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Da Vinci code secret to smart business thinking

Nairobi, July 22 -- "The essence of the independent mind lies not in what it thinks, but in how it thinks," said Christopher Hitchens. Is 'thinking about how you think' useful? Is there a Da Vinci co... Read More


Performance secrets - energy, frequency and vibration

Nairobi, July 15 -- "If you want to find the secrets of the universe, think in terms of energy, frequency and vibration," said inventor Nikola Tesla. Ever wonder why some managers get a critical task... Read More


New-age value creation: Working backwards from the future you envision

Nairobi, July 8 -- "A plan is not a strategy. A strategy is not a plan," advises Roger Martin. Do leading-edge firms like Google or Tesla do traditional five-year plans? Then, label them with the buz... Read More


Want lasting success? Think small to grow big

Nairobi, July 1 -- "You can't be seen, until you learn to see" -- marketing whiz, Seth Godin. Is "How can we reach more customers?" the first question to ask? Or, should one start by asking, "Which s... Read More


Questions to help determine your firm's innovativeness

Nairobi, June 24 -- "It is better to have enough ideas for some of them to be wrong, than to be always right by having no ideas at all" --Edward de Bono. Do market capture innovation ideas require mo... Read More


Here's why straight-line thinking fails in business

Nairobi, June 17 -- Tough to see around the next corner with straight line thinking. Look out the window. Do you see any straight lines in nature? Is thinking in a linear way, our built-in default mo... Read More


Why it helps to think in models, not facts

Nairobi, June 10 -- "Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate"- Carl Jung, the Swiss founder of analytical psychology. Ever find yourself upset wit... Read More


Power of constructive doubt: Why the best decision makers embrace uncertainty

Nairobi, June 3 -- "I'd rather argue against a hundred idiots than have one agree with me," said Winston Churchill. Does how you think matter more than what you think? Can the best match often be a m... Read More


Is it flawless execution or muddling through?

Nairobi, May 27 -- "We're all just muddling through, after all. We're all just doing the best we can. We're all struggling with our struggles. Nobody has the answers. And everybody, deep down, is a li... Read More


When is the business problem not the real problem?

Nairobi, May 13 -- "It is always urgent, 'here and now' without any possible postponement. Life is fired at us point-blank," said Jose Ortegay Gasset. When is the business problem not the real proble... Read More