Continued from Part 1. To get the picture of the challenge, I tried to scan forms. It took almost 3-6 minutes to get the form ready. I imagined if one form took about six minutes, that meant in an hour a person could only scan a maximum of 20 forms, and that is for the most efficient folk. And the other processes of accessing the form, scanning it, and going back to store it, took lots of time too. I then moved around the people I had found, asking them about their experience. And their pain was clear: the scanners…
Mind your attitude, part 1
How do you react to new developments at the workplace, home, or how others relate with you? How do you think about new challenges or proposals? Is your attitude good or bad? If you want to win, train your brain and heart to see the positive side of things and be genuinely unbothered about folks who try to put you down or put you in situations that undermine your projects or successes. That kind of attitude is always rewarded, and you will scale heights and grow. My first job challenge When I completed ACCA level three, I had passed so…
The focus of winning leaders, part 1.
Are you are a leader? Do you aspire to become a great leader? Embrace the following 10 habits of great leaders: Great team. Great leaders hire the best team. Having a great team of smart leaders should be every leader’s focus. This means to win, never again delegate recruitment of your top managers to an external entity or a single department Focus on the big problems. If you keep finding small problems, you will offer small solutions. Invest in research and market intelligence to find challenges and problems that affect the community. Today, Coronavirus is a big global problem. If…
Food for the brain: leadership insights
Once in a while, you come across statements that make a profound impact on your leadership outlook. Below are some takeaways by some global leaders. “I think it’s important to reason from first principles rather than by analogy. The normal way we conduct our lives is we reason by analogy. [With analogy] we are doing this because it’s like something else that was done, or it is like what other people are doing. [With first principles] you boil things down to the most fundamental truths…and then reason up from there.” —Elon Musk, YouTube video, First Principles What a great insight…
People support what they help create
If you want to learn something new interact with your senior or young children. The innocence of chilling and a worry-free approach to life allows them to try new things and, in the process, make mistakes that act as great learning points. Old folks have seen all and have nothing to worry a lot. They share insights that would take one 10 to 30 years to learn. Always a pleasure to be in such a company. Since March 2020, the children have been at home, and any serious parent had to devise a way to keep them busy. Enter the…
What do consultants do? Part 1.
Consultants do many things – the top of them is documenting the client’s challenges. It is common for prospects to come to the consultant for a solution when what they need is something else. Great consultants, therefore, put more effort into diagnosing the client’s challenges. Today, even traditional healers call themselves consultants. Banks have customer consultants. And big consulting firms to have consultants. So, what is the difference between the consulting Engineer on a multi-billion World Bank project and the village consultant who does his trade in a very small grass-thatched house? Consultants change the condition of their clients for…
