Thought Leadership - Al Kags — Strategist, Social Entrepreneur, Writer

September 2, 2018

Traditions in the future

Of blogging and how past practices could be useful in making a happy future. I have lately been encouraging many members of my staff to start blogging and to make it a habit to demonstrate their growth by simply documenting the lessons they learn through their ...

June 12, 2018

Can youth speak for themselves?

Are youth capable of leading Africa out of trouble? I recently heard President Olusegun Obasanjo, formerly of Nigeria speak of a letter that he received from a 27 year old young lady (given his advanced age, he called her a girl, and to him she ...

April 15, 2018

Loneliness at the top is a real thing – CEOs and Leaders struggle in deathly silence.

Recently, I saw a Facebook post by Nairobi Governor, Mike Sonko and I sympathised with him. I generally have not had very high thoughts of Mr. Sonko and I have written about my varying views of him here and here and here before. But seeing ...

April 12, 2018

She works: How do we recognise and value domestic work?

In recent years, as I have continued to grow older, I have endeavoured to eat healthier consistently. The journey started when I attended a 10 week lifestyle modification course called Eat, Live & Be Well, that is ran by Dr. Dennis Nturibi and the team ...

March 9, 2018

My hopes and fears of the Uhuru-Raila meeting

I read today that Uhuru Kenyatta and Raila Odinga today had a meeting, in which they agreed to work towards healing the deep rifts between us as Kenyans. I posted my fears and hopes and desires in this Facebook post. I really hope this works. My ...

November 14, 2017

#ApostADay: Taking up the Challenge and leading ladies.

At work, I have some ladies who I often refer to as "my ladies". In the early days of the Open Institute's life, we were very male and undiverse. As we grew, we made a decision to strengthen our gender diversity by prefering to employ ...

October 30, 2017

The challenges of being non-partisan and the pursuit of objectivity

Throughout this electioneering period I have remained generally silent. I have allowed this blog to go quiet and I have generally kept my views to myself. In matters politics, I have strived to maintain a balanced stance within myself - and in these partisan times, ...

June 11, 2017

Why I oppose the Coal Plant in Lamu (and everywhere else in the world)

Over the last few days, I have come out and spoken strongly and publicly against the Coal plant in Lamu. I have enjoined myself with other like minded Kenyans who have used the hashtag #deCOALonise. I have engaged in rigorous debate on my social media ...

May 30, 2017

Instead of Universal Basic Incomes, Lets try Universal Basic Outcomes.

Economists globally (but especially in the west) are increasingly having a debate about a potentially world changing idea, dubbed Universal Basic Incomes. In a nutshell, UBI is touted as one way of providing literally everyone with a no strings attached cash payment every month to ...

April 9, 2017

Why we bring the kids to work…

Our office is called the Kaya. It houses the Open Institute and Thellesi Co. Once a week during the holidays we have a bring the kids to work day. On this day, we bring the kids to work and they get to play all day ...

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