The Word Café Podcast with Amax

Send us Fan Mail In the recent past, the issue of mental health has been on the front burner of so many discussions, occupying a prime position, and one of the very facts to pints to this is trauma. The American Psychological Association defines trauma as an emotional response to a terrible event like an accident, rape, or natural disaster. Immediately after the event, shock and denial are typical...

Send us Fan Mail In African and Caribbean countries women are more likely to have managerial jobs than in other parts of the world, according to the International Labor Organization. Belarus ranks highest among the European countries listed, coming in 13th, with 50.5% of female managers. Women are most likely to hold managerial positions in human resources, administration, finance, marketing, or p...

Send us Fan Mail "And some things that should not have been forgotten were lost. History became legend. Legend became myth. And for two and a half thousand years, the ring passed out of all knowledge."    ― Galadriel in The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, The Lord of the Rings   For me, the above quote comes to mind this season of celebrating women and keeping with 'B...

Send us Fan Mail Yes, I know it is the month for us to celebrate our Women; Mothers, Sisters, and wives. The theme for this year is quite a powerful one, Breaking the Bias. Bias is disproportionate weight in favor of or against an idea or thing, usually in a closed-minded, prejudicial, or unfair way. Biases can be innate or learned. People may develop biases for or against an individual, a group,...

Send us Fan Mail Fathers are the gatekeepers, the watchers, those who the children look up to and somewhat take after, mirroring their actions. It is a responsibility that comes with so much power that it is 'godlike' because its occupation opens you up to God's assignment on Mankind, Multiply and replenish the earth. Do you remember the times you spent with your Father?  What excit...

Send us Fan Mail There is love in sharing, especially when it is not yours!   Can you imagine if you were the only person on earth surrounded by all the luxury and abundance of life? Just you, yourself, and you without no one to share with, nowhere for that energy to flow dynamically and create something unique?   Well, your silence will be the music and song that will most likely drown you. Life...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of the Word café podcast, I will be talking with Adaeze Odili Oreh on her journey in raising awareness with the blood service within Nigeria and Africa. Adaeze Odili Oreh is the Country Director Planning, Research, and Statistics with Nigeria's National Blood Service Commission which entails working with health and development policymakers at ministerial and s...

Send us Fan Mail The more things change, the more they remain the same. French writer Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr coined the phrase French writer Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr coined the term. Karr was born in Paris to German pianist and composer Henri Karr (1784–1842), and after being educated at the Collège Bourbon, he became a teacher there. Jean-Baptiste  Alphonse Karr was a French critic, journ...

Send us Fan Mail Human Resources Management is synonymous with work (Employment). There is no way in this age and time to talk about work without unconsciously having Human Resources Management in view. So one can comfortably assume that if the landscape of work undergoes any form of change, Human Resources Management inevitably with also experience that change, more like a Siamese twin scenario. ...

Send us Fan Mail   I recently came upon a Mckinsey & Company report on ‘Great Attrition’ or Great Attraction’ the choice is yours. The opening statement of the write-up reads as follows ‘At a time when a record number of employees are quitting, organizations that take the time to learn why will have an edge in attracting and retaining talent.’   The above situation got my attention because I h...

Send us Fan Mail For the earth will be filled with the KNOWLEDGE of the glory of the LORD as the waters cover the sea Habakkuk 2:14 The Age of Knowledge is what I call the times we live in, the dispensation that is a recipient of the past events that have shaped humanity and are still shaping humankind. One remarkable thing about knowledge is that it all begins from our querying, inquiring, and as...

Send us Fan Mail Our Human existence is characterized by how we relate with one other, and these relationships are expressed via communication media. The material that drives these communications is words. One beautiful thing about communication is the understanding it brings, the meaning it generates that connects people and creates cultures that bear the human soul from one generation to another...

Send us Fan Mail In discovering and fulfilling purpose, having direction is very useful. Having speed is good, but in my opinion, having direction is better. I look back to my elementary physics class when we were thought about some physical properties like speed, velocity, acceleration, and momentum. Speed: Speed is a scalar quantity that refers to "how fast an object is moving ." Speed...

