Nairobi, May 1 -- "The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposing ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function," wrote the novelist F. Scott Fitzgerald.

On the surface, business should be easy. So much great learning material easily available, YouTube is a virtual 'bordering on world class' university. Many business leading lights, never completed university. Prime example would be Mustafa Suleyman, the British artificial intelligence entrepreneur, CEO of Microsoft AI, and the co-founder and former head of applied AI at DeepMind did not attend their graduation day.

Mastering paradox is one essential management skill that you won't see listed on someone's resume, or on LinkedIn. Yet, ...