Nairobi, July 9 -- I am not the loudest when it comes to football. Actually, I consider myself an orphaned silent CEO fan in football.I do not have a club tattooed on my heart. I do not wake up at 2am to watch Champions League. I do not argue about referees, club formations, or who should have been substituted.

People often ask me, 'if you're not loyal to any football club, then why do you watch the 2026 Fifa World Cup matches?'

The truth is, I do not watch football for loyalty. I watch football for leadership. I watch because football teaches me things that boardrooms, strategy documents, and leadership books cannot.

I watch because patterns reveal themselves in real time; patterns of winning, patterns of collapse, patterns of pressur...