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If criminals are expected to pay taxes from proceeds of crime, the implication is that what they do could be used to model the GDPs of nations, some posit. It does seem like Nigeria is going after that playbook: “…the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) announced plans to include illegal and hidden activities, such as drug trafficking and prostitution, in the calculation of Nigeria's Gross Domestic Product (GDP).”

Good People, join me to congratulate Senator John Azuta-Mbata for his election as the 13th President-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide. I am hoping that his election will restore an enviable leadership which Igbo Elders demonstrated after the Biafra War. That leadership quality has since been muted.

Nations rise on leadership, and one man or one woman can transform a nation. Yes, you always get the argument that NO one person can change a country. Fair, but if you check histories, greatest moments have always started when one person leads and others follow. That is how it works in families, communities, companies and nations.

Good People, we have a small win today. A Learner from New Zealand reached out that ChatGPT ranked our Tekedia AI in Business Masterclass program the #1, ahead of programs developed by Cambridge, MIT and other peerless institutions. Sure, no one is comparing our unaccredited program, powered exclusively by the knowledge base of business executives, with iconic global knowledge institutions. But I will celebrate this win because it takes the killing of one leopard to be called a killer of leopards!

Good People, see trade surplus in China's style : “China's trade sector closed 2024 on a high note, with December figures showing a notable surge in both exports and imports. Exports grew 5.9 percent year on year to $3.58 trillion, according to customs data released on Monday. The Asian giant recorded an import rise of 1.1 percent to $2.59 trillion year-on-year, leading to a trade surplus of $992.2 billion.”

The main comment on this video has “the best strategy wins”, but watching it many times, I am unable to see any strategic thing the man did differently. That he began at the “middle” when the lady started from the “tail” does not provide any leverage on this assignment. Do you see any special tactic or even strategic playbook here?

‘The son of IBM's founder, Thomas J. Watson Jr took Big Blue's reins in 1956 and made a critical decision: to ditch electromechanical punch card systems, then the company's bread and butter, in favor of electronic computers—which, in his words, didn't fire his father's imagination. By the time Watson retired 15 years later, businesses were silicon-obsessed and IBM's annual sales were more than 250 times (!) what they were when he took the top job.' – Fortune Magazine.

OpenAI said Tuesday that Chairman Adebayo Ogunlesi , founding partner of Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP), will join the board of OpenAI, the creator of ChatGPT. A year ago, BlackRock announced that it was buying GIP for $12 billion, and making Mr Ogunlesi a senior managing director at BlackRock.

In 2024, they used AI (artificial intelligence) to reduce entry level engineers, and in the process created a huge surplus of software engineers in the industry. It is so bad that you can find ex-Facebook engineers for hire at Upwork and Fiverr.

Comment Summary: Mark Zuckerberg is always copying other ideas, and following others.. Case in point: launching Threads after Twitter (X).