Africa Present and Future
Time is a scarce resource for everybody. That's the case for business leaders anywhere, including those from places stereotyped as time-mindedless (excuse the linguistic liberty!) such as sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) countries. There's a reason why most leaders in these places have a driver: this way, they can work while in traffic jams. How do these…
Innovation and Change
A corporation can use one tool or another or all of them, depending on the results that it wishes to obtain, which can go well beyond the financial returns that Corporate Venturing Capital has traditionally represented. New models of cooperation include taking action to acquire or source innovation with a strategical, long-term mindset. It is…
Leadership and People Management
Looking at the newspapers I am amazed at how bitter the debate has become over Brexit in the United Kingdom. Then I saw a video clip of Alastair Campbell and Nigel Farage debating whether the Brexit decision can be reversed or not. It was a shouting match which was indicative of the damage that the…
Globalization
Its time to submit our grades for the last term and thus I was able to look at how 2nd Year MBA students from all over the world look at the current geo-political situation with healthy concern but also with underlying optimism