Farewell My Old Friend!

September 14, 2016

I’m sad to hear that Bellum Tan, an old friend has passed away. Bellum was a fellow sojourner on the learning journey. I can’t tell you how many seminars we have attended together both locally and overseas. We both share the same joy of learning and of stretching ourselves. Over time we have also become […]

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Should The State Support Our Retirement?

September 14, 2016

While having the state to support retirement has upsides and can be appealing, it may also expose us to untold risks and unintended consequences. On a micro level, adopting such a policy will mean that the state has endorsed an assumption that retirement is an imperative and a part of public goods. Such an assumption […]

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How Should We Handle Misinformation?

September 7, 2016

As we come to grips with the Zika outbreak, a major concern is the lies, half-truths and misconceptions about the outbreak floating around the Net and in public places. It’s also unfortunate that some political opportunists are exploiting the situation to win social currency. They are fanning unnecessary dissatisfaction about our leaders and distrust for […]

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The Next Prime Minister?

September 1, 2016

In his National Day Rally speech in 2016, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong once again highlighted his decision to step down from the Prime Minister’s position to make way for his successor. I applaud Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong for his clear, consistent and conscientious approach to effective succession. The mark of a great leader […]

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Why IPO?

August 30, 2016

1. What are the advantages of Initial Public Offering (IPO)? Dr Patrick Liew, Managing Partner of GreenPro Capital Pte Ltd discussed salient points on why Small Medium Enterprises should consider Initial Public Offering (IPO) as a way of growth and exit strategy Branding Being a public-listed company will help to strengthen a company’s branding in […]

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Let’s Stop The Haze Once And For All

August 30, 2016

The annual haze has caused undue damages to quality of life, health of humans and animals, businesses, economies, and environments in Indonesia and countries around the region. It’s about time key stakeholders in the public, private, people and political sectors in these countries take stronger measures to stop the haze. We need a targeted, persistent […]

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Farewell Former President Mr S R Nathan

August 25, 2016

My first close encounter with the late Mr S R Nathan was when I was invited to the Istana in 2007. That year, my company had organised a fund raising event for the President’s Challenge. The President’s Challenge was a major initiative started by Mr Nathan to galvanize our people’s talents and resources to help […]

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Are You Ready For The Disruptive Future?

August 23, 2016

The possibility of disruptive forces changing your work and life is not just a warning but a way of life in the new world of disorder. We are better off learning how to proactively embrace, adapt to, and leverage on disruptive forces to propel us to the next level of growth. To do that, we […]

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Health Is Life

August 23, 2016

For about an hour, many people in Singapore were held in suspense and anxiety for our Prime Minister. As we pray for him to have a full, smooth and speedy recovery to even better health, may this episode be a reminder to leaders as well as all of us that health is life. To be […]

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Capitalising On Disruptions

August 22, 2016

In the new world of disorder, it bodes well to be mindful that almost every business, job and career can be disrupted, disintermediated, and dissolved. What has helped us achieve success till now may not help us to be successful in the future. In fact, past successes may drive us to hold on to and […]

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