Can you sell a comb to a monk?
Have you ever met one of those glib-tongued salesmen who succeeded in making you buy something you did not really…
Leadership Is For The Dead – 2
Leaders are never afraid of standing alone. They operate in the full knowledge that aloneness is not synonymous with loneliness.…
Leadership is for the dead —1
Only the dead can lead effectively. Shocked? Don’t be! Just get used to that fact. When I speak of death…
The learning leader
“The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read. It will be those who cannot learn,…
Aregbesola calls for massive investment in agriculture to alleviate hunger
Governor Rauf Aregbesola of Osun State has called for massive investment of the nation’s resources in agriculture to fight hunger…
Why we’re screening workers–Bello
Following the complaints that greeted the release of the report of the screening exercise embarled upon by the Kogi state…
Overcoming the avalanche of ideas – 2
Have you ever been presented with one of those business cards that read like an advertisement sheet for numerous business…
Overcoming the avalanche of ideas – 1
Even in the case of lifeless things that make sounds, such as the flute or harp, how will anyone…
Is God a communist?
From a simple perspective, the communist ethos is supposedly based on equitable distribution of resources. It is a situation where…
Push the cow off the cliff!
“Behold, I will do a new thing...” - Isaiah 43:19 Happy New Year! In spite of all the hassles and…
Think differently!
A man who made caskets had an emergency order for one of his products. Considering the extra charges involved and…
Seek the silver lining
The year 2016 seems to be on steroids in its race to end. It has been one tumultuously eventful year…
Just do it!
At sixteen, Tayo had begun to take more than a passing interest in the opposite sex. Until now, he had…
How to effectively influence decision makers – 3
We all make mistakes. Leaders are not exempt. Even when the decision maker makes mistakes in his judgment of issues…
How to effectively influence decision makers – 2
No employer pays you to win an argument. So, do not be fixated on having your way. The corporate destination…
How to effectively influence decision makers (1)
“The great majority of people tend to focus downward. They are occupied with efforts rather than results. They worry over…
Hunger has no friend
From time to time, rather than reinventing the wheel, I simply yield this column as I partially did last week,…
Deal with the waste!
“It is not that we have so little time but that we lose so much. ... The life we receive…
The dominion of ideas – 4
“If you re possessed by an idea, you find it expressed everywhere. You can even smell it”. — Thomas Mann,…
The dominion of ideas 2
I want to use this platform today to celebrate a thoroughbred representation of the Fourth Estate of the realm, an…
