“The kinds of errors that cause plane crashes are invariably errors of teamwork and communication.” Malcolm Gladwell
How time flies. Last October, 2017 marked my fourth year of writing articles for The Risk Watch column of the Business and Financial Times newspaper. I will call it a journey of mixed...
Headline news. Ghana's big push to attract investment from Asia - Japan, Singapore and China - is well underway.
At a breakfast meeting held in Accra on Friday, December 15th, 2017, the Minister of Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta, announced that "we are today examining the possibilities of arranging for a total...
He For She. Two million Ghanaian boys and men mobilized to pledge support in the fight for gender equality. That’s this campaign’s aim. It was launched on the 2nd day of a High Level Africa Roundtable on Mobilizing Support and Accelerating Implementation of the SDGs.
It comes in the week...
...the Causes of Errors and Financial Losses
It is said that silence is golden…is it, always? Of course not. Have you ever regretted not asking for explanations to instructions given you at work? For Christians, even though we should have absolute and child-like faith in God and trust Him,...
At a breakfast table in the noisy restaurant of a hotel in Shenzhen, I met Kwame Song Dongshong, now President of the Powerchina International Group Limited.
The company that built the iconic Three Gorges in China, is a behemoth by its own description in 'planning, survey, design, engineering, through...
“I was sold”. Chilling words from a Ghanaian migrant, back on home soil after a treacherous journey in dangerous waters, where his body became property.
I stared stunned at a news report during which African men – men who looked like my brother – were sold. Millions were traumatized as...
The inspiration for the present article came from a long public chit-chat discussion on LinkedIn; but it seems that the question as to whether you should hire someone with lots of experience or lots of education is a very old one.
Can experience really make up for the lack of...
There is nothing wrong with staying small. You can do big things with a small team. – Jason Fried
Dear Readers, I wish to crave your indulgence to repeat this article which was first published in December, 2015….
PREPARING FOR THE CLOSING BELL
For financial institutions, December is a period for re-strategizing...
It has been so nice to see people happy with their Black Friday- shopping carrying their purchases with a smile.
But, is a happy & satisfied customer really what any merchant should be after?
You are happy with what you bought. No question about it. What will you buy gain the...
Affirmative Action. Women’s Empowerment. These are two cornerstones of nation building in 21st Century Ghana. Indeed, globally. And yet, we are a nation that continues to debate the merit or danger of the former and offers rhetoric about the latter.
We are at a crossroads. We need to move forward.
The...