Uproot cobwebs: Women consultants should bear in mind that when you focus on struggle, you grow it
Women consultants, I want to share a piece of advice I often share with my clients. The subject of the advice is: What I focus on expands. And it is in the mind – the longer it dwells in the mind, it becomes etched into it and also deeply rooted...
Opportunity gain: With a wiki you can get you can fix any problem in record time, at low cost
Seeing someone’s face while talking with them is nice, and all, but the best part about a video phone call is that I can see whether the person I’m talking with is checking their email during the call instead of paying attention to our conversation. Oh, admit it, we all...
Bringing a knife to a gunfight: How tech-inspired wikis created an ‘organic’ global village, plus satellites
In early December last year, I attended a conference called the Programme for the Future in honour of Doug Engelbart – best known as the inventor of the computer mouse, but more accurately described as a champion of technology and tools that increase our collective intelligence. Years in the corporate...
Court in Nigeria orders seizure of estates, luxury cars owned by ex-oil minister Alison Madueke
A Nigerian court has ordered a final seizure of two properties and cars owned by former oil minister Diezani Alison-Madueke, the country’s economic crimes commission announced on Monday, in the latest ruling related to graft allegations against her. Alison-Madueke was a key figure in the administration of former President Goodluck...
Parallels between Trumpian extremism in US, Trussian meltdown in UK sound dire warnings about fragile economies
Democratic candidates are heading into the homestretch of the 2022 midterms with a message focused mainly on Trumpian extremism, but they might do well over the next two weeks to highlight the spectre of a Trussian meltdown. Liz Truss, of course, is the English Conservative leader destined to become a...
