Ever seen a successful football player that refused to go towards the ball? Neither have I. The most successful football players always gravitate towards the ball. They go where the action is. This is exactly what we must do with our careers […]
There is likely to be a huge shift towards digital technologies in 2021 and organizations of all sizes have to start thinking like software companies to remain competitive. Regardless of if whether an organization is a technology company or not, […]
“Hello all, I am Tolu and I have Shiny New Framework Syndrome.” At least that’s what I think I would sound like if there was ever a support group for those that suffer from this syndrome. “What is this shiny […]
Lanre lives in a parallel universe and this is a typical work-day in his life. 0800 am: Lanre gets in to work super early today… He is behind on a number of his deliverables so he needs to get a […]
Everyone leaves !!! This was the first piece of advice I got when I first started Cousant. This advice was given to me by a mentor who owns one of the biggest technology companies in Nigeria. I remember being slightly annoyed that […]
What happens if you get hit by a bus? That was a question I was always asked by our very first client at Cousant. At the time, I was the only employee at Cousant and I was developing and supporting a […]
Managers of software teams have long battled with an interesting conundrum. Our people seem to be working longer and yet projects still keep getting delayed. According to positive psychologist Mihaly Czikszentmihalyi, it all boils down to a concept called Flow. We […]
The first couple of years of providing Software Development services in Nigeria was a nightmare. Many of our projects were plagued with Scope creep issues, Slipping timelines, revolving door of software engineers, late-payment of fees. Although these issues never stopped us […]
Employee onboarding is broken again. Just as we were learning to get it right, the Covid-19 pandemic broke it again. We now have to learn new skills around virtual onboarding of remote workers. Over the lockdown period in Nigeria, we had a […]
A new problem managers have to deal with after the Covid-19 lockdown is how to motivate remote teams stuck in a rut. In the past, team members working in the same space could feed off the energy from each other which […]
