Entrepreneurship

Essays on Entrepreneurship

”Reflections on the past show us the path to the future” – PalanThere is a saying that life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards. Numerous crystal ball gazers and futurists tend to predict what the future of the world will look like. Yet, for those who aspire to achieve their…

Entrepreneurship

4 Global Forces

The world economy’s operating system is being rewritten. In this exclusive excerpt from the new book No Ordinary Disruption, its authors explain the trends reshaping the world and why leaders must adjust to a new reality. In the Industrial Revolution of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, one new force changed everything. Today our…

Education

Private higher education in Malaysia: A collapse or rejuvenation?

Private institutions have time and again championed the development of new, market-centric programmes that are closely developed with industry players so that graduates would have higher employability.This year alone, the University of Cyberjaya expects to strategically increase its undergraduate programmes by 25%. MURRAY Hunter’s report headlined “The Collapse of Malaysian Private Universities”? in the Asia…

Education

World TVET Conference in Sydney & SHRM Conference in New Delhi, India

It was nice speaking today at two virtual conferences: the World TVET Conference in Sydney and the SHRM Conference in New Delhi, India. I was pleased that I did not have to travel but could stay at the University of Cyberjaya and deliver my sessions. Great topics. Every speaker was addressing the new normal. The…

Education

The passing away of Sir Ken Robinson PhD, renowned educationist at age 70

I remember listening to Ken in Irvine, California at the Western Labs of the National Speakers Association and again in KL in 2017. An amazing thought leader, a New York Times bestselling author, he spoke out for what he believed. In a world where people speak to suit their personal self-interest, Ken was the epitome…

Education

Teachers As Agents For Social Change

My research assistant has been nudging me to write as I had not written anything for the last two months. The goal to write at least one post every fortnight was becoming increasingly difficult given how challenging the economic front has been: in particular, the time has been in short supply. For me, the trigger…

Education

Dr. Devi Shetty On Elitism In Medical Education

I was stunned to watch this video of Dr. Devi Shetty from Brut media. I have heard of his charitable and pioneering work in cardio thoracic surgery but was amazed with the thoughts he expressed in this video. The need to remove elitism in medicine and get specialists to the rural areas was an important…

Life Experiences

Paid To Study Happiness

It was a pleasant experience to read Majorie Chiew’s Star article on Happiness. ‘”What brings me happiness is the awareness that people I know and love are taken care of.”  Meik Wiking, a Danish researcher in his thirties is paid to study happiness. As the Chief Executive Officer of the Denmark based Happiness Research Institute,…

Life Experiences

Getting To Denmark

Malaysia has been on the grip of a political soap opera for most of the week. Just never understood in a rational way why these events took place except by explaining it was politics at its worst. Most citizens were tired of the entire episode. There were arguments for all sides of the political divide.…