Scholar · Writer · Storyteller
Daystar Selorm Atti
Poetry, Research, and Reflections from a Life Across Cultures
Explore My WorkAbout Daystar
A life shaped by scholarship, culture, and words
Daystar Selorm Atti is a Ghanaian scholar, writer, and storyteller based in Astana, Kazakhstan. He is pursuing a PhD in Business Administration, specializing in Organizational Behavior, at Nazarbayev University Graduate School of Business. His scholarly work explores leadership, workplace relationships, employee innovation, organizational culture, and the changing relationship between people and artificial intelligence.
Beyond academic research, Daystar writes about life, identity, resilience, society, leadership, and experiences across countries and cultures. This website brings together his research, teaching cases, short articles, poetry, quotations, and personal reflections.
Latest Writing
Featured articles and publications
Two Founders, Two Leadership Styles: QNP, Kazakhstan
A published Emerald teaching case examining leadership, culture, and co-founder relationships.
Read more →AFCON and the Fight for Global Respect
A reflection on respect for African football on the global stage.
Read article →From Uncertainty to Resilience
Lessons from my first year as a PhD student.
Read article →Ghana: Africa’s Second Safest Country
How peace and stability can support economic opportunity.
Read article →Marketing Made-in-Ghana Products
Fairafric, packaging, storytelling, and value creation.
Read article →Votes, Volatility, and the Vanishing Value
Ghanaian elections, currency volatility, and the cedi.
Read article →RESEARCH
Understanding work and leadership
My research examines how leadership, hierarchy, workplace relationships, culture, and emerging technologies influence organizational life.
POETRY
Words beyond scholarship
Poems about love, memory, distance, hope, identity, and the quiet moments that make life meaningful.
LIFE EXPERIENCES
A journey across cultures
Personal reflections shaped by Ghana, Kazakhstan, Canada, family, education, uncertainty, and resilience.
QUOTES
Words to reflect on
“It is better to fail in doing something than to excel in doing nothing.”
“The value of life lies not in the length of days, but in the use we make of them.”
“Happiness is what we make for ourselves; it is our very own creation.”
CONTACT
Let’s connect
I welcome inquiries about research collaborations, academic projects, case studies, speaking opportunities, and creative writing.
Email: daystar.atti@nu.edu.kz
Location: Astana, Kazakhstan
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