Employers encounter several challenges in keeping workers happy, engaged and thriving. Often, inadequate workplace communication undermines the very effort to maintain harmony and cooperation among workers. Creativity can be used however, to turn potential mines into gold. Key among these is the simple exercise of tree planting. We all know the obvious benefits of tree planting such as provision of […]
Celebrating Kenyas’ ‘humming bird’ moment
December 4, 2023 As I bent down to plant the first of my trees on Monday 13th November, I shed a tear. A tear of joy. Until that moment I had been coordinating various tree planting events both in my corporate and private capacity. But at that moment, bent down, I remembered her, my tree planting shero, Prof Wangari Maathai. I remembered […]
FATUMA HIRSI: CULTURAL AMBASSADOR AND COMMUNICATOR PAR EXCELLENCE
FATUMA HIRSI MOHAMED is easily a cultural ambassador. Born to a Muslim family in Wajir, Kenya, she has gone on to study bilingual (French/English) Secretarial and an advanced degree in two Christian Catholic institutions- Kianda College and Strathmore Business School. Her work experience is as diverse- from a local bank startup, through Kenyas’ largest media house, the Nation Media Group […]
Leadership: a call to pass the baton persuasively
Armed with great ideas, energy and excitement, fresh entrants into a professional field come ready to conquer the world. They find jargon, red tape and sometimes cynical older professionals who now tick time in and out without much creativity. Left on their own, these youngsters will soon join the rat race and wither away seeking greener pastures and new excitement. Mentors, when sought for and available, help keep the young professionals energised and excited ready to tap into their creative juices and mange the rat race.
Mending our food systems: Upstream and downstream research must work together
Future food security will be achieved by exploiting the power of ‘new biosciences’. The new biosciences include genomics (the study of the structure, function, evolution and mapping of all the heritable traits of an organism), immunology and vaccinology (the science or methodology of vaccine bio-informatics. But without marrying the power of these new biosciences tools and approaches with judicious applications […]