The culture is great. The people are exceptional. And the surprises are many. If you are a leader from Karamoja, what would be your vision? How would you transform Karamoja into a modern enterprise? All leaders have grand aspirations for growth. You need electric power. Piped water. Great roads. And all infrastructure for growth. But mere wishing is cheap. Even a primary kid dreams of flying inan airplane one day. As a leader, you must think in reality mode. Dream big but within context of the current realities. One of the biggest challenges of Karamoja, just like other regionsof Uganda,…
Privacy vs Security wars
Cases involving abuse of unregistered mobile phones abound. From banking to insurance frauds, social media abuse to family breakdown, the need to fix cyber security challenges fueled by unregistered mobile phone usage is urgent. Safeguarding cybersecurity is a bit like trying to keep an infectious disease at bay. You do all your best, but the disease persists. You must make 100% extermination, else the disease will never go away. Cyber threats pose one of the gravest national dangers to Uganda. The country needs to get much better at protecting herself and the citizens. The recent unsolved high profile murders have…
Leading for results: Your Sensors
Strategy is about making choices of what you will do and what you will not do. No choice is a cast in stone. Great leaders must keep their ears and eyes on the ground, collecting intelligence about operational and tactical results to inform strategic choices. It is like the body’s sensory organs. They keep alert; collecting data about every part of the body, and any small pain is promptly identified and reported to the brain to initiate remedial action. As a leader, your front line staff are the sensors. You need to guide them to collect and provide you with…
What is your scale?
I am called Mustapha B. Mugisa, your success partner.I want you to know that life is about making choices of the things you will do and the ones you will not do. When you choose to be everything to everybody, you end up being a mediocre person. This is why you need to find your forte, specialize and become exceptionally good. As you make choices in your life, what is your scale? If you don’t have a scale to help you measure whether you are progressing or not, you end up stagnating. Without a right scale, you cannot know whether…
If it hurts when you do it, stop it
I want to tell how to reclaim your life with this simple statement; “if it hurts when you do it, then stop it.” Remember life is about making choices of the things you will do and the ones you will not. There are some things you do because you want to please other people. I want to invite you to stop it. For example: Do not accept calls from people who whenever you receive their calls you become unhappy. Choose to ignore those calls. Always have a list of your people whom you give priority. Pick their calls or make…
Who keeps your feet on the fire?
Most of the time, we want to remove our feet from the fire. Our minds are configured to look for easy life. Anything that requires some persistence or effort, we want to run away from it. The setup of the human nerve and sensory systems are to alert the brains of any danger and take off away from them. That is true when it comes to hard work. It therefore requires deliberate effort and special conditioning to persevere. When you step onto a hot stone, you want to quickly remove your feet. Just like when you step into fire, you…
