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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.

• COVID-19 and the Nakabugu conundrum Series 2 of 2

  By AB Gabazira on May 31, 2020 • ( 5 )

  

  Hello there! How should our Nakabugu kindred deal with COVID-19? As shared … This week, we are discussing solutions. Some solutions are in the hands of the Nakabugunites themselves, but as usual, for the vulnerable African, some are God sent… Read More ›

• COVID-19 and the Nakabugu conundrum Series 1 of 2

  By AB Gabazira on May 24, 2020 • ( 7 )

  

  These are times to worry and look after ourselves, family, work colleagues, and the vulnerable people on the globe. We dedicate this blog to our loved ones. For us at the Effectiveness lab, a special dedication to our kindred, the… Read More ›

• COVID-19: back to basics with Ugandan Ubuntu

  By AB Gabazira on May 10, 2020 • ( 4 )

  

  This week, we continue the Effectiveness lab’s COVID-19 monologue. We choose to discuss three socio-economic and typically Ugandan issues. We opine that the COVID-19 crisis has forced Ugandans and our always welcome visitors, to reflect on our increasingly ‘borrowed’ lifestyle…. Read More ›

• Benefit of hindsight and COVID-19 crisis – PLANNING in comatose

  By AB Gabazira on May 3, 2020 • ( 2 )

  From a rumour in China to an epidemic, then pandemic – and now, ensuing global pandemonium Traumatised by the COVID 19 global crisis – we have gone back in time and looked at the blogs we have written at the… Read More ›

• COVID-19 crisis – opportunity-laden monster, for those with the right enterprise-spectacles Series 2 of 2

  By AB Gabazira on April 26, 2020 • ( 2 )

  

  Friends – we are back to complete the series, Covid-19 crisis – an opportunity-laden monster for those with the right enterprise-spectacles. Last week we discussed opportunities in the professional work ecosystem and technology. We outlined the levers that one can… Read More ›

• COVID-19 crisis – opportunity-laden monster, for those with the right enterprise-spectacles Series 1 of 2

  By AB Gabazira on April 19, 2020 • ( 3 )

  

  COVID-19 – on 31 December 2019, a cluster of pneumonia cases of unknown aetiology was reported in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China. On 9th January 2020, China CDC reported a novel coronavirus as the causative agent of this outbreak. It was baptised… Read More ›

• Corona virus life realities – drawing-down on our life expectancy

  By AB Gabazira on April 12, 2020 • ( 2 )

  

  When facing death, in Nakabugu village, the tendency is for us to run to God – the God we call “Kibumba or Katonda“ and the other tribes In Uganda call God: “Ruhanga, Deke, Kaboona, Were, O-kibumba, etc.” Today is Easter… Read More ›

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

  By AB Gabazira on April 5, 2020 • ( 2 )

  

  It’s funny that as we write series 2 of this blog, the very hypothesis that we put before you in series 1 is under scrutiny. With COVID19 ravaging the globe, have we ever been in a time where military-like organisation… Read More ›

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

  By AB Gabazira on March 8, 2020 • ( 4 )

  

  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 ›