Happy 53rd National Day – Lest We Forget!

August 20, 2019

Happy 53rd National Day – Lest We Forget! In 1965, I remember standing outside my neighbor’s house. I was watching a black-and-white TV programme when it was interrupted for an important announcement. Singapore had just become an independent nation. After the announcement, there were no major celebrations on the street. None of the usual jubilation […]

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Racial And Religious Harmony

August 20, 2019

Racial And Religious Harmony As a former chairman of one of the committees in the Inter-Racial and Religious Confidence Circles (IRCCs), I can attest that racial and religious beliefs are visceral parts of the human psyche, and they can be sensitive and fragile. Therefore, an undue comment about race or religion, even if said with […]

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Happy 54th National Day – The Land I Love

August 20, 2019

Happy 54th National Day – The Land I Love Singapore dearest, Land untaught from struggle and toil Nearly born still, winded away But breathed life and today is. Half a century you have stood, Trodden through melees aplenty. Applause for your fortitude! Praise for these gifts. Singapore, land of dreams. To you an infant was […]

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Branding The Experience With You.

August 20, 2019

Branding The Experience With You. Branding is not about buzz words, advertisement and promotion. It’s not just about being recognized and remembered. There’s a place for planning, strategizing and implementing a personal branding journey with the help of consultants. However, personal branding should still be based on authenticity, love, contribution and service. Anything that is […]

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Racial and religious beliefs are visceral parts of the human psyche, and they can be sensitive and fragile.

August 20, 2019

Racial and religious beliefs are visceral parts of the human psyche, and they can be sensitive and fragile. Therefore, an undue comment about race or religion, even if said with good intentions, can result in unintended backlash, open up old wounds and create new fault lines in our multicultural society. History has taught us that […]

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Branding With Love

August 20, 2019

Branding With Love I’m sure you’ve hard of the saying by Albert Einstein, “Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.” In other words, if you keep traveling on the same branding journey, you will reach the same destination. To reach a different destination, you need to change your […]

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Please Don’t Stop Learning.

August 20, 2019

Please Don’t Stop Learning. As part of my quest to be an effective trainer, I attended and completed six assessments for the Advanced Certificate in Training and Assessment ( ACTA) course. The ACTA course is conducted by the Institute for Adult Learning (IAL), an autonomous institute within the Singapore University of Social Sciences (SUSS). IAL […]

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Dark Clouds Ahead? How Then Should You Respond?

August 20, 2019

Dark Clouds Ahead? How Then Should You Respond? All over the world, many are getting disenfranchised because of fast-changing developments. There’re growing fears of being displaced and devalued because of technological and other disruptive forces. To make matters worse, fruits of economic and business developments are not being shared equitably. The rich are generally getting […]

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If Tan Cheng Bock and His Team “Change” PAP, Will Singapore Be Better?

August 20, 2019

If Tan Cheng Bock and His Team “Change” PAP, Will Singapore Be Better? During the press conference ahead of the launch of his Progress Singapore Party, Tan Cheng Bock (TCB) promised that he would ask the PAP “tough questions”. While going through his words, many questions went through my mind. Please allow me to share […]

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It’s Time To Love Planet Earth.

August 20, 2019

It’s Time To Love Planet Earth. The time has come for us to realise that we are co-travelers on the journey of life. How we enjoy and perform on this journey depends on how we look after the only vehicle that we will ever have – planet Earth. Think about it, for every hour that […]

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