• Link between religion and unethical behaviour 

  Scott, Bellows (Business Daily, 2020-02-18)

  I personally noticed since 2017 when WhatsApp launched its status feature that nearly all former colleagues from over many professional years who were terminated for fraud, corruption, or other general malfeasance tended ...
• How varsities get duped with bogus rankings 

  Scott, Bellows (Business Daily, 2021-02-04)

  On a rainy April morning in 2016, Kamene and Nekesa met for coffee at Artcaffe in Lang’ata Nairobi. The former university classmates reminisced about old times, dreams of entrepreneurship, and discussed business ideas. The ...
• Pitfalls job seekers, employers should avoid in interviews 

  Scott, Bellows (Business Daily, 2021-01-28)

  Imagine waking up on a Thursday morning. You hear your phone alarm blaring in the background grabbing your attention and pulling you ever so dramatically out of your peaceful slumber and into the reality of the waking world ...
• How necessity, fear give rise to entrepreneurs 

  Scott, Bellows (Business Daily, 2021-01-21)

  Kenya thrives as a hotbed of entrepreneurship. Entrepreneurial intentions, dreams, aspirations, and desires run deep in our national culture. We read elegant stories about the founding of Microsoft and its prolific growth ...
• Consider being mindful to grow life satisfaction 

  Scott, Bellows (Business Daily, 2021-01-07)

  Stress permeates our daily work lives. Arguing colleagues, senseless meetings, promotion fears, job cuts, incompetent bosses, unrealistic key performance indicators all stand out as stress-inducing employment factors. While ...
• How managers can foster healthy workplace debate 

  Scott, Bellows (Business Daily, 2020-12-17)

  Listen to me. Agree with me. Why argue with me? My ideas are better than yours. Every Business Daily reader knows someone who cannot fathom that their ideas stand as anything besides unimpeachably flawless. Give a ...
• Crises bring out the best and worst in humanity 

  Scott, Bellows (Business Daily, 2020-11-10)

  As we look all around us as 2020 slowly barrels towards its close, we see staggering dichotomous examples of both selfishness and altruism. Crises bring out the best and the worst in humanity. On the positive side with ...
• How Kenya can close its industry-academia gap 

  Scott, Bellows (Business Daily, 2020-12-03)

  Kenya faces a crisis of confidence in our higher education sector. The Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis estimates that the proportion of degree graduates obtaining employment or gaining fulfilling ...
• Smart ways of reducing rift between PR desk, top brass 

  Scott, Bellows (Business Daily, 2020-11-19)

  Generations of business professionals understood the meaning and value of external-facing marketing. A snappy sales campaign advertisement, a clever jingle, customer giveaways, or catchy coupons all fell understandably ...
• US elections and danger of social science methodology 

  Scott, Bellows (Business Daily, 2020-11-05)

  The world peers wittily at television sets and computer screens as the live votes pour in from the United States election. While the election battle seems largely settled, counting continues for thousands of mailed in ...
• What is at stake for Kenya in American presidential poll 

  Scott, Bellows (Business Daily, 2020-10-29)

  Today, I will be reflecting on the Kenya-American alliance with a live event at 2pm on Zoom for our loyal readers, details below. As part of that alliance, a significant tectonic shift in global business affairs looms on ...
• How to spot fake leaders in era of spin doctors 

  Scott, Bellows (Business Daily, 2020-10-22)

  As humans, we crave authenticity. We disdain fake friends. We abhor shifty family members. We wish all our family would be authentic. We despise phoney partners. We want real relationships. We find bogus colleagues repugnant. ...
• Worthless interview questions recruiters ask 

  Scott, Bellows (Business Daily, 2020-10-15)

  What are your three greatest strengths and weaknesses? Tell us about yourself. Why do you seek to leave your current employer? Describe a situation where you were challenged on the job and how did you overcome it. Interviews ...
• Team cohesion and workplace bullies 

  Scott, Bellows (Business Daily, 2020-10-08)

  Workspaces survive as difficult places to navigate and thrive even in the best of times. Gathering groups of independent confident adults together to form teams that must work cohesively towards common goals and outcomes ...
• Why boards need to hire humble CEOs 

  Scott, Bellows (Business Daily, 2020-10-01)

  Look at me”, “listen to what I did”, “she took this path”, “he went the other direction”, and “here is how I lead”. Turn on any business news programme and invariably some topics come up about qualities, attributes, and ...
• Workplace resource wars during Covid 

  Scott, Bellows (Business Daily, 2020-09-16)

  Demand for labour continues to shrink in the coronavirus era. The precipitous drop in consumer spending fails to improve materially, thus forecasting continued softening on wages throughout Kenya. As organisations lay ...
• Spark that produces moral leadership 

  Scott, Bellows (Business Daily, 2020-09-09)

  Integrity violations here, ethical desecrations there, and corruption around us. During the past month, the chorus of public lamenting about corruption and morality has reached fever pitch. But how does moral leadership ...
• Dilemma of posted prices in stores 

  Scott, Bellows (Business Daily, 2020-09-02)

  Meandering through the labyrinth of Nairobi furniture retailers along Mombasa Road, one experiences eye-popping vivid contrasts of designs, styles, colours, fabrics, and wood. Enter one store and find well-organised ...
• Innovate to end Kenya’s Covid-19 education crisis 

  Scott, Bellows (Business Daily, 2020-08-26)

  One less year to save for retirement. One less year to save for marriage. One year of heightened uncertainty. One year of limited skills development. One year lost. As our primary and secondary school students across the ...
• The architecture of real estate down payments 

  Scott, Bellows (Business Daily, 2020-08-19)

  Up and down our great country, real estate developers and land subdividing and onward selling agencies thrive by capturing the dreams and ambitions of Kenyans from all walks of life. Unlike Americans with stock equities, ...

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