When I got off the blokes, I knew it was going to be gold – Kenyan C’wealth 100m winner Omanyala
Ferdinand Omanyala of Kenya has taken the gold medal in the men’s 100metre final at the Commonwealth Games on Friday night. Omanyala knew he had bagged the gold 20 metres to the finish line when he broke into a smile and about seven metres to the tape he threw up...
Learn from mistakes, fail forward: Businesses were not created to exploit workers and make fortunes for owners
So, why aren’t effective managers, admired leaders, engaged employees and healthy organisational cultures as common as blades of grass? They could be! It’s been known for decades how to do better. There’s nothing standing between us and highly engaged, motivated and productive teams, except perhaps the discipline to spend time...
Man City will win Premier League, it’s also proved a good shop for gifted players after netting $213 million
Manchester City will start the season as favourites to win the Premier League, but this doesn’t necessarily make them the ‘value bet’. Such is the nature of modern football that the reaction was always going to be distinctly binary, but there was little positive that supporters could take from Erling...
Manage cows, lead people: Global epidemic of disengaged employees and dysfunctional organisations
Early in my career I was a new product development programme manager at HP’s Scientific Instruments Division in the heart of Silicon Valley. The first project I led was a critical product redesign with a demanding schedule. So, I was dismayed to see this sign hanging at the desk of...
Chelsea centreback Kalidou Koulibaly tells racist Napoli president Laurentiis to respect African players
Kalidou Koulibaly has issued a firm response to Napoli president Aurelio De Laurentiis following his comments about the reliability of African players. Without holding back, Koulibaly told De Laurentiis to respect African players and did not regret representing Senegal in the Africa Cup of Nations. The Chelsea defender, who joined...
Al Qaeda-trained al Shaabab co-founder and commander appointed Somalia’s minister for religion
Somalia’s prime minister has appointed the former deputy leader of the al-Shabab militant group, Mukhtar Robow, to the cabinet as minister for endowment and religious affairs. Robow, also known as Abu Mansour, was in the Somali presidential palace on Tuesday as Prime Minister Hamza Abdi Barre unveiled his new cabinet....
Gen Townsend: Wagner is an arm of the Kremlin and they’re doing President Putin’s bidding in Africa
As Gen Stephen J Townsend prepares to relinquish command of the United States military’s Africa Command, he shared some insights on what he calls, “US national security objectives in Africa,” which he said includes promoting a more stable and prosperous Africa. To better understand the US military’s perspective, foreign and...
With hair-trigger nature of EPL hiring and firing Arsenal manager is now sitting on time bomb
For all that is said of the grumpiness (and, increasingly, rage) of the football supporter, there is much to be said for optimism. It’s a fleeting feeling, but for a couple of weeks during the summer anything and everything is on the table, although it does usually come crashing back...
Hamstrung Chelsea make $51 million bid for Brighton’s left-back Cucurella and the deal is close
Chelsea have made an offer worth over £50 million ($61 million) for Brighton left wing-back Marc Cucurella as they look to close a deal for the Spaniard in the coming days, reports claim. The Blues are now in the ascendancy for the dynamic, curly-haired defender and there’s a belief Manchester...
Pakistan: Springboard of terrorism pushed further on the periphery of world economy by bad reputation
Pakistan is going through a particularly challenging time, even by the standards of its reputation as a crisis-prone country. Since former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan lost a parliamentary vote of no confidence and was ousted from office in April, the cricketer-turned-politician has been threatening continued street protests by his...
