A story is told that at the height of the space program, both Soviet and American Astronauts faced a big challenge. How to take notes when in space which has no gravity rendering the normal pens fail to work since the ink cannot flow. You can try to test it now with any pen in your hands. Try to place a paper on the wall, at a position higher than your head. Lift a pen and try to write on that paper overhead. At first, the ink will write. However, after two minutes, it will stop writing with consistency. That…
Think away from the box. Not outside the box.
When you think ‘outside the box’ your view is limited by the box (A). Move away from the box. You will gain a better perspective. Your ‘box’ will reduce as you move away from the box. When faced with a challenge, try to think ‘away’ from the challenge not ‘outside’ the challenge. When you think away from the challenge, you gain wider perspectives. You think about bigger challenges and of course more strategic solutions. Think away from the box. Think big. Copyright Mustapha B Mugisa, 2020. All rights reserved
Subcontractors: The consultant’s nightmare
If you want to lose your head, accept a project that you cannot competently deliver internally. Welcome to the challenging world of associate consultants or subcontractors or independent contracts. In the engineering world, it is common to partner and wins a big project with many associates. Many times, the risk of project completion is shared evenly among the partners and the client is aware of the arrangement. The story is different with associate consultants. I learned early on that you cannot win in the consulting business by only accepting projects for which you have internal capabilities to deliver. We are…
The best of WhatsApp TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF
1. The STOMACH is injured when you do not have breakfast in the morning. 2. The KIDNEYS are injured when you do not even drink 10 glasses of water in 24 hours. 3. The GALLBLADDER is injured when you do not even sleep until 11 o’clock and do not wake up to the sunrise. 4. The SMALL INTESTINE is injured when you eat cold and stale food. 5. The LARGE INTESTINES are injured when you eat more fried and spicy food. 6. The LUNGS are injured when you breathe in the smoke and stay in the polluted environment of cigarettes.…
Best of WhatsApp: The state of our politics
I agree entirely with Stella. It is also a testament to how Petty our politics is. I am not a Bobi wine supporter but I have a deep respect for the man. While many hide behind social media and armchair theorizing, this young man actual moved from rhetoric to action. It is a rare trait which even M7 recognizes because he had the guts to do the exact same thing some 40 odd years ago What does failing ‘O’ level maths have to do with anything? How many people, even on this forum passed mathematics with distinction? How many perused…
Context + perspective equals critical thinking
If you lack context(background data about the issue) and perspective (present conditions and new developments) you don’t have the authority to comment or judge. From 1975 to 1986, Uganda was at war. Lots of internal wars and civil instabilities. There are few mothers with birth certificates. Many people ‘estimated their birth dates.’ More information emerges as to grow. And so dates change. And folks who indeed wrote exams themselves and never cheated got average marks owing to the lack of reading materials in many schools and the poor quality of teachers at the time, and over the years. Access to…
