Nairobi, Aug. 19 -- "Knowledge tells you what to do. It does nothing about whether you actually do it. And the gap between the two is where almost everything happens" --Nisha Shah.

On the Kenyan business scene, and in your organisation, does everything move in cycles, or in a straight line? Is there really a way to get ahead - to master evolution - on the business performance curve? What can one of the world's most astute investors teach us about big picture patterns and cycles?

Ray Dalio built his roughly $20 billion fortune by founding and scaling Bridgewater Associates into the world's largest hedge fund.

Performance varies significantly by year, generally in the range of a 11 to 12 percent annual return, with a record-breaking 33 p...