Bankole Ojo-Medubi

Managing Partner @ Parasol BPO | | Building Things That Build Nigerians

[Bankole Ojo-Medubi @Qru_01]

AI will beat you if you play the process game with it.

Focus on skills that drive outcomes.

Help make or keep more money. 
Help more people trust/know your company. 
Make work more effective
Make work faster
Open up new opportunities
Be cool to work with while doing the above

[Bankole Ojo-Medubi @Qru_01]

Choose agency over charity.

[Olúwatósìn Olaseinde @tosinolaseinde]

The chances of you giving yourself the life you want is higher than outsourcing it to the generosity of a stranger.

[Bankole Ojo-Medubi @Qru_01]

@petergyang Yes. Please

[Bankole Ojo-Medubi @Qru_01]

Proverbs is the Bible's twitter thread.

[SuperSanusi @supersanusi]

Proverbs 12:9 MSG
[9] Better to be ordinary and work for a living than act important and starve in the process.

https://t.co/Q9e5vJ26Ej

[SuperSanusi @supersanusi]

One of the things I took for granted growing up was access to extracurricular activities.

I played a ton of sports, had access to libraries, etc.

Trying to recreate that with Spark Studio, so my kids & others around Kaduna can build the skills required to thrive.

[Bankole Ojo-Medubi @Qru_01]

@supersanusi 🤣

[Bankole Ojo-Medubi @Qru_01]

@amasonic 😂

Its actually the most doable its ever been.

But the mistake a lot of tech bros make is to underestimate the operational layer required to make this happen.

The skilled trades is a very physical space unlike code.

[Bankole Ojo-Medubi @Qru_01]

@supersanusi He's back

[Bankole Ojo-Medubi @Qru_01]

Its funny the number of high quality research findings that have a Bible verse from 2000 years ago with the same conclusion.

[Bankole Ojo-Medubi @Qru_01]

#6

On a micro scale:
Talk to people outside your circle.
Be visible.
Network.

Everyone's looking for trustworthy competent partners now. P

[Dr Ola Brown @NaijaFlyingDr]

@docneto 1. Exchange rate stability
2. Reforms that are improving fiscal outlook
3. AI & the potential it hold to transform the way we do business
4. The creative sector
5. The way we have dominated African financial services
6. Geopolitics:many players looking for new partners

[Bankole Ojo-Medubi @Qru_01]

Top 10.

[Ben Dreyfuss @bendreyfuss]

THE GOOD WIFE was the best network procedural of the 21st century.

[Bankole Ojo-Medubi @Qru_01]

"Overfuddled" is the word for my reaction.

[Neto @docneto]

@DrJoeAbah He also shared the link himself on this app. He seemingly thinks it was a good showing worth sharing. I'm befuddled!

[Bankole Ojo-Medubi @Qru_01]

I need to rewatch that.

I recently saw Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and Mary Poppins again.

The former was far superior.

[-valar morghulis- @eldivine]

My wife hates musicals but I got her to sit with me to watch Sound of Music last weekend and guess what? She loved it a lot.

That film is too GOATED.

[Bankole Ojo-Medubi @Qru_01]

Saturday morning questions from your 3 year old:

"Why is Lando Norris a race car driver? "

🤷🏾‍♂️

[Bankole Ojo-Medubi @Qru_01]

@docneto What do you use for your second brain?

Keep? Obsidian? Notion?

[Bankole Ojo-Medubi @Qru_01]

It's happening.

[jack @jack]

we're making @blocks smaller today. here's my note to the company.

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today we're making one of the hardest decisions in the history of our company: we're reducing our organization by nearly half, from over 10,000 people to just under 6,000. that means over 4,000 of you are being asked to leave or entering into consultation. i'll be straight about what's happening, why, and what it means for everyone.

first off, if you're one of the people affected, you'll receive your salary for 20 weeks + 1 week per year of tenure, equity vested through the end of may, 6 months of health care, your corporate devices, and $5,000 to put toward whatever you need to help you in this transition (if you’re outside the U.S. you’ll receive similar support but exact details are going to vary based on local requirements). i want you to know that before anything else. everyone will be notified today, whether you're being asked to leave, entering consultation, or asked to stay.

we're not making this decision because we're in trouble. our business is strong. gross profit continues to grow, we continue to serve more and more customers, and profitability is improving. but something has changed. we're already seeing that the intelligence tools we’re creating and using, paired with smaller and flatter teams, are enabling a new way of working which fundamentally changes what it means to build and run a company. and that's accelerating rapidly.

i had two options: cut gradually over months or years as this shift plays out, or be honest about where we are and act on it now. i chose the latter. repeated rounds of cuts are destructive to morale, to focus, and to the trust that customers and shareholders place in our ability to lead. i'd rather take a hard, clear action now and build from a position we believe in than manage a slow reduction of people toward the same outcome. a smaller company also gives us the space to grow our business the right way, on our own terms, instead of constantly reacting to market pressures.

a decision at this scale carries risk. but so does standing still. we've done a full review to determine the roles and people we require to reliably grow the business from here, and we've pressure-tested those decisions from multiple angles. i accept that we may have gotten some of them wrong, and we've built in flexibility to account for that, and do the right thing for our customers.

we're not going to just disappear people from slack and email and pretend they were never here. communication channels will stay open through thursday evening (pacific) so everyone can say goodbye properly, and share whatever you wish. i'll also be hosting a live video session to thank everyone at 3:35pm pacific. i know doing it this way might feel awkward. i'd rather it feel awkward and human than efficient and cold.

to those of you leaving…i’m grateful for you, and i’m sorry to put you through this. you built what this company is today. that's a fact that i'll honor forever. this decision is not a reflection of what you contributed. you will be a great contributor to any organization going forward.

to those staying…i made this decision, and i'll own it. what i'm asking of you is to build with me. we're going to build this company with intelligence at the core of everything we do. how we work, how we create, how we serve our customers. our customers will feel this shift too, and we're going to help them navigate it: towards a future where they can build their own features directly, composed of our capabilities and served through our interfaces. that's what i'm focused on now. expect a note from me tomorrow.

jack

[Bankole Ojo-Medubi @Qru_01]

@gkbalogs Shots fired

[Bankole Ojo-Medubi @Qru_01]

@Folabo_Kay @a_chiagoziem @tosinolaseinde @knightofdelta Your fears do hold water.

I've been told there are liquidity issues in the NGX.

But the banks are a safer bet with regards to this.

The people i listen to are very bullish on First Bank in particular. NFA.

[Bankole Ojo-Medubi @Qru_01]

Bluey is elite television.

[Louise Perry @Louise_m_perry]

I cannot tell you how many hours upon hours of research have gone into this column for @WSJFreeEx.

Watching Bluey with my children has convinced me of two things: that it is the best kids’ show on TV right now (by a country mile!), and also that it is right wing art.

https://t.co/QJGsTuRyNa

[Bankole Ojo-Medubi @Qru_01]

@gkbalogs 😂😂😂