My Dirty Boxers

Introducing Innocent (in Jean Jacket) and Deepsea (right behind him) on one of those days we had to work late. These are two of the amazing folks that make me shine. (Photo credit: Innodum) Today is the day the Lord has made and I’ll be glad enough to talk about my other ten gladiators; these are the amazing people, sometimes annoying but damn right productive that passed through my team this year at Riquesa Africa. I think I wrote about how unlucky I felt when a couple of them had to leave at different points under different circumstances but each and every one of them holds a place in my heart for their magic and how they individually made me shine, I present the gladiators of my Creative & Strategy agency within the agency. Trend, the one that held forth, and my John the Baptist; one wise that gives nothing away. Class of Glenfiddich this moment and on sachet action bitters the next. I rate this guy highly and we even live in the same neighborhood, dude walked not long after...

  The weekend is here but I'll be working, courtesy of my colleagues... (Photo credit: Google) I was supposed to write about my Ballon D’or today, I had plans to share the feeling, excitement and everything in between since winning three awards with Brand Regimen at the Experiential Marketing Agency Awards of 2021 but the time isn’t available to expressly deliver premium content. Instead I’ll tell you how the week has been and wait till some other day to deliver my article on the awards and trust me, it beats me too that I have not written about it. I am proud of the awards and I always refer to them on days I feel low for confidence. The week started on a weird note, I will never understand the need for two-days public holidays on Monday and Tuesday. I already dressed up for work on Tuesday before I realized there’s no work, of course I didn’t undress; I sat behind my laptop all day to deliver Ayodeji’s brief. Resumption came with drama but I’m on top of it; mismanagement of...

  I don't know who you are but God is bigger than you. Whoever is after my team today should please calm down and get lost. (Photo credit: Bovi) I know I can be annoying and may have stepped on a few toes while throwing bants or trying to win verbal arguments but whoever is after my life through my creative team should please forgive me and allow us thrive cos I don’t understand what is happening today. I have lots on my plate and majority of them rest on the creative team; of course we’re aligned and we know what we have to do but someone, or a group of people, or a host of wicked legions are after my team and we just might need deliverance. Deepsea was the first to call me to report a crisis. All the work he’s been on about from Friday went down the sloppy drain following a devilish system crash; I don’t know if I can sue Apple for his mac book mishap or I should just pray harder. Innocent has also reported a system hiccup; his own device has frozen and what can the righteo...

Ignore the "dada" by the corner and focus on the woman with the pressure ball. I am stressed, hug me when you see me. (Photo credit: Rambo's iPhone) I love my job; it comes with lots of pressure and responsibilities. Working with people who are “ proud to be mad ” and leading a team of intelligent conceptualizers gives me joy but today can be called one of those days… Last night didn’t go according to plan but that’s entirely on the center referee, I won’t be talking about that; it gave birth to a weird morning but walking into the office took all the ill-feeling away, while half of the team remains in the field for AMVCA, the ones on the ground served me the required catalyst I needed. Sandra gave me a pressure ball, she realized I’ve been stressed but Latifah and Ese took it personally, imagine your teammates “ jealousing ” you. Both of them told me I will see stress and guess what? I am seeing stress in full gear. I had to step in to manage a situation and it “...