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2012

Be the best YOU that you can be. Someone else is already someone else original ↗

1 Jul 2012

Booming banks and booming property prices are not enough original ↗

25 Jun 2012

Wealth should free us, not enslave us original ↗

24 Jun 2012

Here’s how to manage queues original ↗

18 Jun 2012

Here’s the ONE thing that earns you respect in Kenya original ↗

17 Jun 2012

How a famous company failed to spot strategic upheaval original ↗

11 Jun 2012

Don’t give up – success may be just around the corner original ↗

10 Jun 2012

Board members must be fit for purpose original ↗

4 Jun 2012

Appreciate the perfectionists in your midst original ↗

3 Jun 2012

How the “Shareholder Spring” is rocking many a board original ↗

28 May 2012

The danger of running before you’ve learned to walk original ↗

27 May 2012

A business filled with family members will not take you far original ↗

21 May 2012

The bigger you are, the more you seem to forget your customers original ↗

20 May 2012

Sony’s insular culture just didn’t see it coming original ↗

14 May 2012

We lost a decade in reforming Kenya’s state corporations original ↗

13 May 2012

Manage the essence, not the message original ↗

7 May 2012

The ‘Uta do?’ culture that kills quality standards original ↗

6 May 2012

A great leader takes the blame when things go wrong original ↗

30 Apr 2012

It’s not the superhighway that counts – it’s what you do with it original ↗

29 Apr 2012

When you don’t say what you mean – a new poem by Sonya Kassam original ↗

25 Apr 2012

Your business is centered on customers? I don’t believe you…original ↗

23 Apr 2012

Why waiters (or their guests) can’t predict the weather original ↗

22 Apr 2012

The enemies of innovation are usually found inside the company original ↗

26 Mar 2012

To rate the leader, study the followers original ↗

25 Mar 2012

The spectacular resignation that shook this famous employer original ↗

19 Mar 2012

Is it going to be game over for your product soon?original ↗

18 Mar 2012

In business, as in soccer, strategies require time to play out original ↗

12 Mar 2012

This corporate “Mugiithi” dance is out of date original ↗

11 Mar 2012

#TwitterBigStick and #TwitterThumbsUp: where to from here?original ↗

6 Mar 2012

Today’s hit product may be in tomorrow’s junkyard original ↗

5 Mar 2012

Why should one examination make or break a child’s life?original ↗

4 Mar 2012

It’s time to think “What-if”original ↗

27 Feb 2012

Are you a relationship manager or just a huckster?original ↗

26 Feb 2012

Isn’t there a better way to handle layoffs?original ↗

20 Feb 2012

Are you a happy-clappy optimist or a sour pessimist?original ↗

19 Feb 2012

Watching Japan’s tumbling giants original ↗

13 Feb 2012

A rule of life: If it’s “free”, it’s probably very expensive original ↗

12 Feb 2012

Yes, CEOs: you WILL need to understand and engage with social media original ↗

6 Feb 2012

For things to change, policymakers must feel the pain original ↗

5 Feb 2012

What #TwitterBigStick is, and which organizations have responded original ↗

30 Jan 2012

Learn from the disastrous leadership of this ship captain original ↗

30 Jan 2012

How good are the parts the world doesn’t see?original ↗

29 Jan 2012

To become better at business, read more…novels original ↗

23 Jan 2012

Organizations: prepare for online firestorms in 2012 original ↗

22 Jan 2012

To really understand a business, don’t talk to the CEO original ↗

16 Jan 2012

A country of Big People and Little People original ↗

15 Jan 2012

On The Bench with Jeff Koinange on Friday 13 January 2012 original ↗

12 Jan 2012

Do you have any meaningful say in the work that you do?original ↗

9 Jan 2012

Large organizations: that long queue demonstrates only your inefficiency original ↗

9 Jan 2012

2011 was a bad year for business leadership original ↗

2 Jan 2012

May these be the things you achieve in 2012 original ↗

1 Jan 2012

2011

Here are the Sunshine Awards 2011 original ↗

25 Dec 2011

You should enter high-growth industries – right?original ↗

19 Dec 2011

Nairobi’s traffic problem is a behaviour problem original ↗

18 Dec 2011

The modern problem of corporate fluff original ↗

12 Dec 2011

The sad saga of the Kenyan Ark original ↗

11 Dec 2011

If it’s just about you, nothing will outlast you original ↗

5 Dec 2011

A big thank-you to all the decent people out there original ↗

4 Dec 2011

Is business really a force for good?original ↗

28 Nov 2011

Organizations, be very afraid of social media original ↗

27 Nov 2011

Is there a skill every leader must have?original ↗

21 Nov 2011

Taxpayer, you’re footing all the bills all by yourself original ↗

20 Nov 2011

How many employees would like to leave your organization?original ↗

14 Nov 2011

Why I stopped watching cricket original ↗

13 Nov 2011

Consumers, not corporates, are now driving tech innovation original ↗

7 Nov 2011

Another dose of Agony Uncle Sunny original ↗

6 Nov 2011

Don’t rush to join that board original ↗

31 Oct 2011

The shilling is weak. So where are our exporters?original ↗

30 Oct 2011

The Peculiar Kenyan is now available on Amazon Kindle original ↗

25 Oct 2011

Should your next CEO be an insider or an outsider?original ↗

24 Oct 2011

To fix the shilling, fix the fundamentals original ↗

23 Oct 2011

5 warning signs of a horrible boss in the making original ↗

17 Oct 2011

Make the deaths of these greats matter original ↗

16 Oct 2011

Thinking like a customer could have saved Kodak original ↗

10 Oct 2011

Is any leader serious about honouring Wangari Maathai?original ↗

9 Oct 2011

Ugly boardroom battles are killing great companies original ↗

3 Oct 2011

To succeed tomorrow, say these 3 words today original ↗

2 Oct 2011

Steve Jobs’ real secret? He was Customer Number 1 original ↗

26 Sept 2011

Why the standard CV hides what we really need to know original ↗

25 Sept 2011

Here’s a little secret about sustained product success original ↗

19 Sept 2011

Leadership is about preventing disasters, not reacting to them original ↗

18 Sept 2011

These days, strategy is about placing a series of small bets original ↗

12 Sept 2011

People who enjoy their work are truly the blessed of the earth original ↗

11 Sept 2011

Kissing at work? Leave me out, please…original ↗

5 Sept 2011

Lessons in traffic management from a small island original ↗

4 Sept 2011

Are all your leaders from one ‘tribe?’ Trouble will soon follow…original ↗

29 Aug 2011

Why do corporate executives talk like parrots?original ↗

28 Aug 2011

Why are tech companies falling like flies?original ↗

22 Aug 2011

Success comes from daily habits, not natural talent original ↗

21 Aug 2011

Why are some industries so persistently bad with customers?original ↗

15 Aug 2011

Another famine caused by people, not nature original ↗

14 Aug 2011

The very subtle job of leading the board original ↗

8 Aug 2011

To succeed in today’s world, you must dare to matter original ↗

7 Aug 2011

Long-serving CEOs, learn from the fall of Arab dictators original ↗

1 Aug 2011

Do you stand out from the crowd? Unlikely…original ↗

31 Jul 2011

When the founder becomes the problem in the business original ↗

25 Jul 2011

How many of your employees take it personally?original ↗

24 Jul 2011

When do these business leaders spend any time in their OWN businesses?original ↗

18 Jul 2011

Murdoch’s media morality tale original ↗

17 Jul 2011

What can we learn from these century-old businesses?original ↗

11 Jul 2011