Yesterday (Mon 6th April 2015), I DELIBERATELY did NOT publish what would have been Issue No. 188 of my Speaking IDEAS newsletter (view last week's issue here) …because I decided to RE-INVENT myself in celebration of 2 years since I relocated to Benin Republic on 1st April 2013. As a Performance Improvement Specialist, I believe […]
I wrote about this KPI on my Facebook wall several months ago... ===Starts=== To determine if a country is doing well, take a close look at how the most vulnerable i.e the poor, are faring. If they are able to afford and access the basic necessities (read: Millennium Development Goals) for themselves and their dependants, […]
In certain societies announcing your plans to others can attract resentment, envy and criticism (e.g that you're a show-off). Some may even plot to pull you down. This explains why a childhood friend recently expressed concern about an update I posted on Facebook of my plans to move my family to Cotonou. Read my response […]
Do you run a poultry farm? Are you aware that poultry farmers across Nigeria have been losing their flocks to Bird Flu? (Or has it happened to you?) Do you know there are multiple ways to generate extra earnings to CUSHION losses from disease outbreaks or other setbacks in your farm business? My recent phone […]
What is your crisis management ability like or better still, how good are you at anticipating and avoiding/preventing crisis in your business operations(e.g. outage of essential manufacturing components which leads to lost output/sales)? How good are you at assessing trends of events, and quickly determining sources of potential problems? This article explains why the good […]