#mindspark #justforlaughs In 2020, Harvard University ran a series of thought leadership virtual sessions for friends of Harvard University in Africa, including the alumni and folks who subscribe to HU online resources and or online courses. As a Harvard Business Review magazine subscriber, I attended most of the sessions. And boy, they were great. The advantage of attending such sessions, you get up close and personal with some of the most contemporary thinkers. How they start their presentations. How they get introduced. You see the kind of PPT slide decks they use. The first words they say when they are…
The tough village life
10th January 2021. The village used to be a place where you went to relax, be carefree with your personal property like cash. Not any more. Fraudsters have taken over. A man found me at home and asked for a job to clean my compound. I said, great. How much? He asked for Ugx. 10,000. Many village folks usually ask for free cash. This one was exceptional. He wanted work to earn the money. I decided to give him the deal even when I had planned to clean it myself. But first, he wanted to buy a panga to do…
The chief village black magician
Solar is a game-changer. Our mother in the village told me about how local thieves have made her life difficult. They wait for the dark cloud and come to steal. Now all cassava and matooke in the nearby garden at home are gone. They thought for our assistance. We thought of an idea. What if we light up the place at night? Maybe the thieves could fear. When you are a strategist, you keep getting so many ideas until you get that aha moment. So when my wife mentioned about motion sensor lights, it came like a spark. I said…
Musings: a daughter in law letter to the mother in law!
If you were born before the proliferation of computers, you wrote several letters to your friends. Me too. We were advised then, to never write letters while annoyed. It was the best advice. As an email and or WhatsApp user, this advice is timely for you too! Here is a case of writing only when you are happy. Daughter in law writing to the mother in law: “Dear Mother in Law, I received your message to me about parenting your grand-children – my daughters. Your Son said: “I should teach them table manners.” I don’t know whether you noticed how…
Quotes attributed to H.E. Robert Mugabe
The following quotes attributed to H.E. Robert Mugabe are superb. When you read the first, your face lightens up. The second one, you open your mouth. On the third one, you laugh. On the fourth you are finished. They say laughing is good medicine. Here is your total medicine. Read whenever feeling low. The quotes are not mine. They are attributed to H.E. Robert Mugabe. Here they come. He who swallows a complete coconut have absolute trust in his anus. The only warning Africans take serious is ‘LOW BATTERY.’ Whenever things seem to start going well in your…
