18
Jul 2008
Posted in Business Daily by Sunny Bindra 3 Comments »
“So the summit ended as such summits always do. The delegates agreed on the importance of the problem, the urgent requirement to spend more money: they emphasised the need for ...click here to read the full article.
14
Jul 2008
Posted in Books & Publications by Sunny Bindra 6 Comments »
I will be in attendance at the inaugural meeting of the Storymoja Business Club, Books First, Nakumatt Lifestyle, Monrovia Street, Nairobi, 6.00 to 8.00 pm. The Storymoja Business Club is ...click here to read the full article.
13
Jul 2008
Posted in Sunday Nation by Sunny Bindra 8 Comments »
The amazing success of the Safaricom IPO confirms that we are on our way to becoming a shareholder democracy, does it not? Hundreds of thousands of new shareholders have ...click here to read the full article.
11
Jul 2008
Posted in Business Daily by Sunny Bindra 2 Comments »
“…In a 2005 Australian study published in the British Medical Journal, researchers interviewed, during a 27-month period, 456 hospitalized cell phone users who had each been involved in a crash. ...click here to read the full article.
6
Jul 2008
Posted in Sunday Nation by Sunny Bindra 4 Comments »
If you want to go up Nairobi’s Museum Hill, you have to turn in from Uhuru Highway. There is usually a policeman stationed at the roundabout to make sure ...click here to read the full article.
4
Jul 2008
Posted in Business Daily by Sunny Bindra 1 Comment »
“Throughout your career people will approach you with all manner of real-life problems resulting from your work. A wonderfully effective response is to invite them to have a look ...click here to read the full article.
29
Jun 2008
Posted in Sunday Nation by Sunny Bindra 4 Comments »
The debate on whether parliamentarians should pay tax on their all income is rightly attracting the opprobrium of Kenyans. This is not a new issue, by the way, nor is ...click here to read the full article.
27
Jun 2008
Posted in Business Daily by Sunny Bindra No Comments »
“According to a recent Gallup Poll, the number of men who wear ties every day to work dropped to a record low of 6%, down from 10% in 2002. ...click here to read the full article.
27
Jun 2008
Posted in Sunny's random musings by Sunny Bindra No Comments »
The Edge is a quarterly management knowledge series, jointly produced by the Business Daily and Strathmore Business School. I am the Consultant Editor. The current issue is out today, free ...click here to read the full article.
22
Jun 2008
Posted in Sunday Nation by Sunny Bindra 3 Comments »
A minister reads out a written speech full of numbers, for more than 2 hours. A couple of hundred people, mostly elderly males, gather round him. Most are ...click here to read the full article.
20
Jun 2008
Posted in Business Daily by Sunny Bindra 3 Comments »
“Of the 500 companies that appeared on the first (Fortune 500) list, in 1955, only 71 have a place on the list today. Nearly 2,000 companies have appeared on ...click here to read the full article.
15
Jun 2008
Posted in Sunday Nation by Sunny Bindra 9 Comments »
Safaricom CEO Michael Joseph is perplexed again. His company’s latest promotion has turned out disastrously. The offer of ‘free’ calls after 9.00 pm every day has clogged the ...click here to read the full article.
13
Jun 2008
Posted in Business Daily by Sunny Bindra 2 Comments »
1. You learn 20% faster immediately after exercise than after sitting still. 2. If our ancestors sat still in the savanna for eight hours straight…they became somebody’s lunch. Our brains ...click here to read the full article.
8
Jun 2008
Posted in Sunday Nation by Sunny Bindra 10 Comments »
I am writing this in the dark, afflicted by a power blackout. It seems a good time to pass the blame around. So let me start, obviously, by ...click here to read the full article.