Send us Fan Mail What we all seek in life is comfort, to be comfortable, and enjoy the beautiful things that life can offer. This is often seen and expressed in our daily pursuits and longings. Somehow this chase after comfort robs us of the true meaning of COMFORT. I have come to realize from where I stand and observing the lives of others, that the comfort we all seek in life is wrapped up in ou...

Send us Fan Mail Life and death are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruit. Proverbs 18:21 The Spirit gives life; the flesh profits nothing. The words I have spoken to you are spirit and they are life. John 6:63   Whenever the subject of the power of words comes up, the above scriptures comes to my mind and it answers all the questions for me. The world we live in, in...

Send us Fan Mail Paul Adefarasin, a charismatic leader, mentor, life coach, author philanthropist and senior pastor of House on the Rock Nigeria, was awarded the Forbes Best of Africa Most Influential Personality of the Year, 2021 award at the Foreign Investment Network (FIN) Leadership and Philanthropy Roundtable Discussion and Forbes Best of Africa Award event held on August 6, 2021. The annual...

Send us Fan Mail Habits, what are they?  How are they formed?   A habit is a routine of behavior that is repeated regularly and tends to occur subconsciously. The American Journal of Psychology defined a "habit, from the standpoint of psychology, [as] a more or less fixed way of thinking, willing, or feeling acquired through previous repetition of a mental experience." Wikipedia Undeniab...

Send us Fan Mail Once I was having a conversation with a Friend’s mother about her teenage daughter and her disposition at the time. She was really concerned as a mother and I responded by saying; Don’t worry mummy, she will learn by experience  And she replied, only fools learn from experience, the wise learn from other people’s mistakes (stories) We often hear that line, experience is the best t...

Send us Fan Mail Where no counsel is, the people fall: but in the multitude of counsellors there is safety. Proverbs 11:4 This is one verse of Scripture that gets me thinking, like seriously. It points to the importance learning, having teachers, a good one that is and also been open to receiving good and wise counsel.  As opined by Ndubuisi Ekekwe ‘Mark Zuckerberg and Bill Gates did not drop out...

Send us Fan Mail Is this the age of ‘borderlessness’?    The time we live in currently presents a very unique situation where business activities which traditionally was location bound and restricted by certain bureaucratic protocols are now happening in a seemingly borderless environment within legal and ethical frameworks which challenges the status quo.    In this Episode of the Word café, I ha...

Send us Fan Mail The age of following? Be ye followers of me, even as I also am of Christ. Clearly, our being successful does not come from a vacuum, rather it is very much rooted in our thought pattern and construct, which is very much connected to what we behold daily with time as reference.  We are all imitators of someone and something that we have given permission to influence us and drive us...

Send us Fan Mail Do you truly understand the power you have as a believer? Do you realize just how much you are connected to the Creator? In this powerful new series, "Hocus Focus on God", Author Amachree Isoboye Afanyaa reminds us that as long as we stay focused on Christ, we can never forget our purpose or lose faith in Him. "Hocus Focus on God" By Author Amachree Isoboye Afa...

Send us Fan Mail One of the most fascinating phenomena about our existence is the ability to transmit our emotions via the medium of writing and those who come in contact with text can actually relate with the writer on so many levels. This goes to reinforce the power of communing as described by Pierre Teillard de Chardin "There is almost a sensual longing for communion with others who have...

Send us Fan Mail Expressions? Yes expressions comes from impressions we have from how we perceive our reality in relation to our environment. This is often seen in different forms, which could be in art form, science and yes music. Music has so many definitions, but this one appeals to me, ‘vocal or instrumental sounds (or both) combined in such a way as to produce beauty of form, harmony, and exp...

Send us Fan Mail Moving from one form of change to another needs some form of management principles and framework in place in adapting to the new change or evolve from the old to the new in a guided framework. This management can be viewed from the Human Resources Management lens.    For the future of work, evolving or changing is inevitable in keeping up or coping with the changes that will be en...