It was a cool Wednesday morning and Teachers’ Day was just over last week. I thought nothing will be more apt than to write a little bit on Gratitude. If you have read books on personal development, goal setting and positive mindset etc, you will find this to be one of the most common topics
Read More

Being an educator is no easy feat. You need to work with difficult students at times, deal with difficult parents who thinks the world revolve around them and at times, they played the roles of caretakers of students. Tomorrow, most schools will be celebrating teachers’ day so I thought doing up an appreciation video might be
Read More

Have you heard about that woodcutter story? If you have, what are some of the life’s lessons you have drawn from that? That woodcutter story is closer to our lives than we think. So let’s take a look at that story again..     This is a story of a young and driven woodcutter.. Once
Read More

In the 80s, I found a couple of television series that became my all-time favourite. It was my first exposure to the concept of creativity. The first one was the A-Team, featuring; Mr T as Sergeant B.A. Baracus – The muscle of the group and a mechanical genius. Dirk Benedict as Lt. Templeton ‘Faceman’ Peck
Read More

  In my previous post, I wrote a little bit about engaging employees, bringing them together to contribute some ideas to improve the company. Yes, it may seem too simple but that post presented all the very practical and applicable steps. I have seen several companies, invested in their staffs by sending them to a
Read More

It has been 6 years since I first started my first workshop in creative thinking and innovation. I can still clearly remember the first innovation workshop that I facilitated at one of the air bases in Singapore. And I have to thank Anne, who has been a mentor to me when I started my training
Read More

I was re-reading one of my previous post when this incident comes to mind, reminding me on the importance of focusing on my circle of influence. This post brings me back a couple of months ago when I had prolonged fever and doctors suspected that it might have been dengue. I went to a nearby polyclinic
Read More

Many businesses today, especially Small Medium Enterprises and Startups, are talking about increasing productivity, improving efficiency and effectiveness, business sustainability and of course, increased profits. I have worked in small medium companies and start-ups all my life and I couldn’t agree more. SMEs are the biggest contributor to a country’s GDP and it provides more
Read More

I do not really find a lot of companies practising performance-based salary, except maybe those in sales. In 2007, I was an Account Manager for a facilities management company. And I was assigned to manage one of Singapore’s largest students’ accommodation. One of the biggest challenge to me at that time was staff performance and
Read More

  A couple of years ago, I conducted a workshop where we trained learners in areas of cross functional soft skills. One of the activities involve an activity of reflection and sharing on the topic of personal development. A few of them aspired to go all the way to get a diploma and there were some
Read More