You really can opt out of the madness — Exactly a week from today, Nigerians will go to the polls to decide who will be their president for the next 4 (maybe 8) years. No, this is not a post about politics. I will not try to convince you to vote for any party, nor will I try to…

Love it or hate it, you’ve got to play it! — “Hence it is evident that the state is a creation of nature, and that man is by nature a political animal” — Aristotle. Workplace politics. Some people love it, live for it even! Others hate it and commit their time and energy to the total avoidance of anything even remotely…

You will goof from time to time. Accept it and move on. — I try to hold myself to high standards when it comes to work. …

Nothing beats simple, clear sentences. — “Never use a long word where a short one will do” George Orwell On the spectrum of bad writing, there is clunky prose with no structure that struggles to communicate an idea clearly. Writing like this makes our eyes glaze over as we regret sacrificing some of our precious time…

Getting back to writing; the limitations of logic — Happy new year everyone! I fell off the posting bandwagon for a while, not for lack of content but because I entered one of those seasons where life just comes at you thick and fast. There were days when all I could manage was a few minutes to come up…

Why we need to ask for help more often in a world that frowns on it — I resume posting today reflecting on the subject of asking for help. At work, in teams, in life generally, there is a widely held belief that growth only comes from stretching yourself and doing the uncomfortable. To a very large extent, this is true. …

A very basic understanding and why we struggle for control — Photo: From Think Again by Adam Grant I am intrigued by the concept of risk and uncertainty. It began last year when I stumbled unto “An Economist Walks Into a Brothel” by Alison Schraeger. Having worked in and around banks and finance for a while, you’d imagine that I had a fair grasp of the subject matter…

The world needs more teams and less superheroes — The way the world of work is set up, there is constant pressure to put on a show — to “package” yourself, your skills, your experience and talent so that you stand out from the crowd. All these, we’re told, we need to do to improve our chances in a…

What a year of journaling taught me about myself and life — I started journaling exactly a year ago. At the time, it was something I had tried several times in my life and failed horribly at. I could never manage it consistently for any sustained period of time. …