Effectiveness
-
Sunglass leaders – the filter effect that casts everything in one colour
This week – our focus is on what we call, for purposes of this blog, the ‘sunglass’ leader. A leader whose manners demand of those they lead, to see the world through one lens and colour – their lens. It’s akin to wearing sunglasses, that we know place a filter between the eye and what… Continue reading
-
COVID-19 and the Nakabugu conundrum Series 2 of 2
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 We hope that you recall the profile of the Nakabugunite as shared in Series 1:… Continue reading
-
COVID-19 and the Nakabugu conundrum Series 1 of 2
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 Nakabugunites, in Nakabugu village and they are many: Febiano Lutabalo, Hajati Wamwenderaki, Andereya Isota Bukulubuwomya,… Continue reading
-
COVID-19: back to basics with Ugandan Ubuntu
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. We have returned to basics – at least since the lockdown by HE YK. Museveni… Continue reading
-
Benefit of hindsight and COVID-19 crisis – PLANNING in comatose
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 Effectiveness-lab and what can we say? That with the benefit of hindsight – we told… Continue reading
-
COVID-19 crisis – opportunity-laden monster, for those with the right enterprise-spectacles Series 2 of 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 apply to gain traction from point A to B, on condition that they have the… Continue reading
-
COVID-19 crisis – opportunity-laden monster, for those with the right enterprise-spectacles Series 1 of 2
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 the coronavirus disease 2019 and given the sobriquet COVID-19. And three months into the COVID-19… Continue reading
-
Corona virus life realities – drawing-down on our life expectancy
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 Sunday. And the Christians, especially those that profess the life of Jesus Christ our saviour… Continue reading
-
Are organisational structure and hierarchy dying on their feet? Series 2 of 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 configuration is so much in demand to reign in worried, desperate but also errant citizens?… Continue reading
-
Are organisational structure and hierarchy dying on their feet? Series 1 of 2
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 any organisation, the thing you witness first at the reception centre, apart from the furniture… Continue reading
About Me
Apollo B. Gabazira is an Ugandan OD. junkie fascinated by matters that render organisations/individuals effective or not. He blogs on effective leadership and management. He is a devoted green-farmer and breeds the Ayrshire cow at Nakabugu, Luuka district, Uganda. Apollo is quite effective at what he chooses to do.