One of the most curious observations I made in one of my earlier jobs was how the phone in the office would ring for a long time without anyone in the room picking it up. I was in an office filled with workers but most of them were afraid to answer the phone because...
On 11th March, Adam Silver – the NBA Commissioner – stunned the world when he announced that the league was going into lockdown. At the time, Silver explained that the COVID-19 pandemic was too uncertain, and it was time to put the health and safety of the players...
One of the people I admired most in the world is former First Lady – Michele Obama. I think she is the personification of wisdom. An African American woman who has obtained an Ivy League education, built a successful career, brought up two beautiful daughters and...
The COVID-19 global pandemic has led to an explosion of buzzwords in the business world. ‘New normal’ has been circulating on hyper-speed all over the business community. So, have established words like ‘self-isolation’, ‘key workers’, ‘lockdown’ and ‘quarantine’....
The other day one of my staff asked what a return to the office would look like. Until that afternoon, I have not given it much thought. The COVID-19 lockdown is so protracted that is has become second nature. We don’t think twice about working from home or Zoom...
