Future Of Singapore’s Economy

December 20, 2016

As we face a volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous future, we may not be able to predict or even influence the changes coming upon us. However, we can redesign our economy so as to become more resilient in responding to challenges. We can prepare ourselves and be in a better position to capitalize on current […]

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Ten (10) Hats Of Winners In the New Age

December 20, 2016

1. Champions To survive in the disruptive future, the world needs champions who know how to lead and manage people and projects. 2. Creators Creators who know how to produce and deliver offerings that are relevant, useful and beneficial to people or the environment will always be in demand. 3. Connectors and Collaborators To turn […]

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What’s Branding?

December 14, 2016

My employee came to me and suggested the following action. We should pay our contractors before Christmas even though that was not part of our contractual agreements. He felt that times were tough and many were struggling. Since we had a good year and are assured of a positive cash flow and settling all our […]

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What’s Important To You?

December 13, 2016

Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg met for a cover shoot, the photo of which would appear in a prominent magazine. Collectively, they are worth US$119.6 Billion. Look at them carefully. Do you see any expensive designer’s products on them? Live simply. Invest in your own education. Live your brand and not put on a front. […]

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Are We Changing Fast Enough?

December 13, 2016

I trust the Ministry of Education will study the new school closely and be opened to learn from any potential innovations from the school. http://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/education/sim-to-open-international-school-in-2017 As we press on towards a disruptive future, it’s not uncommon for educational incumbents to hold on to status quo, especially if the current systems have achieve multiple awards and […]

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Building A Learning Nation

December 12, 2016

Recently, I joined a group of young people to discuss about the future and the future of future. Suffice to say, the world is probably changing faster than you and I can predict the changes and prepare ourselves to leverage on the changes. To preempt, protect ourselves from, and proactively respond to the disruptive future, […]

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One Of The Items On My Wish List For Budget 2017

December 8, 2016

Local enterprises, especially SMEs are struggling through the double whammy of a slowing down of the economy and increasing business costs. They operate in a tight labour market and face headwinds competing with online businesses and other direct and indirect players in an open and global environment. One of SMEs’ biggest challenges is availability, affordability […]

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Our-Disrupting Disruptions

December 8, 2016

Recognising disruptors not only honour this group of people, it also reminds us to proactively preempt and respond to major changes in the future. http://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/the-disruptors Therefore, we need to continue to reform our educational system because education is the first and last line of defence against disruption. http://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/education/singapore-students-top-in-maths-science-and-reading-in-international Unfortunately, the current educational mindset held by […]

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Tough Choices Ahead

December 7, 2016

In the past, the government was not known to shy away from making hard choices. These choices compelled many of our people to take bitter medicine for a better future. As we face a fast-changing world, the current government may have to make just as tough, if not tougher, decisions to serve long-term interests of […]

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Creative or Base Instinct?

December 7, 2016

When I first heard about the two questionable performances earlier on, I wrote to the organiser to register my concerns. Although the organiser tried to explain its position and promoted values of the two performances, I was not convinced these performances were good for our society. For example, I was told that an actress will […]

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