Author: MB
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Beneath the Surface: Detecting the Early Signs of Financial Distress Before Crisis Hits
The downtown MBA classroom hummed with the energy of power brokers during break. I, Malvin, lingered near the espresso machine, notebook ready, when the conversation at the high table drew me in like a moth to a flame. Four titans of industry leaned in, their voices low but charged with the weight of responsibility. Francesca…
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“The Brain of Business: What Biology Teaches Us About Leadership”
Professor Hamahan’s Commencement Address: Ladies and gentlemen, distinguished guests, faculty, proud families, and—most importantly—the remarkable graduates of the University of Denise Town’s classes of Business and Biology: Look around you now. The sun is finding its way through the trees, painting the sky with the golds and blues of new beginnings. Around us, clusters…
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Lyrics, Laughter, and Lessons: Inside Jacqueville’s Zouglou Quoting Showdown
Beneath skies brushed with streaks of cloud and the call of distant gulls, Jacqueville came alive with the gentle energy of a beachside festival. Traces of sun painted the sand golden, and the echoes of zouglou’s rhythms mingled with laughter across the breeze. In this open, hopeful space—where a ferris wheel meets the sea and…
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Align to Achieve: The Power of Linked Metrics in Modern Organizations
A Masterclass with Akhona As the golden sun slipped below the city skyline, its last rays glinting off skyscrapers and casting long shadows across the venue’s glass walls, a growing sense of anticipation filled the air. The space buzzed with energy—not the over-rehearsed tempo of corporate seminars, but something more personal and celebratory. Laughter and…
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A Call Home from Denisetown: How Professor Koplo Transformed My Understanding of Business, Failure, and the Power of Circularity
A Call Home from Denisetown: How Professor Koplo Transformed My Understanding of Business, Failure, and the Power of Circularity Before this semester at the University of Denisetown in the Ivory Coast, I assumed I had a pretty solid sense of what made a business succeed—or crash and burn. Like most people, I thought it came…
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The Boardroom Debate: Four Consultants, One Truth About Project Success
The glass-walled conference room overlooked the city, sunlight glinting off the towers below. Around the table sat four of the industry’s most respected consultants, each with decades of battle scars and triumphs in project management. Kenji, the strategist, was first to break the silence. “Let’s get to the heart of it. Why do so many…
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“Letters from Assinie: A Mother’s Wisdom on the Shore”
The sun was beginning its slow descent over Assinie, a stretch of golden sand and swaying palms on Côte d’Ivoire’s Atlantic coast, where the lagoon meets the ocean in a tranquil, shimmering dance. The air was warm and heavy with the scent of salt and distant woodsmoke, the only sounds the gentle hush of the…
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Rethinking Professional Identity in the Age of Intelligent Machines
In the humid dusk of Cotonou, the air thick with anticipation and the distant hum of motorbikes, seven young adults gather in a modest courtyard. The ochre walls are alive with the shadows of mango trees, and at the center sits Nelson Lumumba, a fortune teller of some renown. His presence is both reassuring and…
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Architects of Value: A Private Equity Transformation Story
A Play in One Act SCENE: A modern conference room in a private equity firm’s office. Floor-to-ceiling windows overlook the city skyline. A large monitor displays the Transformation Maturity Model from PortoCoValue Consulting Group.. Three leather chairs are arranged around a glass table. Papers and notebooks are scattered across the surface. CHARACTERS: ACT I (Lights…
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When Viruses Meet Ventures: How Epidemiology Can Accelerate Innovation in Global Companies
The hotel bar buzzed with the low hum of post-conference conversations. Delegates from around the world, fresh from a day of sessions on “The Rise and Fall of COVID-19,” nursed their drinks and swapped stories. At a quiet corner table, two figures leaned in, deep in discussion. Dr. Boris Petrov, a world-renowned epidemiologist, and Kakou…
Space for the thoughts and ideas of Melvin Bosso 