between those born with a smog lined, city...
October 16, 2023
To Tip Or Not To Tip
A tip is defined as a bonus, a little extra, a bit extra, a present, a gift, a reward or an inducement. About 25...
October 9, 2023
Government Response to Protecting Our Diaspora
A couple of weeks ago, I wrote about how Indians have been diaspora workers since the 19th century and it was only a century...
September 18, 2023
I have a boda boda guy
I was recently in Kampala on a training assignment and one of the participants had left one of her devices at home. As many...