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Why Your Team's Results Depends On Relationships, Not Just Skills You can hire the most skilled people in the room and still watch your results stall. Why? Because skill without connection doesn't drive performance — relationships do. In this episode, Dr. Ruth Vitsemmo Akumbu breaks down the real reason high-performing teams outperform high-talent ones: trust, communication, and connection...

Why Smart Women Charge So Little You can have the degrees, the results, and the track record — and still quietly undercharge. It's not a confidence flaw, and it's not a skills gap. It's a pricing model built on the wrong thing. In this episode, Dr. Ruth Akumbu (PhD, Global Leadership & Change) names what so many capable women won't say out loud: they price by the clock, by what feels "reasonab...

What to Sell Instead of Your Hours (Get Paid Your Worth) You can be the best at what you do and still hit a ceiling and it's not a hustle problem. It's a pricing problem. In this episode, Dr. Ruth Akumbu (PhD, Global Leadership & Change) breaks down why experienced professionals and coaches plateau even when their results are strong: they're still selling time, not value. Whether i...

Welcome to the Jambo! Dr. Akumbu Podcast Episode Title: The Evolution of AI in Education Featuring: Dr. Ruth Akumbu & Dr. Eugene Kim In this insightful episode, we dive into the evolving role of Artificial Intelligence in education. Join Dr. Ruth Akumbu and Dr. Eugene Kim as we share candid stories about how we first encountered AI, how it's shaping our classrooms and careers today, and wh...

In this episode, we explore the challenges that nonprofits face when navigating crises, leadership struggles, and financial instability. Drawing from the article, Leadership, Service, and Wicked Problems: Impact of War, Lack of Funding, and COVID-19 in Service of Those with Fewer Opportunities ( https://doi.org/10.57229/2834-2267.1024 ), I examine how external disruptions like war and global pande...

Leading Across Borders: Interview and Reflections on Leadership, Diversity, and Teaching. Read more: https://ruthakumbu.substack.com/p/leading-across-borders

Change Management in the Church: Dr. Akumbu and Rev. Dr. Haney discuss change management in the church following Rev. Dr. Haney's research findings.

Dr. Akumbu and Dr. Kim discuss their trips to Europe and lessons learned.

Nov 15, 2023 Episode Welcome to Jambo! Dr. Akumbu. Bringing you culturally relevant multifaceted conversations and reflections intersecting education, entertainment, and business, committed to DEIB and cultural capacity building. Today's conversation is titled Experiencing African Classrooms. Guest: Dr. Carol Carson is an educator in Los Angeles. After her first trip to Africa, she shared her...

Welcome to Jambo! Dr. Akumbu. Bringing you culturally relevant multifaceted conversations and reflections intersecting education, entertainment, and business, committed to DEIB and cultural capacity building. My guest is Dean Chalak Richards, a justice advocate. Dean Richards currently serves as Dean of Students, Diversity, and Belonging at the Caruso School of Law at Pepperdine University. She is...

Welcome to Jambo! Dr. Akumbu. Bringing you culturally relevant multifaceted conversations and reflections intersecting education, entertainment, and business, committed to DEIB and cultural capacity building. Today, I reflect on the events in Africa. Africa Leads: Coups or Revolutions?⁠ https://www.etsy.com/shop/TsenteStore www.ruthakumbu.com⁠ https://www.plantaseedafrica.org/⁠⁠ Your support is ap...

Welcome to Jambo! Dr. Akumbu. Bringing you culturally relevant multifaceted conversations and reflections intersecting education, entertainment, and business, committed to DEIB and cultural capacity building. My guest is Dean Chalak Richards, a justice advocate. Dean Richards currently serves as Dean of Students, Diversity, and Belonging at the Caruso School of Law at Pepperdine University. She is...

Jambo! Dr. Akumbu. Bringing you culturally relevant multifaceted conversations and reflections intersecting education, entertainment, and business, committed to DEIB and cultural capacity building. My guest is Dean Chalak Richards, a justice advocate. Dean Richards currently serves as Dean of Students, Diversity, and Belonging at the Caruso School of Law at Pepperdine University. She is dedicated...

