George Wachiuri - CEO Optiven Group

Among the changes that a company may go through during it’s transition from a private company to a public liability company, is the altered modus operandi.

What is the role of capacity in organizations within the Covid pandemic? Closer home, capacity are considered the batteries under which everything happens – so it is no wonder that appliances may not work well where the batteries are low thus low capacity. Individuals have different capacities.

I vividly recall it as though it was yesterday, when my daughter and I were all geared up to save our planet during the commemoration of Earth Day in the year 2016.

After 20 years of impacting the society, socially and economically, Optiven Group is now stoically set as a game changer in business. The story of the journey that made Optiven what it is today is no secret. From the biography written in his book Soaring Like An Eagle, Chief Executive at Optiven Group, Mr. George Wachiuri has been featured widely as he shares his ups and downs in making Optiven what it is today.

Jeff Bezos was doing an interview on how Amazon beat other companies? He answered saying that his secret was relentless innovation. What is innovation? Innovation is not a big vocabulary but it simply means change and doing things differently. The role of innovation is key because doing things the way we did will not bring different results.

We always desire to have a beautiful day but it’s a different ball game making it beautiful. Whats a beautiful day? Is it a sense of emotional stability, a happy mood, state of good health, vigour or energy, a good spiritual status? All these may mean a beautiful day to one person or the other.

By Kate Khasoa, Brand Strategist

For any business, a mission and vision helps to provide employees with a purpose. The mission and vision of an organization are integral to the company’s strategy. This is because they are used to define future goals and modus operandi.

The Optiven Group is one of the few companies associated with the real estate sector that has thrived for over 20 years in Kenya. It’s logo is familiar with a cross section of stakeholders and is a well known even among school going children. Why, you may ask? Because in that time Optiven Group has made huge steps in impacting the society.

It’s one thing to get to the top but it’s a different ball game remaining at the top. What does it mean to be at the top? It could be the place you work, your achievement of a key target, the celebration of a win, being under an authority, performance of your tasks or responsibilities, having an abundance mentality, and believing there’s enough for all of us. All these are reasons you may consider to be at the top.

Our Winter as a country is the emergence of the third wave of Corona. Optiven has adapted a new slogan for this period in the belief that all this will pass, thus #WeShallConquer. Tough times indeed provide opportunities such as the current virtual meetings that connect people globally.

The biggest enemy of our time is the continued changes that face us amidst the pandemic of Covid 19. The third wave has come with a new force where it is expected to increase the number of infections. I also continue to request for all who are not tested to take courage and be tested once you are going through any of the symptoms.

One of the goals of GoGreenNaOptiven is to find unique interventions that support sustainability in living. Of this sustainability, food takes a top role and as such becomes a topic of interest. Looking at the above subject, the question then becomes, how do you dry fruits?

Working hard enables us to gain profit for what we do. But what is it that qualifies us to be hard workers?

Without growth, redundancy sets it. This is why we move from being children to teenagers to adults so that growth can have a purpose. Growth has been defined differently by different schools of thought. Generally, it is the ability to learn new skills.

Today is the World Mentoring Day, and the year 2021 marks the second observation of the day globally following the first observation in 2020.  What is the day all about?  I believe it is an opportunity to reach out and guide someone out of the darkness and into the light by sharing your experiences over the journey you have had.

It is Oprah Winfrey, the American media mogul and philanthropist who defined passion as energy. She added that it is followed by the power that comes from focusing on what excites you. I wish to add that this is great but when it is topped up with doing what you do without any struggle, then that is real passion.

Many if not all of us have dreams. A dream could be a new life philosophy. A better version of yourself is a step towards realising your dream. How then can you exhume your dream and resuscitate it to reality?

Under the guidance of its new administration, the University of Nairobi (UoN), led by Vice Chancellor Prof Stephen Gitahi Kiama is on a mission. This leading University in Africa has a key role to play towards acceleration of the country’s industrial development.

The ability to shine at what you do is not automatic. It calls for a change, for a digging in, for a looking out on how to improve. The difference among those who make it and those who give up, remains the biggest challenge and differentiator with those who end up shining.

There is a common adage that if you think you can’t then maybe you cant and you are right. It has been paraphrased over the years by different speakers from the author of the said quote, the famous entrepreneur Henry Ford who said, “ whether you think you can or you cant either way you are right! ” So how can we turn our thoughts to position us to think rightly by being positive?