As humans have both lower and higher needs and they must fulfill the lower needs to reach the higher ones. Businesses are no different; they must have their basic lower needs met before reaching the higher ones.

Most people spend their lives in pursuit of discovering their passions. The fact is that purpose ignites passion not vice versa. People try hard to ignite their passions, but they fail. Knowing what you truly stand for sparks off passion. Nelson Mandela’s purpose, Former President of South Africa was to end apartheid and achieve freedom […]

Creativity killers. Yes, they are the factories, I mean the companies of the twenty first century. “Swim with the trend” encouragers. Keep fitting. The machine needs you. Be and stay a cog.  Do the job. “You were not born to be a cog in the giant industrial machine. You were trained to become a cog”. […]

Business restructuring has become the business news headlines in the UK since Brexit referendum that took place on 23 June 2016. As Brexit is hardly sorted, most businesses are still dejected. Morrisons’ supermarkets confirmed plans to axe 3000 managerial roles across its stores. Other retailers like Tesco, Sainsbury’s and Asda will follow suit. Boots the […]

What is the longest river in the world? Who is the 12th president of the United States? Who invented television? Who invented telephone first? Where is the tallest building in the world? What is the point of memorizing the answers for such questions? Does it measure intelligence? Certainly, no. Google provides all the answers in […]

Finding the best mentors is critical because they will realign your path, guarantee success and help you draw the map of your life. This is the trend in the market now. If someone does not have a mentor, failure is inescapable. Everyone aspires to be mentored by Oprah Winfrey or Tony Robbins. The problem is […]

The confusion over the difference between purpose, vision, mission and goals has led most businesses to develop an organizational fatigue. They operate in a labyrinth. If the destination is wrong, setting goals and measuring progress do not work. Let’s quickly clear the confusion and redefine the definitions.

The final impact of the business determines the soundness of its purpose. Let’s discuss this statement by using Barclays bank whose purpose, mission and corporate strategy are great learning tools that we can use to better our understanding. Let’s first dissect Barclays’ purpose: Creating opportunities to rise. We are a company of opportunity makers working […]

In 2016, I wrote a post titled “The real competitive advantage in any business is one word only which is people” which outlines the fact that the failure of most businesses stems from their inability to determine why they exist. What are they trying to achieve? Using a competitive advantage implies competitiveness and encourages businesses […]