Daily Nuggets for 2020

Daily Nuggets for 2020 Day 4 | Fighting Wrong Battles Once in a while, you’d realize you’re fighting a lost battle by loving the wrong people, wanting the wrong jobs, sacrificing for the wrong things. Because for some things, no amount of sacrifice and faith would make them fit into your life, no amount of love would […]

We’re failing as feminists because we’re talking to men

In this patriarchal world, every person — especially women — needs to go through a process of re-education, to identify oppression against women. I have this one friend who gives me daily updates of everything that happens in her life. She says it from her point of view and most often than not, I say nothing but just listen — and listening […]

How I learnt to not be the kind of boss I detest

circa 2015 (Pulse Ghana office) For as long as I can remember, I have always believed that leaders (especially those in management) are the kind of people who never do the actual work but spend a lot of time telling other people what to do. I was ok with that, but I never wanted to be […]

I was wrong, emotional marketing is completely dead

I was wrong, emotional marketing is completely dead

Somewhere in 2012, I was so convinced that the future of advertising and marketing was in conviction, belief, connections and hope. This was the outcome of my understanding of several things that the great brands then were selling to their customers. Most of them were selling belief, a belonging that created an almost cult like […]