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I have worked in International development, with respected International development agencies, for the last 15 years.

I continue to be 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.

• Do you demonise bureaucracies?

  By AB Gabazira on December 9, 2018 • ( 3 )

  

  At the Effectiveness lab, we are acutely aware that organizational architecture (read: structure) impacts the efficiency, effectiveness and ultimately, the overall efficacy of organizations that purport to be in the business of value-creation. Whether you are in business for money… Read More ›

• Brexit fallout – fiefdoms and lessons for leaders series 2 of 2

  By AB Gabazira on November 25, 2018 • ( 1 )

  

  Well, the British prime minister Theresa May and those still loyal to her have survived the most dangerous seven days. It was a tumultuous week. A week where even the harbingers of the fiefdom, and usually canny political survivors, didn’t… Read More ›

• Brexit fallout – fiefdoms and lessons for leaders Series 1 of 2

  By AB Gabazira on November 18, 2018 • ( 2 )

  

  We are primarily an OD. blog and apolitical in every sense of the word. However, on some occasions, we infer lessons from the political sphere, without necessarily becoming political ourselves. There are extremely good lessons for OD. practitioners like leaders… Read More ›

• Digital and the social revolution in homes – Series 2 of 2

  By AB Gabazira on November 11, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  Because the boundary between work and home is blurred, digitization has extended to the home. Digital assistants are with us everywhere, including in the toilet and shower. Digital assistants and programs are nurturing the young and helping humankind to relate…. Read More ›

• Digital and the social revolution in homes – Series 1 of 2

  By AB Gabazira on November 4, 2018 • ( 4 )

  

  Human behavior mostly mimics the ‘code’ that was used to programme our brain when growing up. We can’t dispense with the need for young human beings needing to be groomed by fellow human beings. It’s only natural for mankind to… Read More ›

• What CEO’s can learn from film producers

  By AB Gabazira on October 28, 2018 • ( 2 )

  

  We are currently reading an interesting book – Design thinking for school leaders by A.Gallagher and K.Thordarson. The book explores how sustainable change happens in a traditionally unchangeable education industry in the USA. Apparently – there is much that contemporary… Read More ›

• Diversity not a mere tick-box exercise – corporate optics 2 of 2

  By AB Gabazira on October 21, 2018 • ( 1 )

  

  As per last week’s blog, there is a quite a bit of practicing diversity for diversity’s sake going on. The so-called diversity for optics narrative. Apparently, there are two schools of thought that influence plus determine the impact of diversity… Read More ›

• Diversity not a mere tick-box exercise – corporate optics 1 of 2

  By AB Gabazira on October 14, 2018 • ( 4 )

  

  There may be no other country on earth, where diversity and inclusion – at every level, but more so the corporate and political spheres where power and influence are vested in the hands of a privileged and powerful class, are… Read More ›

• The fallacy that deploying more staff resources fixes workload

  By AB Gabazira on October 7, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  Do you get up worried about the amount of work waiting for you at the office and how resource constrained you are to clear it? It’s a familiar story in this era of ‘doing more for less’ Leaders and managers… Read More ›

• Burning the midnight oil doesn’t make you more smart or effective

  By AB Gabazira on September 30, 2018 • ( 11 )

  

  All hours aren’t equal and working long hours does not necessarily mean greater productivity – New Zealand We all stay up late at night to complete a piece of work. And the next morning, many of you feel happy and… Read More ›