The published start time was 9am, and we kicked off about 9:30am, the room was full again, and all our presentations went well, stimulating lots of healthy questions and discussion. Our risk presentation was very well received, having less text on slides and providing some local proverbs meant our presentation was easier for the audience to digest, but the real clincher was some of the bold recommendations we made where we pinned recommendations to a specific role, or made recommendations for who should be held accountable for finding someone to fill a role. This last action is part of the Ghana culture - as IBM is held in such high regard, there was an expectation we would make some bold statements, and this earned us the respect of the audience. Phew, we didn't know how that was going to go down.
When it came to question time, we had a number of people make passionate statements that supported our recommendations, hooray, we must have hit a few chords, it so easily could have gone the other way. But the real proof is what happens next. Without taking our work and managing risk as part of an ongoing activity, this work will quickly become redundant. We feel confident they will - especially some of the comments that have come back.
15 minute break, our group was up next:
Following the main event, we provided gifts to our drivers and key stakeholders, and then needed to hang around for final interviews with the film crew. I was hoping to pickup some final souvenirs, and by 6:30pm I got my chance, yippee! I picked up the last of the souvenirs I needed, and then headed to the mall where the team had decided we would have dinner at Rhapsody's, and Italian and African restaurant. Given I'm flying out tomorrow, I played it safe with my meal, and got spaghetti bolognese - sort of, the bolognese was more orange than red.
Sri, Thiago, and Deiva finally work up the courage to wear their Ghanaian shirts, given to us as a thank you gift from our customer:
Finally, Happy Birthday Shaun!! For Saturday.
- Keep on Rockin'. Dwight.
Location:Eight Rd,Accra,Ghana
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