@Work with Engaisi: Recent Episodes
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Join in on discussions with East African professionals, entrepreneurs, and managers on how we work, how we can do it better, and uncover insights that allow us to shape the future of our careers, businesses, and workplaces.
This episode’s guest is Emmanuel Kimaro, founder and CEO of Bizzyn - an accounting and business management software solutions company.
What can we learn about how teams work from sports teams? From watching two volleyball games, I share what I learned about teams, leaders, and contributors and the moving parts in between that make teams tick.
Sandile Tshabalala, co-founder of Huruma Bantfu, speaks about what human centered design is, how it shows up in communities and workplaces, and why understanding the interwoveness of work with community is key to facilitating positive upliftment of working persons.
From afar, innovation seems like magic; someone's brilliant idea has come alive to give brilliant results - just look at ideas like MPesa!
What is art and science behind this "magic"? Ms. Senorine Wasike clues us in. She talks about ways we can re-think innovation and orient our actions toward a more iterative process. Senorine is the head of marketing at the Kenya Wine Agencies Limited and is pursuing a PhD in Strategy and Innovation.
Risper Mukiri Kaibiria, a Learning and Development specialist, speaks about the role of the L&D department in an organization, why learning is not always the solution, and why we should always take ownership of our careers
Ng’winula Ngikamkono speaks to us about developing tech products. From him, we learn about communities around ideas, how to bring ideas to life, and how curiosity can be an antidote to the fear of failure.
How much of your information is online? When was the last time you thought about your digital safety? We are getting increasingly reliant of the internet and cloud services as both have made impeccable improvements to the way we work and run our businesses. As they continue to evolve, we continue to further move our lives into the digital space.
Nice as that is, there are caveats to this digital market as well as some serious threats to personal information and data breaches that could do serious damage.
Kharim Mchata speaks to us about the dangers and opportunities for more robust safety online.
Competition is stiff for East African businesses and it may be time to re-examine marketing. In developing countries, SMES take up 90% of the private sector business and are responsible for creating 50% of jobs in the economy.
Lydia Kasese shares her marketing insights on how to rethink marketing for your business, strategies to effective campaigns, and resources to learn more about marketing.
When was the last time you learned something new that helped you with a task at work - either made it easier or quicker to do? And generally, when was the last time you wondered about something you observed or heard and decided to look into it?
Both these reveal something about your learning as an adult - one as an adult learning in the workplace, and the other as a plain human seeking to understand their world better. Today’s guest, Edith Mwiyombela, speaks to us about learning in the workplace.
Gervaz Lushaju, a jack of quite a number of artistic trades, speaks about how he found himself here, his reflections of his experiences, and what he has learned. His thoughts are especially relevant to anyone considering starting anything creative.
This episode's guest holds a PhD in Development Studies, is an aspiring dentist, and believes in making teaching sexy. Darlene Mutalemwa tells us about her childhood in Abidjan, being a visitor in her mother country, the plight of SMEs in Tanzania, her passion project - the graduate sales bootcamp program, thoughts about our education system and many more.
Despite common reservations against careers in the creative industry, creatives are establishing businesses and learning to run them sustainably while still maintaining their creative edge. Ngaira Mandara is one of those artists and he speaks to us on this episode about risk-taking, patience, and building a brand around a creative idea.
Why is it that we like certificates more so than we love actual knowledge we gain from learning projects? Why is it that organizations reward certificates more than they reward tangible outcomes that are products of gained understandings?
We hear from Lovilio, co-founder, L&D specialist, and business manager at Rigor International who sheds light on these questions.
How disappointing is receiving 0 customer interest in your new business or product? How would you approach the process of re-evaluating and re-introducing a new product you had high hopes for that wasn’t well received?
These are very real challenges entrepreneurs face and we can learn from those who have gone through them before. This week, we speak with Brian Namanya, founder and CEO of Tubayo in Uganda who has, through experience, mastered the art of learning to pivot and improve his business.
We get first hand information from a talent acquisition specialist about job-seeking, networking, and a sneak peek of what the future of work looks like - hint, the gig economy makes an appearance.
Could our ability to think up novel solutions be amplified or stifled by where we were born and where we grew up? Dr. Scott Bellows thinks so and he’s got the research to prove it. But how and why?
This episode delves into those two questions. Scott speaks about what research shows about divergent thinking in East Africa, why it's an especially pressing imperative for East African businesses to be innovative, and what we can do to train our brains to think more creatively.
If your training was modelled like a video game - would you participate? That’s gamified learning - and most people would because it’s an enjoyable way to learn.
We speak with Yussouf Ntwali - Founder and COO of BAG Innovation - a Rwandese + Swedish start-up, and he tells us how his company is bringing gamified learning to college students to help them be better prepared for the world of work.