OPPORTUNITY CALL FOR APPLICATION: A. G. Leventis African Biodiversity Fellowship Programme.
Deadline: October 29th Applications are now open for the 2021/2022 A. G. Leventis African Biodiversity Fellowship Programme. This new Fellowship programme, launched in September 2021 is run by Professor Milner-Gulland, Tasso Leventis Professor of Biodiversity in the Department of Biology, and her team in the Interdisciplinary Centre for Conservation Science. It offers NGO, government and […]
SUSTAINABILITY VS WORKFORCE. ROBOTIC WORKERS
Everyone is bothered with robotic workers taking over the workforce, but no one is bothered about the toll they are taking on our energy use, natural resources, and our environment at large. There are no doubts that these inventions would transform our economies and probably transform the look of businesses in years to come by […]
CUSTOMER MANAGEMENT 101. CUSTOMER RETENTION PRACTICES
It’s been said over and over again; it’s cheaper to get an existing customer to make a repeat purchase than it is to find a new customer. This is true to every business, as customer retention is the key to a thriving business. Customer retention is the ability of a company, organization or product to […]
GLOBAL WARMING VS CLIMATE CHANGE. DIFFERENCES.
Global warming and climate change have become popular words, that even a lower basic child must have heard them a lot of times, either from a science textbook or cartoons. Despite the phrases being used often, most people make use of these words interchangeably without knowing a difference exists between them. Global warming is just […]
PRODUCTIVITY ENGINE. THE 4 D’s OF TIME MANAGEMENT
Productivity is the goal of every individual whether in the work, home or personal setting. With limited time of 24hours a day (from which we spend atleast 5hours on rest), and so much to do, time management can be quite difficult. The 4 D’s of Time Management DELETE, DELEGATE, DEFER. DO The book “Power of […]
ACHIEVING ORGANIZATIONAL GOALS; S.M.A.R.T
Every organization and business has goals they aim to achieve. These goals can be strategic, tactical, and/or operational. -Strategic goals are broad goals and generally encompass where the organization wants to be in long term and short term future. -Tactical goals are goals that define expected outcomes of major divisions in an organization in order […]
INTRAPRENEURSHIP & EXTRPRENEURSHIP AS CONCEPTS OF EVERYDAY BUSINESS
Everyday, the global modern and business world gives birth to new notions and concepts that conform to forms and strategies of development. Intrapreneurship and Extrapreneurship are the two latest word of the business and economic world. While they haven’t been incorporated to the English Dictionary, their word structure indicates strong relation to ‘Entrepreneurship’ , and […]
Environmental Pollution. Guilty as Charged
When we hear environmental pollution, what comes to mind are aerosols, carbon monoxide and gases, so we proudly self-vindicate of environmental pollution. But Wikipedia explained Environmental Pollution as “the introduction of contaminants into the natural environment that causes adverse changes. Pollution can take the form of chemical substances or energy, noise, heat or light.” This […]
World Environmental Day 2021
ONLY ONE EARTH We only have one earth and its our responsibility to take care of it. Our galaxy and our world may be abundant with planets that some may be habitable, but nothing we will ever find is close to this planet that we call home. We will inevitably find planets that are […]
AGILITY AND INNOVATION FROM THE BEGINNING
Agility and Innovation are inseparable twins with the goal of delivering differentiating and customer obsessed business outcomes. They require demonstration of key concepts, mechanisms and traits that the most disruptive organizations do seemingly on autopilot. Historically, Agility and Innovation have been thought of as something that software developers do. However, it is the entire […]