Consulting with Heart: Facilitating Turipamwe's Innovation Process in Namibia
No, I’m not your average management consultant stepping in with a suit jacket and armed with nothing but a sexy framework. And my professional relationship with the Turipamwe team is not your average innovation consultancy. It spans four years, one thorough internal innovation process, one new department, two new positions, a couple of staff members leaving and a couple of new joining, a few successes, a few losses, some revenue growth, some frustratingly stalled sales, one White Paper on Design Thinking in Namibia, loads of laughter and, yes, a few tears.
How to Overcome Challenges on a PhD Journey
A lack of open conversation about the struggles on the PhD journey limits possibilities for peer learning. What’s worse is it makes us feel like there’s something wrong with us when things around us go wrong. So here’s a strategy guide for when things don’t go as planned.
Is my business viable?
In my time as an early-stage startup coach in Finland and southern Africa, I’ve met plenty of first-time founders without a business or finance background. They’re creatives, coders and experts in their field who got into business for the love of the game - not the business side of things. They might have a lot of talent and if they’re lucky, they have a co-founder who knows numbers.
How I raised funds for my Doctoral Research
For the third time in a row, I secured a living stipend for my Doctoral Research from Foundation for Economic Education (FEE) in Finland. This brings the total number of grants I’ve received to four with a success rate in grant applications of 57 %.
Pitch your Talent
The Art of Pitching can be applied in versatile ways.
A startup founder might use the techniques to convince customers or investors. A project manager might benefit from the sales-oriented nature of the pitch when presenting project results to the board of directors. The clear structure pitches have can be helpful for the academic preparing a conference presentation. The pitching method can also be what a jobseeker needs to land that next opportunity.
To help you develop your jobseeker’s pitch, I outlined some key steps below and prepared a worksheet for you to download for free below.
Here’s to tenacity and one more year of funding
2021 just got a whole lot better. I’m humbled to share that I have received two grants that together take me through another year in my Doctoral Research.