I am a long-time subscriber to the Financial Times. I may move from time to time and change local papers, but the FT is always with me. One of the things I look forward to the most in their weekend paper is the “Lunch with the FT” interview, which this week was with Carol Dweck, the psychologist whose work
When Jonathan Halloran, the late Mamady Doumbouya (1940-2018) and I started American Homebuilders of West Africa in 2014, we knew we were taking the road less traveled. Few things about our work since then have been easy - and none have been dull. We chose the Republic of Guinea for our first proof-of-concept project, a roughly half-hectare lot on which we ended
One of American Homebuilders of West Africa's goals is to transfer technology to the places where we build our homes and to the members of our local teams. This happens in a number of ways but one of my favorite techniques is to challenge our teams to train themselves. One shortcoming we identified throughout our team in Guinea
