Today, there are awards and prizes galore announced for people from all walks of life for achievements and contributions. They come attached with varying esteem, prestige, worth or value. For some it is a moment under a spotlight and soon to be forgotten. For some others, it opens new doors. For a few lucky ones,…
PART 1 Agility as a wave, a movement, is in. We will have Agility 1.0, 2.0… n.0 in quick succession as some market savvy consultant or business leader will have you believe that a new and trend is on the verge of sweeping the world of business that is a bit different from the prevalent…
Democracies are messy. They lose their way sometimes and become a sham. Powerful elites work their way directly through electoral processes or otherwise through bankrolling candidates in exchange for favours, and then retain a stranglehold on policy, law, institutions… and people. A hubristic belief in their prowess, popularity or infallibility is often their undoing. Najib…
The theme of ‘thought leadership’ has intrigued me for some time now. What piqued my curiosity was why there was such scarce thought leadership around me, when so many were tasked with it and many indeed were growing up the ladder of rewards presumably because they met agreed goals (that included thought leadership!).
It is now close to two weeks since access to our own money was regulated, replaced, restricted. We were exhorted to grin and bear it in the ‘national interest’ and by some steps removed, in our own interest. We were having our variation of ‘drain the swamp’ and the votaries / attack dogs in social…
The practice of democracy is messy at times. It comes with risks. It is threatening to pre-existing hierarchies. It often underlines what we must give up in order to have what we espouse. So it is hard work. It requires active learning.
The cynic reviles the present; he rejects the dream; The rebel rejects the present; he revels in the dream; The cynic’s anger is frozen, buried in cold storage; The rebel’s anger is molten, rage ready to engage; The cynic sees futility in all things and all pursuits; The rebel sees a fight for all things…
The proposition here is that democracy starts with individual responsibility for one’s neighbourhood, in the first place, a commitment to ensure that one participates actively in its affairs and builds a record of service that goes beyond service of self.
Space travel fill us with fascination and awe. Can we perhaps ponder the lessons we can draw from risking life for discovery?