Jambo! Dr. Akumbu. Bringing you culturally relevant multifaceted conversations and reflections intersecting education, entertainment, and business, committed to DEIB and cultural capacity building. My guest is Peres Owino. Peres is the writer/director of “BOUND: Africans vs African-Americans,” winner of the Audience Award for Best Documentary at PAFF, an NAACP Image Award nominee for Seasons of Lo...

Welcome to Jambo! Dr. Akumbu. Bringing you culturally relevant multifaceted conversations and reflections intersecting education, entertainment, and business, committed to DEIB and cultural capacity building. My guest is Dean Chalak Richards, a justice advocate. Dean Richards currently serves as Dean of Students, Diversity, and Belonging at the Caruso School of Law at Pepperdine University. She is...

Jambo! Dr. Akumbu, podcast, bringing you culturally relevant multifaceted conversations and reflections intersecting education, entertainment, and business, committed to DEIB and cultural capacity building. My guest is Dr. Aasiyah N. Ghazi, Indian-Pakistani-American She is a leadership consultant and associate Professor of leadership at the University of Arizona Global Campus. In this episode, we’...

Jambo! Dr. Akumbu. Bringing you culturally relevant multifaceted conversations and reflections intersecting education, entertainment, and business, committed to DEIB and cultural capacity building. Today’s reflection is titled: Apostle Paul Was Woke. The Bible is a book with deep cultural underpinnings. It follows particular beliefs, values, norms, history, heritage, language, and traditions. To u...

Welcome to Jambo! Dr. Akumbu. Bringing you culturally relevant multifaceted conversations and reflections intersecting education, entertainment, and business, committed to DEIB and cultural capacity building. In today’s episode titled CRT or CRT, I reflect on the clash between culture and theory in our society. Contact for coaching and consulting: https://ruthakumbu.wixsite.com/drakumbu  #edu...

Jambo! Dr. Akumbu. Bringing you culturally relevant multifaceted conversations and reflections intersecting education, entertainment, and business, committed to DEIB and cultural capacity building. I'm your host, Dr. Ruth Vitsemmo Akumbu. In this reflective episode, I share my #Reflection, #Prayer, and #Self-Love following the death of #TyrieNicols. #Diversity #Equity , #Inclusion , and #Belonging...

Welcome, Jambo! Dr. Akumbu. Bringing you culturally relevant multifaceted conversations and reflections intersecting education, entertainment, and business, committed to DEIB and cultural capacity building.   I'm your host, Dr. Ruth Vitsemmo Akumbu. My guest is Kevin Coffee, Professor of Communication Studies at West Los Angeles college. In this episode, we will address Thinking in Education...

Welcome to Jambo! Dr. Akumbu. Bringing you culturally relevant multifaceted conversations and reflections intersecting education, entertainment, and business, with a commitment to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging (DEIB) and cultural capacity building. In today's episode, The Move Back, my guest Terence Rosemore , an #actor , #writer , #director , and #producer , shares his journey and #...

Welcome to Jambo! Dr. Akumbu. Bringing you culturally relevant multifaceted conversations and reflections intersecting education, entertainment, and business, with a commitment to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging (DEIB) and cultural capacity building. In this episode of Jambo! Dr. Akumbu, my guest Dr. Brian Corpening , Chief #Diversity Officer at California State #University , Monterey...

Jambo! Dr. Akumbu. Bringing you culturally relevant multifaceted conversations and reflections intersecting education, entertainment, and business, with a commitment to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging (DEIB) and cultural capacity building. My guest is Louis Montgomery, Jr. , is a Partner at JM Search. In this episode, he addresses issues in #DEIB and the importance of DEIB in #leadersh...

Episode 3 of the Intercultural Dialogues series. Change catalyst Eugene P. Kim, PhD and I engage in #culturally rich and relevant conversations centered around the movie #wakandaforever2. The episode is available on my YouTube channel and podcast. Do join the conversation and subscribe using the link below. #podcast #change #phd #intercultural #drakumbu #dialogue #advocates #education #diversity #...

Episode 1 of the Intercultural Dialogues series. Change catalyst Eugene P. Kim, PhD and I engage in #culturally rich and relevant conversations centered around the movie #decisiontoleave. The episode is available on my YouTube channel and podcast. Do join the conversation and subscribe using the link below. #podcast #change #phd #intercultural #drakumbu #dialogue #advocates #education #diversity #...