Leadership…from thought to action (1)
This polemic article was published in 3 parts in ThisDay Newspaper Nigeria – July to August 2013 ————————– The problems with Nigeria we are told, are manifold. There is endemic[…]
Author: Adun Okupe
Chiens
They encircled me like a pack of wolves protecting their territory. “Growl”, the smallest of them snared and I was startled that a sound so loud could come from a[…]
Teaching…for change
Imagine for a moment that you are in a class, with about twenty to twenty-five other classmates, listening to a teacher. This teacher is middle-aged, but her entire disposition is[…]
Psyche
In his mind, she was also beautiful. To him, the meaning of beauty cut through several boundaries: physical, emotional, mental and spiritual. They had engaged in so many mental conversations,[…]
Sadeness
…He was beautiful. Beautiful, not handsome. Perfectly formed. Perfect in every way. E.v.e.r.y. Not meaning in all ways, just every way that I thought possible. And in ways I did[…]
The path to enlightenment
We all crave for something deeper, a meaning to life, some of us more than others. My interest in philosophy was piqued when I read Sophie’s world at age 12.[…]
Pop Champagne…why?
Randomly considering tweaking this blog a little to make it more graphic, but a part of me does not want to. I like to keep this clean and minimalist. For[…]
I used to
I used to be an optimist I used to believe that people could draw out the best in themselves I used to believe in humanity I believed in the utopia[…]
Intelligence, growing up, school, reality
I saw the Best Exotic Hotel Marigold last weekend with a friend of mine, and if you can excuse the over-used stereotypes of India, it was a funny movie and[…]
Makoko Water Dwellings: Collective Intelligence
There are many things that I love about the word ‘intelligence’. At first thoughts, it always leads me to think about espionage: Le Carrè’s works, Bond, Christopher Nolan’s Inception[…]