As the year ends, many of us reflect on the goals we made at the beginning of 2024. Whether these objectives were personal, family-oriented, or related to friendships, they always represented our desire for growth and betterment. Some may call … Read More
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The Triple Constraints of Life: Balancing Scope, Time, and Cost
As we begin the year 2025, I know a lot of us would have set ourselves goals, in one form or another, and many are times where set goals are major or mini projects to us personally or our families, … Read More
LEVERAGING PPPS TO CLOSE FINANCING GAPS TO PROVIDE INFRASTRUCTURE AND ALLEVIATE UNEMPLOYMENT
The 1st of November 2024 ushered in a new Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) government in Botswana. The new government has inherited a government faced with numerous challenges, including very high youth unemployment, a subdued diamond market depleting government coers, … Read More
CURIOSITY AS A SUPERPOWER: Why a High Curiosity Quotient Matters to Project Management Professionals
“I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious.”– Albert Einstein. I recently stumbled upon the term CQ—Curiosity Quotient. Yes, CQ, not IQ or EQ. Ironically, my own curiosity led me to look further into this concept. People in … Read More
From Start to Finish: Managing Your Marathon Like a Project
With the growing enthusiasm for marathon running, which has seen unprecedented growth in participation, I see the marathon as a powerful metaphor for executing a successful project. Marathons are longer and more challenging than shorter races, demanding focus, strategic planning, … Read More
Beyond the Rhetoric of Data as the New Oil
Why Organizations in Botswana Are Struggling to Leverage Their Data and How They Can Start Winning The phrase “data is the new oil” has become common across industries, highlighting data’s potential to drive value in modern businesses. It’s becoming of … Read More
The Art of Project Management
A lot of project methodologies have been developed and yet we still see poor delivery. Could it be the methods, the project managers, or the organizational setup and maturity levels that are failing us? The causes are multi-layered. One of … Read More
Botswana, Jump to the Next Curve
They say that the ideas of a physicist can be turned into useful objects: a rocket, a quartz clock, or a microwave oven for cooking. The ideas of Government turn into only themselves, as the hands of the clock do, … Read More
Strategic Plans Without Strategy: The Pitfalls of Process Over Purpose
In the world of business, “strategic planning” has become a buzzword. Organisations undertake this process with the promise of improved performance and future success. Yet, too often, these meticulously crafted strategic plans lack the very thing they’re named for: an … Read More
Charting a New Course: The Influence of Exponential Business Models Across Africa
The global business and innovation landscape is undergoing a seismic shift, and the rise of Exponential Organizations (ExOs) across Africa demonstrates the continent’s potential for revolutionary growth. ExOs, as defined by Salim Ismail in his seminal book “Exponential Organizations,” are … Read More