by Bayo Adeyinka | Jun 19, 2026 | Bayo's Travel Diary, Opinion
This piece was originally written on August 23, 2017 as my team and I took a break from our half-year retreat to climb Olumo Rock My heart was in my mouth when I climbed some portion and looked down. I saw houses looking like tiny images. I felt dizzy and said a...
by Bayo Adeyinka | Jun 12, 2026 | Life Lessons, Opinion
I had observed him for some time. Each day the routine was the same. Eba with very dry egusi mixed with just palm oil early in the morning and the leftovers late at night. No meat. No fish. He kept largely to himself. He had some bushy beards that made him look like a...
by Bayo Adeyinka | May 29, 2026 | Bayo's Travel Diary, Opinion
Note: I wrote this travelogue on November 24, 2015 when I had a layover in Addis Ababa during a trip. He wanted to jump the queue at Murtala Muhammed International Airport, but I told him outright to stay in the queue. He turned to me and laughed, adding that “it...
by Bayo Adeyinka | May 22, 2026 | Business and Career, Leadership
Sometime in September 2020, I received feedback from two of my former colleagues which were quite encouraging. One was from a former colleague that we worked together around 2009. Her call was totally unexpected. She asked if I could recall asking her to watch...
by Bayo Adeyinka | May 15, 2026 | Business and Career, Leadership, Tips and Insights
We were having our monthly review session one morning around 2010/2011 when something suddenly dawned on me. I looked around the small meeting room on Ahmadu Bello Way, Victoria Island, Lagos, and realised that about five people seated around that table had once been...
