“Small, small” is the Ghanaian way of saying “don’t rush” or “it will happen slowly”, and although it is intended to be reassuring, as well as accurate, most of you will understand that, in the workplace, this is quite frustrating for me. Some days I count myself lucky, if someone I had previously made an appointment to see, actually turns up! This is not any discourtesy on their part, but generally due to the practice of only organising meetings a day or two before the event (at the most!!!...”so people don’t forget to come”), so they are never able to commit to anything in advance. Just as frustrating is that nobody maintains a diary or tells others what they are doing, so again a lot of time can be spent waiting to see if anyone will
... read more
