I have received a lot of bad news in the last two weeks, that I am becoming dizzy. The year 2020 is ending on a very bad note. The news of the passing of close friends is increasing by the day. This is so bad as we move closer to the Christmas week, usually of celebrations. I grew up in a Christian home, and have fond memories of the festivities in December, which peak on the 25th as we go to Church to celebrate Christmas Day when the Lord Jesus Christ was born. In the week of December, we would…
The best of WhatsApp: the village punishment
In one village, there is a handsome and intelligent man named James. He is very clean and dresses well. He also speaks English and French very fluently. Usually, when someone dies, the whole village will gather, and able-bodied young men will dig the grave, bury the corpse and cover it very well. The women will prepare abacha while the men will come with kegs of palm wine. It is very well organized, communally. Everyone plays his/her part to make the burden light for the bereaved family. Every time this occurred, James came with a newspaper. He would find a very…
Here is how to identify and tap into the opportunities available
It is that time of the year companies and individuals are going back to the drawing table to review their strategies and set a new agenda or revise the old one. We cannot wait for 2020 to end. This year has been defined by the Coronavirus pandemic and given naysayers and cynical people have got a blanket excuse for their poor performance. Part of your strategic planning process must identify opportunities present in the market. I use the following tool to help identify opportunities. Whether you are drawing a personal strategy or an enterprise one, you will find the following…
Transform your career with great investigation tools
Are you a victim of fraud? Are you working too hard and cannot see where the money goes? Are you an auditor or fraud investigator who would like to know how to collect water-tight evidence so that you become a darling of the prosecution and or your company team? Find the summit investigation Tool 1.11: summitINVESTIGATE Whether you are a subject of an investigation or just staff who is at a company where fraud has taken place, you deserve to get peace of mind. summitINVESTIGATE helps you get all the facts so that you know the truth. In business, acting…
“Our vision is health care” Is a wrong vision! Here is a good one
You cannot create team commitment with a wrong vision. Days of defining visions as “where we want to go” in a way that “you cannot reach there” but you continue working and working trying to get there, are long gone. Most of these management terms and practices were coined during the first to second industrial revolutions which were characterized by poor technology and slow pace of change, as human Labour was at the center stage of production. Today, technology and innovation is the winner. The phases of industrial revolutions have been driven by technological advancements to match the ever-increasing pace…
Be prepared for uncertainties, implement actionTEAM GRC software
Do not get ready. Stay ready. Automate your risk management, strategy execution, and performance management system to gain a distinctive advantage. actionTEAM is a Governance, Risk, and Compliance software that gives you the skills to quickly identify, prioritize, and manage top business risks proactively affecting your business. Whether you are a seasoned risk expert or a novice, our risk software will transform your risk management processes to win. The software contains three modules to transform your risk management processes for governance effectiveness in the areas of strategy execution, risk management, and compliance management. The system comes with two tools: Tool…
