... Read more Calling and the Individual Sense of Significance
Me: I am going to change the
world
The World: Change thyself first!
It is true that
charity begins at home; it is also true that leadership and true salvation are inside-out;
hence, when we meet potential change-agents, particularly the ones we know, it
is a lot difficult to believe they can make significant differences.
Particularly if we met them before they became “significant”; afterwards,
everyone else can believe.
When David
showed up to kill Goliath, everyone took him serious except his brother; to
whom he ... Read more 
Corporate Governance in the Body of Christ
This paper aims to discuss the subject matter of corporate governance in the body of Christ. This discussion is critical at this point in the body of Christ, especially in Nigeria, in view of the leadership crisis the nation is experiencing. The church, as the light of the world, the ground and pillar of truth has a lot to teach and demonstrate about leadership.
For simplicity, the questions it desires to answer will be first presented and the rest of the paper will seek to answer them in no order; other related questions will be presented in the course of the paper. The questions are enumerated to help identification in discussing the answers provided.
Context
The discussion of corporate ... Read more
Beyond CSR to CSI
Earlier in 2015, I was invited to make a presentation at a brainstorming session on development practice in Nigeria. Our aim was to fashion out the possible engagement focus for a particular organisation. At the end of the session, we all agreed that achieving socio-economic development is at the heart of development in Africa, which can only occur when we have sustainable productive entities (profitable firms). – Corporate Social Responsiblity (CSR) was discussed too.
A good development agenda must therefore be holistic and should address the challenges that limit our competitiveness as a nation, rather than focusing on increasing specific inputs. This is because even ... Read more
Redefining Executive Priorities
In August 1939, Albert Einstein, who had fled Nazi Germany some years earlier, wrote a letter to President Franklin D. Roosevelt informing him of his concerns about Germany’s capacity to develop a nuclear weapon and made suggestions on how America could so same. In response, Roosevelt set up the Manhattan project, to work on developing a nuclear bomb, the project was successful and resulted in the historical bombing of Hiroshima and a few days later, of Nagasaki in August 1945.
Afterwards, the world will never remain the same; we’ve developed a relatively cheap way to annihilate humans.
After, a thoughtful consideration of the damage done and the implications in the ... Read more
To Build Your DREAM
Leaders are dealers in hope. They are not hope-dealers because they are more optimistic than the rest of the team but because they are less afraid – not unafraid – to follow their instincts. They smell out water and follow the chase, some have died before they found water but the ones we celebrate today are those who found their chase just before the last breadth.
Often times, their chase is not entirely rational especially at first, at least to the onlooker. It is not that leaders are entirely irrational but often operate with different hues of rationality. Much more than others, the leader is much more prone to cross-examine herself; as she is operating by a higher yardstick. The fears ... Read more
THE HIGH CALLING OF GOD
Faith is not man’s quest for God, it cannot be, for where can he find Him? It is God’s quest for man; hence, genuine acts of Faith are best seen in man’s response to the passions of God. When the Scripture says “seek Me and you shall find Me”, it is not because of the greatness of our efforts but in our response to the one who so earnestly seeks us. The true seeker is truly sought. Yes, in many ways, God has been really looking for you.
Man's righteousness therefore is not a product of good deeds but in the obedience to God. If you have really tried hard at being good, you would agree that the self awareness posture required to pursue righteousness quickly leads to the discovery ... Read more
Father!
It wouldn't dim the lights
Or dull the applause
Though I do it myself
For public applause is never a chance thing
Bad luck has never held back a nation
Neither will good luck save it
It would take awareness and commitment
It would take me
I am unique, impregnated with change
Destined a light
A destiny that calls my name
A call I must heed
Though there be other calls
Calls for moderation and caution
Given by loving loving hearts
Some by referees that will never play
Calls that would have killed Edison and emasculated David
Calls to feed my need
Visible calls
I however choose to heed the invisible
And ... Read more
Bishops in the Market Place
The Premise
The nature of the individuals to which this text refers are individuals who have come to a place.
These individuals have come to a Psalm 23 and 46 place.
Psalm 23: The Lord is my Shepherd…
He makes me lie down in green pastures
He leads me besides still waters
Psalm 46: Let the oceans roar and foam. Let the mountains tremble as the waters surge!
A river brings joy to the city of our God, the sacred home of the Most High
God dwells in that city; it cannot be destroyed. From the very break of day, God ... Read more
IMPERFECT PLACES
Sincerely, I do not know if you have been here. Though I doubt if you have not but really the issue is not whether you have been here or not but whether you recognize this place for what it is.
An imperfect place is that place where right is not good; it is that place where nature is different from the observed. It is that place that an entrepreneur could arrive at where though he knows he is in the right business but his experience has not been a good one. It is a man looking into the eyes of his wife – the right woman, knowing that though she is right, there is still a lot that is seemingly unpleasant with her. It is the wife weeping over a misbehaving husband that she truly loves. She ... Read more