The brief encounter with the young man at a South London bus stop had bugged me for close to two weeks. His request for money to buy some food from the eatery across the road had met with misfortunes of […]
The brief encounter with the young man at a South London bus stop had bugged me for close to two weeks. His request for money to buy some food from the eatery across the road had met with misfortunes of […]
Pondering what seems a growing reluctance to do a very right thing; only to follow that with grudgingly offered apologies. Simply say “excuse me”, with or without an appended “please”, and I’ll happily oblige. However, it seems you would rather […]
The books, lectures and experiences have informed me of leadership that inspired teams, organisations, communities and countries to up their games. I have learnt of, seen, felt and even suffered failures of leadership. As the people of Sierra Leone look […]
Sierra Leonean often start gatherings using the wisdoms and experiences of the old, the powerful and the religious to set the scene for deliberations and help steer proceedings. In eight weeks there will be a dispersed gathering of Sierra Leoneans. […]
Private Baldrick of the “cunning” but not so clever plans leaves Captain Blackadder with “the agony of choice” between culinary efforts that looked more like strategies for harm than offers of sustainment. Anyway, it is in the make-believe world of […]
It was coming up to 7 pm on Wednesday 24th December 2014 at the Bo District Ebola Response Centre. The building’s caretaker had given the five-minute warning. We knew the drill – the electricity generator was about to be switched […]
London, this greatest of cities, received me into the world and I could not be prouder of her. However, drill down into my love of London and you’ll find it isn’t as simple as the “maybe it’s because I am […]
Cowards hide behind whatever prevents them taking responsibility for their actions, or helps them avoid facing the people they hurt. They find easy ways into situations and often follow that with even easier ways out. They slip into concert halls […]
The simplistic notion that my friend’s friends must be my friends, and their enemies my enemies too, has often been held on to and practised by leaders or aspiring leaders of nations. Problem is, it almost always comes back to […]
My love of sport never goes beyond enjoying the entertainment of contests and confirmation of who was best on the day. So, it is interesting that I find proceedings at the Athletics World Championships of 2015 and other sports related […]