When R-n-R music genre took the world by storm in 1960s, it also birthed exceptional guitarists
Choosing one virtuoso above another is incredibly tough, with everything from the Strat to the Les Paul, PRS Custom to the Parker Fly, power chords and tapping. Indeed, it was reported that the topic had prompted a number of intense debates. Although there were plenty of six-string slayers in the...
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...
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...
Veteran journalist lifts veil on how Kenyan president’s residence is a sequel of fornication, witchcraft, murder, graft…
When he was interviewed on Citizen Television’s Wednesday evening talk-show JKLive, former head of Presidential Press Unit Lee Njiru recalled an incident (or accident) that inadvertently hoisted him to a vantage position in former Kenya President Daniel arap Moi’s State House. The Kenyan delegations to a United Nations Conference in...
Vatican bans investments porn, gambling, weapons and defence industries, pro-abortion facilities
The Vatican on Tuesday issued an overarching investments policy to ensure they are ethical, green, low-risk and avoid weapons industries or health sectors involved in abortion, contraception or embryonic stem cells. The guidelines order Vatican departments to close their investment accounts or stock holdings in foreign banks, including in Italy,...
Scrappy management: Employee productivity and retention are directly linked to their direct manager
Gallup research captured in the book 12: The Elements of Great Managing, and expounded upon in Marcus Buckingham’s book First Break All the Rules: What the World’s Greatest Managers Do Differently found that the most significant factor in employee productivity and retention is their relationship with their direct manager. This...
Sudanese woman sentenced to death by stoning for adultery determined to overturn verdict
A woman in Sudan has been sentenced to death by stoning for adultery, the first known case in the country for almost a decade. Maryam Alsyed Tiyrab, 20, was arrested by police in Sudan’s White Nile State last month. Tiyrab says she is appealing against the decision. The majority of...
