April 24, 2024
The Keeper Test
I recently attended a leadership workshop where one of the topics was performance management in the 21st century. We learnt...
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...
April 8, 2024
Elephants At Your Fence
Last week, I engaged in an animated conversation with a Kenyan biodiversity expert who has specialized in researching...
March 26, 2024
When Plans Go Awry
“Everyone has a plan, until they get punched in the mouth.” Mike Tyson During board evaluations for...
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...
March 5, 2024
Managing Key Man Risk
Last year, I had an interesting chat with the CEO of a large bank in Tanzania about the role of the bank in helping...
February 27, 2024
Stay In Your Lane
If you have ever been on the Nairobi Expressway you will understand what I mean when I say it is equal parts amazing and...
February 13, 2024
56 Billion Reasons to Show Independence Part 2
Last week I commented on the eye-watering compensation package that the board of electronic vehicle (EV) manufacturing...
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...
April 24, 2024
The Keeper Test
I recently attended a leadership workshop where one of the topics was performance management in the 21st century. We learnt...
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...
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...
February 27, 2024
Stay In Your Lane
If you have ever been on the Nairobi Expressway you will understand what I mean when I say it is equal parts amazing and...
October 23, 2023
Business and Economy Class Shareholding
There is what the hard working Kenya Power technicians fix on the ground. Then there is what the hard working Kenya Power...
September 5, 2023
The Board Director’s Remuneration Question
On a bright, sunny afternoon last week, out of sheer boredom and need for intellectual stimulation of the statutory kind, I...
August 16, 2023
Founders Legacy
A few months ago a friend of mine sadly lost her father after a brief illness. The father had been a member of one of the...
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...
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...
June 26, 2023
The Contrarian Thinker
In October 2016, I wrote an article recalling the 2013 apocalyptic movie World War Z, which is not a movie for the faint...
April 24, 2023
Governance At Your Doorstep Part 2
Last week, I wrote about the role of resident associations in our lives. The vast majority of urban dwellers today live in a...
April 10, 2023
The Bethlehem Businessman
In this Easter period of reflection, it struck me for how long human beings have been running governments and doing...