For the past few weeks after seeing a common struggle with some of my clients I fashioned a program to walk them through. The program is a simple series of exercises to help organisations clearly define their vision, operational model and long-term plan. This was a process I had also gone through to establish my
I have been racking my brain about entry-level investment options aside from the usual treasury bills, money markets and unit trusts. Real estate seems a bit too expensive for now. Land purchase for speculative purposes is more long term and it’s not really what I would like to jump into now. I would like to
Last year was a whirlwind of work I am grateful for, considering most people struggled to find work. I was very aware of how fortunate I was to work, I worked on average 16 to 18 hour days – 6 to 7 days a week, to ensure all my clients were happy. But even as
I was looking forward to leaving Nairobi for work last week. I left at a civil time for Machakos were I would spend one of two days for work out of town. The first day we arrived in about 90 minutes, we kicked off the interview train, moving across the city and its environs
I hadn’t planned to be on email late Wednesday evening last week. I had some work I needed to finish before Thursday. Just as I was logging off my email, an email popped in from a friend of mine in the US. I read it eagerly with a smile, but the tone I read was
It’s been about six months since I started working with regional non-profit organisations to streamline organisational communications. The list of problems ranged from the need for a website revamp, to a need to build a visual brand to organisations almost 20 years old never having developed a communication strategy or organisational strategy. It was surprising