Why every executive should understand basic analytics Understanding basic analytics is no longer optional; it is a leadership imperative. If you cannot interpret data, you are guessing while others are winning with precision. Here is the practical, no-nonsense case for why every executive must get data-literate: Because instincts lie, but data does not You may feel a campaign was successful. You may believe customers are happy. But: What does the churn rate say? What is the Net Promoter Score trend? Did conversion improve or decline? Gut without data = ego. Data without gut = paralysis. The magic is in combining…
The compass in a storm
The compass in a storm My company was once hired by a regional bank facing massive disruption. New fintech startups were eating their lunch. Regulators were breathing down their necks. Staff were burnt out. The CEO and entire EXCO wanted answers: “How do we keep focus when the world keeps shifting beneath our feet?” The fact is that if the pace of change outside is faster than the pace inside, stagnation happens to the slow. I remembered reading a story in a book where it was clear that a sailor does not control the wind. He controls the sail and…
Mastering data analytics in 3 hours, from basics to advanced
Every Thursday & Friday | 9 am–12 noon | @ IFIS, Ntinda Complex, Block B, 4th Floor, Opp. St Luke Church Kampala YOU DO NOT NEED TO BE A TECHIE TO WIN WITH DATA. I have seen it again and again. Executives overwhelmed. Business managers are guessing. Teams are working hard, but not working smart. Why? Because they do not understand how to read, clean, and extract insights from data. They fear Excel. They think analytics is for the IT team. That ends now. This is your weekly 3-hour Data Analytics Breakthrough Session designed for professionals like you. Whether you are a…
The blindfolded chef and the spoiled soup – why your growth targets are hard to hit!
I once worked with a consumer manufacturing company trying to enter a new region. They had hired me to help sharpen their go-to-market plan. The Head of Marketing welcomed me with a confident grin and said, “Mr Strategy, we already know what the market wants. Premium quality. People here are tired of being cheap.” I asked him, “How do you know?” He chuckled. “We’ve done this before. This is my bread and butter. It’s common sense.” Common sense? That is where the danger began. So I did what I always do before giving any advice, I asked for facilitation and…
Train them or drain the business
I am a risk taker. Yes. I started my consulting firm in 2007. I left a big-paying job and went to swim in the deep end—on my own. You learn a lot in the private sector. How to land your first job. How to hire your first employee. How to meet compliance. How to pay taxes on invoices even before you are paid. How to chase payments. How to survive. It’s brutal. But you learn in two years what the “safe players” won’t learn in twenty. Five years ago, when I was called into a manufacturing firm that was bleeding…
Uganda’s 2025/26 Budget– bigger wallet. Same old shopping list
Minister Kasaija tabled a Shs 72.1 trillion budget with revenue targets of Shs 37.2 trillion, a record 60% to be self-financed. The rest? Borrowed or begged. Projected GDP is Shs 254.2 trillion (USD 66.1 billion) for FY2025/26, up from Shs 226.3 trillion this year. The cheer? A 7.0% growth estimate. The caution? That optimism is riding on shaky assumptions– oil dreams not yet materialised, global price volatility, regional unrest, and donor fatigue. The structural deficit, 7.6% of GDP, remains huge. We are witnessing a classic case of what Economists refer to as “fiscal drift” — a budget that grows but…
