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Why business executives are turning to theatre to seek advice to run their business

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This was published in Graphic Business on Tuesday, April 7, 2015. ‘What in business are called ‘’people skills’ are terribly important to the directorial process’’ Trevor Nunn, a Theatre Director and Critic When Ama Ata Aidoo, Wole Soyinka, and their contemporaries began placing their stories on our tables, the root of corporate governance and business […]

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What the film ‘Selma’ teach us about the change we want in our lives and for the corporate marketplace

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Nobody in Dr. King’s company at that time could ever envisage the quickest passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 in America. It could never have come through in their wildest imagination, though they had hope. But it did, because they stood up for the right to be done. What looks impossible for you

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What ‘John Q’ teaches you about the sweet risks you should take

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In John Q, Denzel Washington played a father who took advantage of every conceivable and inconceivable risk to save the life of his son who was battling with his life with an enlarged heart. But for the living heart of a woman who was feared dead through an accident Denzel’s son would have gone. If

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To become excellent at customer service learn how to act

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All the smiles, friendly care and handshakes we enjoy from you have been repeatedly orchestrated by you to keep your job relevant. So, when I am happy with your service, I say ‘thank you for your excellent service’. Well, all that you did was pure acting, what we call in theatre improvisation. Which means a

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Life is all improvisation. Actors earn their keep doing this. Funny enough, you improvise too

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To be a good dad, and a first one at that, you have to learn quickly and fast to give your family that cover they need. Sales, customer service persons, new CEOs learn on their roles at the first, and more after that. They do so by improvising– playing those roles. They never stop improvising.

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What is your ”spine”? Know your ”spine” because it keeps you alive

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What holds a book together is its spine. The strength of an actor is the strong character they project. Without that strong character showing, there is no actor. The human spine cord together with the brain makes up the central nervous system. So, it is that sensitive to your life. Without the human spine, there

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New Oxford research says, the market is looking for Chief Emotional Officers not Chief Executive Officers, Really?

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It’s now ever clearer: If you want to get to the top of your industry, master your ability to understand what we feel and solve our challenges. Save usual CEOs hard core headaches on creating shareholder value. Last week the BBC Business news did a story of anew research by Oxford University that showed the

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Talent is found in their story- which should be the story you want to create

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            The people we employ at any point in time are reflection of our critical need at the time. If that time was full of uncertainty, hesitance, rush, unguarded measure of what we want, we get talent that shows ALL of that. No wonder that after while that talent treats

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What do you stand for? 4 Lessons from Ayi Kwei Armah’s ‘The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born’

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The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born is set between 1965’s Passion Week and 25 February 1966 – the day after the overthrow of Kwame Nkrumah, Ghana’s first president. The unnamed protagonist, known as the ‘man’ tries to stay ‘clean’ in the heat of corruption and rot that characterised post-independence. My interest is in what

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