If you are an employer or a business leader, your business has been affected positively or negatively. Some companies like Zoom, Amazon, Netflix, and those with digital delivery channels have reported increased demand for their services. All financial institutions with robust internet and mobile banking have too, reported a great first quarter. Some companies and businesses that depend on tourism and travel have been adversely hit. Airlines, hotels, fashion houses, sports, and the entire ecosystem is under the cold. Now is the time to rethink the business models. Below are some key issues for leaders to consider and how to…
Best of WhatsApp: Time in a bottle
By Stephen Luyonjo In 1970 during the Cold War when USA was at war in Vietnam, a man by the name of Jim Croce having been married for 5 years without child was told that his wife Ingrid was expecting. Filled with a mixture of terror and joy, Jim wrote a song called Time in a bottle in anticipation of a time he’d spend with his son. In the song, he wrote: If I could save time in a bottle The first thing that I’d like to do Is to save every day ‘Til eternity passes away Just to spend…
Your business is No longer at ease in this #covid19 world
Covid19 has changed the world order. There is a need to explore new ways of doing things, ensuring businesses move on. Business is no longer at ease. From Nigeria to England and back, Obi is on trial for taking a bribe which he had vehemently refused until circumstances became dire that accepting a bribe was the only way out. If you visited the library at school, you must have read Chinua Achebe’s epic, No Longer at Ease. It is a story that begins with the trial of Obi for taking a bribe. A 26-year old Obi gets a scholarship to…
Communicate with clarity for team collaboration in tough times
No one expected the #covid19 is a pandemic. Coronavirus happened suddenly like an accident and has exposed so many leaders across the world about their readiness to anticipate and contain a pandemic. Many people have died, and many businesses too. And the impact of the pandemic is not over yet. Analysts anticipate that the world may likely recover fully from this pandemic in 2022 or 23! It is not good news. What are your plans to move from where you are now, to 2023? What if the pandemic does not relent by December 2020? How do you keep your business…
#Covid19 cybersecurity alert: email phishing in Uganda
An email dated 30th April 2020, purportedly coming from the National Council for Higher Education (NCHE), is fake. It should be deleted instantly from your computer. Select the email, right-click, and press Shift+Delete. Upon receipt of the email, I noticed that it comes from, one Dr. Susan Nabadda Ndidde <sarutexco.ltd@yahoo.com>. For this email, I have confirmed with some staff at the NCHE, who have confirmed that there is no Dr. Susan Nabadda Ndidde. Even if Dr. Susan was a staffer at the National Council for Higher Education, she would use her official email to communicate a request signed with her…
The best virtual video and audio-conferencing software to use
We live in the coronavirus times characterized by lockdown and social distancing. To effectively collaborate remotely as you work from home, you need a good tool to facilitate your virtual meetings for effective collaboration. I know you are all busy executives, so I will go deep to share with you the solutions that I have found easy to use. I have scored the apps based on ease of use, user interface, functionality, and ability to work on slow internet connections. When it comes to pricing, Skype comes on top (free of charge as of this writing), followed by Zoom (which…
