All posts by Mwangi Wanjumbi
The Writer is a Passionate Corporate Trainer/Consultant in strategy, change management and leadership development. He also provides unique SME Growth Solutions, whose expertise is tied to amongst others, an international research on SME development that was published in the Business in Africa Journal of July 2007. He was also a monthly strategy columnist for 5 years in the Monthly SME Today Magazine. He is also the author of the KICD approved Career Dynamics in the 21st Century, that was used for alignment of the new (Kenyan) Education Curriculum - CBC. He also authored the 2018 Living Beyond Survival; No More Tiptoeing in Life twitter:@mwanjumbiThe Fascinating Bottom-up Transformation Strategy
As a staunch advocate of the bottom up transformation strategy, allow me to discuss some occurrences related to economic empowerment of ordinary Mwananchi that have in the recent years been quite fascinating. The first one happened in the middle of 2006. Our country was just creeping out of the woods, a situation that had been occasioned by economic mismanagement by the KANU regime. I was out of town carrying out a management systems audit for the branches of one of the then SME banks. That
Read MoreCulture of Innovation Backed by Entrenched Leadership Character Key to Winning Competition Battles in 2014
“If you visit our blog, you would think that our company is on fire. Everybody is on the neck of this or the other person. Who is delaying what assignment? Who in other words is slowing down the organizational wheel?” Those were the words of Kamal Budhabhatti, Founder and CEO of Craft Silicon, when he made a presentation on creativity and innovation in a 2012 management forum. Its no wonder then that Craft Silicon won the Best Company to Work for Award for 2013, based
Read MoreEntrenching Entrepreneurship Through UWEZO Fund
It is a big welcome to Uwezo Fund, the latest addition to the efforts of entrepreneurship development that fundamentally yields continued employment and wealth creation. Definitely, Job and wealth creation capable of contributing to increased tax revenue may be necessary now, more than ever before. With a total of 290 members of parliament, 47 women representatives, 10 Members representing special interest groups, 67 County senators, 47 County Governors including deputies and countless county representatives, one can only fathom the financial burden we placed on ourselves,
Read MoreReclaiming of Our Work Ethics Now Inevitable for Improved National Safety
No words or passage of time can wish away the Westgate Mall massacres including maiming of our innocent brothers and sisters as well as other members of the global community. Notably, the affected were innocently going about their usual lives, without the slightest expectation of any sort of aggression. But alas, those charged with offering the protection were equally caught off guard. Let’s assume that nobody had any idea of what was likely to happen. All the same, we need to welcome the immediate re-action
Read MoreBusiness Rivalry Needs To Be Ethical
The ever peculiar Kenyans are never short of vitukos (surprises). A recent one is more than amusing. It has even revealed a relatively regressive term by Kenyan Standards. How else can one explain the conduct of two men who are said to be practicing polyandry? Upon realizing that amicably sharing one spouse could be more beneficial than harmful (based on their thinking), the gentle men called off their fights and therefore entrenched rivalry. Instead, they decided to bury the hatchet and move on peacefully as
Read MoreIf Being Passion Driven Is Not In the Offing For You, then….
Upon reading some recent reports, I couldn’t help but empathize with some unfolding events. The county governments are about to start cracking down on excessive and underperforming employees. Further on, you find the image of a man clad in Samburu traditional regalia, receiving an award for his passion and achievements in wildlife conservation. The award is coming from none other than Prince William, the future King of England. Quite some contrast, isn’t it? Notably, presence of a large scale of underperforming employees can’t be ruled
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