I took the kids to the British Museum in London before my MBA graduation ceremony. We went straight to the African Gallery. I became their unofficial guide there, describing the artefacts taken from the Benin Empire, the invasion, and the colonisation of Nigeria. A guide stood listening and nodded all through. His version of the […]
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BusinessIn a noisy world, silence often speaks the loudest. When Satya Nadella became CEO of Microsoft, many expected a flashy, dominant style. But what they got was quite strong. He neither yelled nor bulldozed. He listened and learned. And led one of the most significant cultural turnarounds in tech history. You don’t need to raise
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