Dealing with uncertainty with the hypothesis-driven process
We can’t tell the future. We acknowledge that we don’t know what we don’t know. There are even things we know we don’t know. There are...
You may be the agent of your own self-destruction
When you have an intent to achieve for the future, we tend to look at how we reach that from where we are. While this is essential,...
Thinking in systems – because we live in them
Systems thinking is a very important aspect of being strategic. To be able to see things from above, and from below; to make the...
Start with Why, a la Simon Sinek
Simon Sinek is a TED talk sensation and the topic of his talk is the same as that of his book, Start With Why. In his book, he spoke...
When should strategic thinking be applied, in what conditions and context?
(Dedicated to the Trainers in Indonesia!) This is a very good question, because at the back of it, there are similar questions like:...
Innovations work for small and medium enterprises too!
I chanced upon your website and been reading your posts. I find some of them rather interesting. I also saw that you answered people’s...
Time to rethink your manpower policies
Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Singapore face a hard time recruiting people. For one, they cannot hold on to talent because the...
Why everyone needs to think MVP
No, it is not the Most Valuable Player but the Minimum Viable Product, which in a sense is the most valuable play in innovation. The MVP...
What you say is as important as why you say it
As with all thinking endeavours, it is as much what you say that determines the richness of your thoughts, as with how you think it. One...
You need to fail in order to succeed
You know the famous stories: The Hare and the Tortoise, The Little Engine that Could, and The Saggy, Baggy Elephant. All of them have a...
