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Innovator's dilemma:Balancing disruption and firm profitability

Nairobi, March 27 -- Innovation seems to be everywhere - a common commodity. What company or organisation does not say they are innovative? It's a word used quite casually. Is anything new, automatica... Read More


Lessons from math genius on effective management

Nairobi, March 21 -- What can be learnt from the world's most successful investor and trader? Jim Simons achieved an astounding average annual return of 66 percent from 1988 to 2018, before management... Read More


Business is fired at bosses point blank

Nairobi, March 14 -- "Life cannot wait until the sciences may have explained the universe scientifically. We cannot put off living until we are ready. The most salient characteristic of life is its co... Read More


Is AI your warm and cuddly friend at work?

Nairobi, March 7 -- "It's what you learn, after you know it all, that counts," said Earl Weaver. Harvard Business Review reports that 44 percent of business and financial operations occupations, 40 pe... Read More


Why design is everything in business

Nairobi, Feb. 29 -- In architecture, form follows function. In management, leaders decide what needs to be done, and design-structure-the business around the prime purpose. While pyramid-like hierarc... Read More


Workplace: Time and energy are the anchors of productivity

Nairobi, Feb. 22 -- Time and energy are all there is in business. Productivity, that ability to get the right tasks done effectively is everything. With your artificial intelligence, ChatGPT-enabled s... Read More


Power in silence: Why the unsaid speaks volumes in business

Nairobi, Feb. 15 -- What is unsaid in business, powers the enterprise forward, or causes it to go belly up. "Much of someone's real character lies in what they don't say about themselves" observes Joy... Read More


Why bad bosses still happen to good staff

Nairobi, Feb. 8 -- At work, what is the dominant factor that impacts your productivity and emotional health? Is 'command and control' management - dating back more than 2,000 years to the Romans - th... Read More


Smart perspectives that turn start-ups into future leaders

Nairobi, Feb. 1 -- "For start-ups, suicide is a more likely cause of death, rather than getting killed by the competition," says Alex Mativo, winner of the Queen's Leadership Award. "Don't worry about... Read More