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 ›
Efficiency
Are you the ‘management-forensics’ leader type?
This blog discusses management-forensics. We know that for many people, anything forensic equals crime. Well, at the Effectiveness lab, we define management-forensics as the deliberate practice to investigate value-addition enablers and killers at companies. Those things that significantly add or… Read More ›
The big-size vs efficiency dilemma
Big or super-big, is considered efficient. This applies to companies, nation states, and even families. Many admire Apple, and its GAFA peers for inching towards the most valuable company status in the world, on the social front, in the Great-Lakes… Read More ›
Renting out replacement relatives – Human mercantilism Series 2 of 2
The family rental industry in Japan was born to deal with a social enigma – the disintegration of the traditional family into something too nuclear, and that no longer boasts of social relevance. The modern family numbers are so small… Read More ›
Renting out replacement relatives – family mercantilism Series 1 of 2
When we are lonely and sad, throw everything against the wall and nothing sticks, we start to despair. We all lose loved ones and fail to find suitable alternatives – the loss may be caused by death, divorce, anger and… Read More ›
Job hopping and what it says about you
Learn to build a world you yearn for in the world that you inherited. To those individuals that job hop: serve a minimum of four years in a job. It’s not that difficult if your mind is programmed to view… Read More ›
The false dichotomy – employees running personal micro-enterprises – Series 1 of 2
There are four factors of production – land, capital, labour, and entrepreneurship. In the past one needed all four to run a viable enterprise; however, in an increasingly digital and networked world, you may only need a combination of two… Read More ›
The spare tyre; when do we need spare? – Series 2 of 2
Series 1 of 2, ‘The spare tyre; when do we need spare?’ delved into the always vexing subject – spare body parts. Series 1 ended on an open note. Open conclusions denote complexity of the issue at hand. The effectiveness… Read More ›
The spare-tyre: when do we need spare? Series 1 of 2
You must be wondering why the Effectiveness-lab of all things, has decided to discuss the vehicle spare tyre. Whenever we have spare parts, including body organs, we do not worry about unwanted stoppages in life. Business and human activity shall… Read More ›
Tenacity vs. high IQ – what begets success?
Hello, friends – this last blog in the April 2016 Effectiveness lab series, explores a subject that fascinates many in Africa, specifically East Africa. The obsession with high levels of Intelligence Quotient (IQ) and the accompanying A+ ‘accreditation’ at school…. Read More ›
