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I have worked in International development, and with respected International development agencies, for over 20 years.

I continue to get fascinated by what brings and takes away EFFECTIVENESS in both People and Organisations.

I'm especially interested in helping organisations and people become effective at what they do.

• Are organisational structure and hierarchy dying on their feet? Series 1 of 2

  By AB Gabazira on March 8, 2020 • ( 1 )

  

  Are structure and hierarchy at the organisation, like we have known the ‘OD-twins’ since our days at school and at work, dying on their feet? Structure/Hierarchy is so synonymous with the modern organisation that the moment we set foot into… Read More ›

• What begets business success for the small person? Series 3 of 3

  By AB Gabazira on March 1, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  In concluding this series, we answer the question that we asked in series 2: What is the difference between the two urban African eateries and moreover, both in so-called capitals of the two Great Lakes countries, serving the same clientele,… Read More ›

• What begets business success for the small person? Series 2 of 3

  By AB Gabazira on February 16, 2020 • ( 2 )

  

  Our series one juxtaposed two urban African eateries that should be similar in orientation but manifest exciting differences. We use the phrase – being ‘miles apart’ to compare the two units So, what is the difference between the two urban… Read More ›

• What begets business success for the small person? Series 1 of 3

  By AB Gabazira on February 9, 2020 • ( 1 )

  

  And this week, we delve into the drivers of business success for the small business souls (not the titans] and use the urban mid/lower restaurant industry sector in Kenya and Uganda as our case study. The blog situates business dynamics… Read More ›

• Our time management homily – Series 2 of 2

  By AB Gabazira on January 19, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  So, last week, we ended on the note that: there is a quiet, invisible debate about the elasticity or inelasticity of time. That there is a stretchiness about the phenomenon of time in Uganda – we remind you all again,… Read More ›

• Our time management homily – Series 1 of 2

  By AB Gabazira on January 12, 2020 • ( 5 )

  

  Now, being the true Ugandans we have been and shall forever want to be, we longed to return home from our sojourn lifestyle of the recent past. For several weeks now, actually months, we have been back in Uganda, a… Read More ›

• Brexit Management lessons – negotiating the D.Trump way — Gabazira’s blog

  By AB Gabazira on January 4, 2020 • ( 0 )

  The Effectiveness lab has chosen to forego its traditional Dec./New-year series, for the “We told you!” post-Brexit series – a reflection on leadership and management lessons for practitioners that want to analyse and learn from the Brexit dynamics – going back to the lab’s deep interest in Brexit leadership and management lessons

  How did Boris Johnson get to where he is today? Did he take tips from the best in the game?

• Believe! — Gabazira’s blog

  By AB Gabazira on January 1, 2020 • ( 0 )

  The Effectiveness lab has chosen to forego its traditional Dec./New-year series, for the “We told you!” post-Brexit series – a reflection on leadership and management lessons for practitioners that want to analyse and learn from the Brexit dynamics – going back to the lab’s deep interest in Brexit leadership and management lessons

  How did Boris Johnson get to where he is today?

  Do you want to take lessons, free at that, in belief-dynamics from Boris? It may just deliver you a successful 2020 – personally and at the organisation – right?

• The Brexit cacophony – how to be heard — Gabazira’s blog

  By AB Gabazira on December 28, 2019 • ( 0 )

  The Effectiveness lab has chosen to forego its traditional Dec./New-year series, for the “We told you!” post-Brexit series – a reflection on leadership and management lessons for practitioners that want to analyse and learn from the Brexit dynamics – going back to the lab’s deep interest in Brexit leadership and management lessons

  How did Boris Johnson get to where he is today?

• The one and obvious leadership lesson from the Brexit melodrama — Gabazira’s blog

  By AB Gabazira on December 22, 2019 • ( 0 )

  We at the Effectiveness lab continue the ‘we-told-you!’ post-Brexit series, going back to our blogs – that predicted what would happen in time. This week’s re-blog is the: Brexit melodrama and leadership dynamics

  We were spot on!