From Resentment to Contentment
Thursday, November 19, 2009 9:35 PM
From: “Mr David Mugah”
To: “Nirvana Cable”
Receive our affectionate greetings and hugs, knowing that you are still on course. As a team we have been going through a major business repositioning, with business planning; marketing; follow ups; developing community profiles and mobilizing for advance course. Indeed, these deliverables have been achieved because the team now understands that responsibility is the key organizing principle towards performance.
In fact, it has replaced complaints, arguing, avoiding and lying with predictable reasoning which is committed to results. The team has come together as one management unit to deliver our promise of “Empowering communities” through alternative thinking. With this, we have accelerated our momentum and acquired more innovative ways of delivering it. We have succeeded in creating a new vision for the company; commiting to the space and speed of alternative thinking and understanding the practice of corporate discipline. To date, we can say we have learnt through experience that we can only keep our relationships clean and empower our word if we step to the leadership of our being. It has been very inspiring to watch each other struggle to bring the best out of what they know better. We have witnessed substantial shift from resentment to contentment; from parking to backing creating space for certainty, growth and competitiveness for the company.
By today this is the check in for of everyone:
Munish: Am feeling very bold and proud to connect my personal ambition with our current business strategy. It makes me happy because one; I will never wait for anyone to tell me what to do, secondly; because I cant avoid it, I have to see it through, lastly; its my life. Am feeling prosperous and rich.
Momanyi: I appreciate the efforts the team has displayed to reach this far. For me this effort makes it easy to predict the future of this company, it also allows me to enjoy the collaborative commitment of everyone. I can now say that we are ready for business and investment. Am feeling energized and contented.
George: It is almost impossible to perform in a show of many character if only one character is present. In fact even if 99% of the characters are present, the 1% missing can still bring down the play. Am very pleased that now the team understands this principle. Am feeling ready and charged.
James: I have felt very heavy for long because in haven’t been sure if am adequate to address the challenges and expectations communities put on us. I now got the secret; it will be possible if we keep on doing simple things to them as a team and noting the results as our key success stories.
Joseph: I see now the future for my community, because GCA can now deliver on the ground in sustainable manner and it feels great and rewarding.
Moses: As we join the citizens of humanity, we must prepare to prioritize collaboration as our tool for success. We must now be ready to use the tools of 21st century to keep our business running. Am very pleased to do what am doing now, it’s where my talent rejoice.
Tambo: As saying goes, necessity is the mother of invention. I think GCA has now invented itself to deliver requisite needs of communities. And now with the draft constitution being disseminated and referendum coming in early 2010. It would be important to be more aggressive and competent to trap all opportunities available showing up. Am generally, feeling destined and safe.
Mugah: Our History will continue to be written by historians as long as we are not ready to accept it as our responsibility. It gives me intense inspiration to see ourselves challenging this common practice and being willing to write our history in our own words. I promise we are destined for far. Am feeling complete and ready.
Abel: It’s only rewarding to do logistics where logistics delivers results. Occasionally I have felt used and undermined as a logistics manager. Thank you everyone for creating this space which allows for equality and respect. Am now ready to do logistics for life. Am very glad and touched with what the team has achieved to date.
Wise: Am seeing profound revolution in the way we act and see. From these results, I have visualized enormous projects and businesses picking up in communities and what I can only recommend are that let’s all remain sensitive to the space we have created and keep it whole,
Nirvana and Diane, I think from these results you can feel the shift and predict the future the team is creating. To date, the team meets twice weekly at our newly acquired office space based at the Onestop youth centre, located at the junction of Hailleselasie Avenue and Racecourse Avenue. We have acquired a desk and some chairs.
The team successfully delivered the business proposal to Barclays and received communication from ***** on 18th Nov (2 days ago) that our proposal has passed the first committee stage. They have requested GCA to furnish them with a report on the number of trainings we have conducted detailing number of people trained and results delivered. The team is working on this.
The team is scheduled to continue with the work in Voi from 28th Nov for two weeks. This is to objectively mobilize youth and women for advance course and also support them access information both technical and non technical on the youth and women enterprise fund. The expenses will be catered for by the parliamentary office. During this time, we shall continue strengthening the capacity of the Kasighau miners. The team is still working on the final touches of the business plan because we took a break for one week to research to some plan components. It was also an opportunity to consult and borrow content and strategies from other companies and expertise. The business planning is currently being led by Tambo, Mugah and Momanyi. We shall send you a current copy. (Please note: Nirvana and Diane you still owe us comments for the previous plan sent)
The team has so far prepared 51 skits on various themes with major ones featuring issues of: Impunity, culture of silence, something for nothing, irresponsibility and donor manipulation, the ritual of reconciliation and forgiveness among others. George is training some women adding to Sarah and Lillian to support the team as need arises. We have also done simple documentaries on our work in Voi, compiled photos and currently putting down reports.
We have received report from Hon Mwazo in regards to mobilizing Coast MPs as he promised, and to date he has given as a list of 10 Mps whom he has already talked to and are wiling to subscribe to our trainings. Kindly give us feedback as soon as you read this line.
Thanks for your time and attention,
Hugs
Mugah