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My retrenchment letter was handed to me on Nov 25, 2019. I still remember that day vividly as I was scheduled to meet my immediate boss for my annual performance appraisal. Instead of seeing him in the meeting room, I saw my managing director and the human resource director. My managing director was looking visibly […]
Throughout my career, I often helped companies strategise and market their products and services. Hence, when I became a mother, I wished that my son was born with a customised “playbook”, containing precise strategies and steps that I could follow so that he would grow up to be successful. Alas, it was wishful thinking on […]
A renowned Harvard University Professor – Clayton Christensen, who first coined the term “Disruptive Innovation”, wrote in his book “The Innovator’s Dilemma” identified the 5 key reasons as follow: 1. Lack of the right culture within the company 2. Too focussed on their current mainstream customers’ needs 3. Lack of urgency to pursue disruptive innovative business model 4. Fear […]
A mismatch of what Science knows and what Business does. Companies often use extrinsic motivators such as a big fat pay cheque and huge bonus to retain an employee’s loyalty. This might work in the 20th century and pre-COVID-19 world, where companies have fixed operational processes with clear outcomes. However, in this 21st Century and […]
This applies not only to individuals, but businesses too. Less is more and it is best to be strategic about things. Or risk wasting precious resources. Idleness is often seen as wasteful and self-indulgent. The world’s undisputed champion of indolence – the sloth is often the perfect mascot for the antithesis of the hyperactive 24/7 […]
What you think you saw, might not be what it was in reality. Pause. Think. Before Reacting. Interesting article showing how the use of different camera lens offers different perspectives of the social distancing required during #Covid19. Likewise as business leaders, we need to equip ourselves with “different lens” so that we can be discerning […]
