Basket Nation

Sir Kenneth Robinson an advisor to the queen of England in a Ted talk presentation asserted that the education system kills creativity. By education system he meant the British education system of which he is a major contributor. He is a known expert on the subject of creativity and has published several papers and books on the subject. If he had this to say about the almighty education o f the British system, it may be time to start worrying about our very own most under resourced research-deficient system. However if the British system has produced the likes of John Lock, David Hume and Berkeley who we should add are of the philosophy stock then it can be understood that the few who could think above the crowd have been responsible for the GREAT British empire and its many achievement. Indeed thinkers are in their own way the backbone of any civilization as we have seen in Greece, Rome and today’s empires. With lots of economic theories flying around, the continent of...

When your car is on the pavement, you are not in control! “Power is nothing without Control” That was the tagline for a Pirelli advertising campaign many years ago that featured Carl Lewis, the then fastest man on the planet. While the campaign itself caused a lot of racial controversy in its days, it means something different to performance analysts. For the latter it is a question of power being useless or even destructive if it cannot be managed effectively to meet a specific need. The philosophy of Peak Performance requires that all assets must come together and be united towards the ultimate output of the individual organism; a car must fire on all cylinders.  A leaking fuel tank or low pressure tires will work against the car’s performance instead of working for it; in real life so will one person’s behavior or perhaps utterance affect the performance of a whole organization. The story of Hon. Kennedy Agyepong and his recent arrest on the charge of treason ...