An Essence Of Great Leaders – Part 1

April 20, 2017

“Patrick, if you do it, I will leave the room. I will resign from the company.” These were the direct and angry words from one of my key managers. Just before that, I had told him what I planned to do at a leadership bootcamp. It was the last day of the course. There was […]

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The United Airlines’ Flight 3411 Saga

April 17, 2017

It’s upsetting to witness the manhandling of a passenger through the video that has gone viral and is still being circulated. Besides drawing lessons on how we can better handle similar situations, we should draw also lessons on how to improve security arrangements at airports. According to the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), United Airlines […]

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Why Waste Time With Energy Vampires?

April 10, 2017

A friend whom I’ve known for more than 20 years and I were reminiscing about the past. There were a lot of pleasant things we could catch up on. But somehow we spent some time talking about our sad experiences with Tom (not his real name), a mutual and ungrateful friend. My friend had make […]

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The Night I “Sacked” My Boss

April 10, 2017

In 1992, I was standing alone at the window of my office. It was about 10 pm, almost the end of another long day at work. In the distant, the horizon was dotted with many blinking lights. They were shining from ships that were docked at the coastal waters of Singapore. They reminded me of […]

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Resolving Roots Of Fake News And Not Just The Symptoms

April 4, 2017

Resolving Roots Of Fake News And Not Just The Symptoms We should aim to nip the problem of fake news by its bud by stopping these news from being created and spread to the public. http://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/fake-news-current-laws-offer-limited-remedies To do so, the authorities can cut the lifelines of companies and individuals that promote and propagate fake news […]

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Preserving Racial And Religious Harmony

April 4, 2017

Racial and religious beliefs are visceral part of human psyche and being. http://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/imam-fined-4k-over-offensive-remarks-will-be-repatriated If anyone has been on the ground, and not hypothesize from an armchair, he will know that racial and religious harmony can be fragile and be like glass. An insensitive remark, even if it’s spoken out of a good intention can cause […]

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Upholding Dignity of The Elected Presidency

April 4, 2017

The institution of the elected presidency was meant to be a unifier of different sectors of the country and a force for stability and growth. It’s therefore sad to observe how so many of our people have become polarized and divided in different quarters of the society, including in some online communities. The government has […]

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My Contrarian View On Singapore’s Grumbling Spirit

April 3, 2017

Singaporeans are known for grumbling. The late Mr LKY was once quoted for saying that we are the “grumblingest” nation in the world. To be fair, when we are in SG, we grumble about SG. But when we go overseas, we will still grumble. We grumble why their country is not like ours. I once […]

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Whither Trumponomics?

March 29, 2017

When I spoke at the Value Investment Summit 2017 to more than 1500 participants, I posed a few imponderables to them. Will “Trump the Candidate” be “Trump the President”? Campaign rhetorics are designed to win hearts and votes. They are rarely totally fulfilled by the winning candidate after moving into the White House. Depending on […]

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Definitely Not The Last Words On Amos Yee…

March 28, 2017

Amos Yee has delivered hate speeches and broken the law in Singapore. http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/world/teen-blogger-amos-yee-granted-us-asylum/3624426.html The Maintenance of Religious Harmony Act states clearly that nobody should do anything that’s “prejudicial to the maintenance of harmony between different religious or racial groups and which disturbs or is likely to disturb the public tranquility.” In his words, “I told […]

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