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I hope my stories inspire others to make
an intentional difference, and that they have
a meaningful impact on the world.
This is my contribution
I hope my stories inspire others to make an intentional difference, and that they have a meaningful impact on the world.
This is my contribution
Determination, Focus, Hard work. These are words that I live by. My name is Betty Enyonam Kumahor, and my career spans Computer Sciences Corporation, MCIWorldCom, Ernst & Young, ThoughtWorks, and my own firm,
The Cobalt Partners.
For over 20 years, I have been involved in building efficient systems – software, business operations, public-private partnerships – and I have no intention of stopping! I’m an experienced problem solver, a public speaker, and a talent development coach. I am always enthusiastic about motivating others to achieve their success.
Outside of my work, I enjoy long walks, Formula 1, and great conversation over a glass of wine. Above all, I enjoy being a doer who is striving to make the world I touch a better place.
Determination, Focus, Hard work. These are words that I live by. My name is Betty Enyonam Kumahor, and my career spans Computer Sciences Corporation, MCIWorldCom, Ernst & Young, ThoughtWorks, and my own firm, The Cobalt Partners.
For over 20 years, I have been involved in building efficient systems – software, business operations, public-private partnerships – and I have no intention of stopping! I’m an experienced problem solver, a public speaker, and a talent development coach. I am always enthusiastic about motivating others to achieve their success.
Outside of my work, I enjoy long walks, Formula 1, and great conversation over a glass of wine. Above all, I enjoy being a doer who is striving to make the world I touch a better place.
It turns out that there are some really good reasons why using this little two-letter word ‘no’ more often can actually be one of the best things you can do for yourself.
The World’s Best Schools prize aims to recognize and support schools that are using technology to create a better world. Schools that not only innovate in the realm of technology but also in educational philosophy and social change are competing for a share of the prize money.
Some of us dream about being the first in the family to go to college, maybe moving to the big city to become a star, or even becoming president one day. They are all different dreams and all require different levels of effort and dedication to achieve, but they are all achievable. It doesn’t matter how crazy your dreams sound or how unattainable they seem. If you can think of it, you can most likely do it.
Productivity is indeed about efficiency and performance, and there are best-practice tools and techniques out there, but the productivity formula for each of us is different.
The more responsibilities we take on, the more complex that individual formula becomes.
As an entrepreneur, you should always find ways to get the best out of your time and money.
There are two things entrepreneurs should always be prudent about: time and money. With very little time to do all that needs to be done for your business, you need some “shortcuts” to help you be and stay productive as an entrepreneur.
As an entrepreneur, you should always find ways to get the best out of your time and money.
The International Center for Frugal Innovation describes it as “the development of smart design solutions that can bring relatively advanced products, systems services within the reach of millions of people with a minimal income. It is about (re) designing products, services, and systems at substantially lower costs and with a longer lifespan while there is no loss of functionality”.
Africa has not been left out of this trend. Africa has quite a number of women in tech from all works of life taking the world by storm.
What is it about the one person who always gets picked for the project? When it comes to deciding who you want to be on your team, it’s the person who is responsible and productive that gets the nod.
Do we want to see a world with more responsible and productive adults?
Then there are many skills we can start teaching our young ones now to help them grow up to be the kind of adults we like working with.
Information technology refers to a wide range of technologies that are used to produce, process, store, and share data. These technologies include software, hardware, communication systems, and associated services. The current state of information technology is the product of roughly six decades’ worth of continuous and significant innovation.
I sometimes get that “how unfun are you??!?” look when I start talking about productivity. Funnily enough, I learned about productivity for precisely the opposite reason.
Being a technologist doesn’t mean you have to be a developer or build networks. Not sure what other options there are in technology? Well, don’t fret there are many! Here’s a list of 5 careers in technology you may not have heard much about but may want to consider.
As a productivity geek, I am constantly reading tips and tricks put out by similar productivity geeks. Some of these are great – I agree with them, perhaps use them, and will usually try them out. Others I am surprised to see recommended because they simply did not work for me and I have coached people into alternate methods that have worked so much better.
Because the reality is that not every idea is a potentially successful business. Some of them could be successful businesses but all the requirements to turn them into success are not available or attainable. So why waste your time on those ideas?
So if you are only in this quadrant, that’s great! You’re earning some money. Hopefully, it’s enough to support you and your family. You just need to recognise that the most money will not come from being only in this quadrant. It comes from finding your ikigai.
You also need to recognise that it’s not sustainable to stay only in this quadrant. To remain fully engaged in whatever it is you’re doing, you need to move to one of the overlapped spaces.
That also happen to you during busy spells is that you tunnel-vision your thinking and that leads to less lateral and creative thinking.
If you’re anything like me, you’ve tried a multitude of notebooks, flipbooks, legal pads, tablet devices, fancy paper, colored pens, and more … all in the name of taking better meeting notes.
The result? Pages and pages of notes …. and no time to process them!
Dr. Spencer Silver must have left work that day in 1968 feeling very unproductive. Instead of the super strong adhesive he was supposed to create for building planes he instead ended up with a weak adhesive that could stick to surfaces and leave no residue when peeled off. After five years of trying to convince his colleagues to use this on the surface bulletin board for temporary notices, Arthur Fry suggested putting the adhesive on a piece of paper … that way the paper could be stuck to just about any surface.
Betty Kumahor delivered a keynote speech at the 2014 Wired Women conference where she discussed the evolution of leadership from a hierarchy to a more collaborative arrangement. She quoted Julian Hall who says leaders will create leaders — a statement of affirmation that tomorrow’s work members will be leaders in their own right who do not only wait for directives.
Ever had days when you feel like you didn’t get anything done? You think of everything you need to do and you are instantly overwhelmed. Do you start one task and start thinking about the other, or do you never seem to have enough time to get things done? Let’s help you get your productivity journey started!
Aiming for overnight productivity is a pretty daunting goal to set. But it’s doable if you can commit to it. The determining factor as to whether you can become productive overnight is your perspective on productivity and the task you are working on.
It turns out that there are some really good reasons why using this little two-letter word ‘no’ more often can actually be one of the best things you can do for yourself.
The World’s Best Schools prize aims to recognize and support schools that are using technology to create a better world. Schools that not only innovate in the realm of technology but also in educational philosophy and social change are competing for a share of the prize money.
Some of us dream about being the first in the family to go to college, maybe moving to the big city to become a star, or even becoming president one day. They are all different dreams and all require different levels of effort and dedication to achieve, but they are all achievable. It doesn’t matter how crazy your dreams sound or how unattainable they seem. If you can think of it, you can most likely do it.
Want to know how productive you are?
Take our online productivity quiz and find out.
Want to know how productive you are?
Take our online productivity quiz and find out.
You can send me a meeting request here, on Lunchclub or on Insights by Experts.
© enyonam
You can send me a meeting request here, on Lunchclub or on Insights by Experts.
© enyonam