Yesterday I was recognised as one of Kenya’s Top 40 Under 40 men for the 2nd year running, by the Business Daily. I’ve pasted the unedited version of the profile (minus the typos!) below. Thank you to those who nominated me – I don’t actually know who you are! I am humbled and inspired by […]
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The maturity of our Kenyan graduates stems from…? A few weeks ago, while doing my campus visits to speak to students about the Global Management Challenge I tripped over a realisation – the maturity of our graduates is so much lower than the graduates I meet from other countries. Granted there are the odd few who through
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There’s a growing expectation amongst Kenyan graduates that having a university degree entitles them to a job of their choosing. When they get a chance to show who they are at an interview, they behave as if they know better than the vastly more experienced interview panel. It doesn’t work like that. And we’re now
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It’s been just over a week since the last of the Rhino Charge Officials left Ol Ongaianiet and two weeks since Charge day. Last week the Organising Committee met for a 9-hour de-brief meeting covering every aspect of the organization of the 2016 event and to start planning for 2017. We discussed countless items from
And how different a Rhino Charge was that?! Read More »
I have cried tears of joy today. I cannot remember the last time I felt this sense of pride and elation. I couldn’t speak for ages because I was in a state of positive shock – “what have I managed to do!” I have changed the lives of five individuals. Five students who 6 weeks
I went on another Rhino Charge recce recently, with a group much larger than the previous one I wrote about. Now that the course has been set, more of the experienced volunteers who hold roles critical to planning the event are being given a glimpse of what is to come this year. The prospect of
The 2016 Rhino Charge Venue is almost ready… Read More »
…and it is absolutely stunning! I recently accompanied two of the younger Rhino Charge course designer’s and one veteran on the “second working recce” for this year’s event…I think they should rename ‘recce’ to ‘venue preparation field work’ or something like that because I left my 12 hour day job to find myself on 14
I know where the 2016 Rhino Charge venue is… Read More »
This opinion piece on my startup team was first published in the Business Daily on Monday December 14th, 2015 I’ve recently begun treating one of my businesses as a start-up – as we need to change direction quickly and re-invigorate our strategic purpose. I have always firmly believed that a group of driven, pro-active people
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