Global - Al Kags — Strategist, Social Entrepreneur, Writer

January 31, 2026

Imagination, Power, and the Price of Being Legible

Listen to this article. I read David McNair's article, calling for "imagination to update the purposes, structures, and systems of outmoded institutions to make them fit for today’s world", with much interest. In fact, I sat with this article for several days. By the end, I ...

February 28, 2023

Administrative Data and the end of Government Statistics as we know it?

On the sidelines of the UN Statistical Commission meeting in New York, at the Collaborative on Administrative Data for Statistics, I saw the government of the future coming ever closer and faster. Here is my prediction. Yesterday, I attended a lunch meeting on the Collaborative on ...

February 19, 2020

Rambling about the fishy Kenyan economy. Should we anticipate a crash?

Today, I read a story in the newspapers that Kenyans are consuming poisoned fish, imported from China. Speaking to a friend, I wondered why we are importing fish from China, despite having a vast ocean to our right, a fresh water lake to our left ...

May 14, 2013

Lean in – a book for every woman & (surprisingly) man

When a guy hears of a book that is discussing the role of women, well, the average man is inclined to run for cover - the experience normally involves significant male bashing and ball bursting. So one would be hesitant to reach for Sheryl Sandberg's ...

January 22, 2012

Internet wins: Now what?

After what is billed the loudest internet protest in history, the highly controversial SOPA and PIPA bills, that were due to be voted on last week, have been shelved. US Senator Harry Reid and Representative Lamar Smith both announced that they would withdraw their bills ...

February 3, 2011

EGYPT RIGHT NOW

In Solidarity with Egyptians, and with the blogger, Sandmokey (of the Suspended sandmonkey.org - who on twitter can be followed on @sandmonkey), I am posting this essay below by Sandmonkey. It tells of the current state of egypt. Al Kags EGYPT RIGHT NOW By Sandmonkey I don't know how ...

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