Simplify the Work To Be Done using the 5Ts
Picture this: you are at work and you’ve been asked to onboard a new hire or recent joiner to a specific workflow or business...
The 4 Faces of Business Transformation
If you were to try for an online definition of the phrase “Business Transformation”, you’d get something in this fashion:...
On the Innovation-to-Implementation pipeline
I remember participating in an innovation challenge a long time ago and presenting my “innovative idea”, and one of the judges’...
Could your hard customer journey be the reason you are not making sales?
Sometimes the reason people are not buying from you is not because they don't want to, but because it is hard...
Do you have an “Acceptable AI Usage” Policy for your organization?
With the rise in usage of generative AI, it’s become very common for many knowledge workers to leverage ChatGPT in crafting email...
A 5-point test for designing effective business processes
So you’ve realized your business activities need defined processes. And you’ve gone on ahead to do just that. But just before...
Mastering Microsoft Excel – the 80:20 way
My 80:20 reference here is to the Pareto principle: 80% of your outcomes come from 20% of your effort. Or in the case of mastering a new...
Here’s how to DEAL with your workload
When faced with the burden of growing workload that seems to increase instead of reduce with each passing day, what do you do? You take...
Three frameworks to get better outcomes from your business meetings
Are you getting the most out of your business meetings? Do you spend hours in meetings, but with little or almost nothing to show for this...
Unlock your productivity in 2024 through automation – your first step
How well are you unlocking productivity by automating your repetitive daily...
How can AI transform the education sector in Nigeria?
How can AI transform Nigeria’s economy?How can AI transform Nigeria?How can AI transform how we work in Nigeria?How can AI transform how...
The challenge of sustained transformation
I came across a news article about a growing menace in the city of Lagos, and the story reminded me of the Second Law of Thermodynamics....
Building Gauge Charts in Microsoft Excel
Gauge charts are visualization tools used to show KPI performance, with gradients demonstrating the ranges of poor, medium, average, and...
PMP Study Review tool
While studying for the PMP Certification, I amassed some prep materials and maintained them in an Excel file. Started putting them together...
Putting upstream thinking into practice
A man and his friend were having a picnic by the riverside, and all of a sudden, they heard a scream. A child was in the water, likely...