I share short stories that bring joy, teach valuable lessons and inspire big ideas. Each story is designed to take just a few minutes to read, but is packed with thought-provoking twists and turns. Explore the blogs below and let these stories brighten your day.

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Invest early in your career

I'm a Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Engineer by training. I started my career in Guinea as Technical Adviser. Early in my career, I wanted to diversify my career options…

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Preparing for a post-COVID-19 world

There are many uncertainties about COVID-19 pandemic. We still don’t know with certitude when and how it has started. We don’t know when and how it will end. We don’t know how many people will be infected or affected or die of it. But we know one thing: the post-COVID-19 world will be a different world.

In the post-COVID-19 world, INGOs face three choices: transform, “die well” or “die badly”. But they don’t have to die, well or bad. They can survive and thrive by learning from the corporate world adaptability and agility.

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#Covid19: The Police officer’s lesson

On a sunny Monday morning, I got out of the constraints of working remotely to take care of personal matters. As I was driving my car through an area of human concentration, with a passenger beside me, in an acceptable traffic jam, a police officer beckoned me to park. Like any driver, I was worried for a moment, wondering what I could do. It quickly gave way to the certainties of someone who is up to date... and who knows his rights in a country where, I must confess, they are still respected.

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