Our forefathers ran sophisticated leadership pipelines: age-sets that formed judgment in cohorts, councils of elders that transmitted it deliberately, and succession earned through initiation.
By
Michael Anthony Macharia
Founder
Seven Seas Technologies
Some weeks ago, I watched a problem die inside a bank. It was a critical issue, and solving it would have cost the bank almost nothing. No millions.
Rank and authority within the business should also be clearly defined while the founders are still alive, as leadership does not…
The founder is the single point of failure in a system that refuses to admit it has one. There is a moment most founders will…
Most businesses don’t die in their first ambitious leap. They die in the unglamorous middle, when the first version doesn’t work,…
That future cannot survive on goodwill alone. It requires structures that protect institutional identity across generations.
Weak internal controls, complacency, concentration of authority, poor oversight and the absence of timely intervention trigger…
Founders hold lived intelligence. The question is whether they are willing to bring that intelligence into public life…
