Courtesy of Five Stars and a Moon
Do you know that banking is now a digital platform business? Or that the CEO of DBS Bank probably knows a lot more about IT than many of us?
With the disruptive forces of e-commerce and m-commerce at play, banks need to shift their business model – from bricks and mortar to clicks and mortar.
(Updated 29 July 2017) Amazon Prime Now has just launched in Singapore, and is taking the local grocery delivery market by storm.
Demand has been so overwhelming that delivery was unavailable for quite some time. Industry pundits are now watching how the battle between Prime Now, Lazada’s LiveUp, HonestBee, and other players will turn up.
Ms Yang Lan of Sun Media Group interviewing Minister for Social and Family Development, Tan Chuan Jin
Are women being fairly treated here in Singapore? How could we ensure a fairer spread of responsibilities and opportunities between the sexes?
These weighty issues were given a hearing last week at the Conference on Harmony in Diversity by the International Women’s Forum supported by DBS Bank.
The good old days of double digit economic growth and abundant choice jobs are over.
We are now entering an unusual stage in the global economy characterised by slow growth and painful economic restructuring.
Courtesy of Martial House
Congratulations and welcome to Singapore!
If you are somebody who traveled thousands of miles to arrive on our sunny tropical shores, you may have hundreds of random thoughts in your head right now.
Capitol Piazza is spanking new, but it’s shops are already offering offers and discounts – even during weekends.
It was the best of times. It’s now the worst of times?
Retailers and shopping mall owners in Singapore are breaking out in a cold sweat these days.
Chris Brogan (above) is a freak. And a very successful one too.
Author of numerous bestselling books on social media and influencer marketing, including The Impact Equation, Chris has consulted with huge companies like Disney, Microsoft, Coke and Google, and is the publisher of Owner Magazine. He has also sold multi-million dollar companies, and amassed huge followings on social networks like Facebook, Twitter and Google Plus.
I love traveling. I love David versus Goliath tales. And I enjoy reading about business strategies.
Put this together and what have we got? The Roadside MBA by economics and business professors Michael Mazzeo, Paul Oyer and Scott Schaefer.
Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner (courtesy of Freakonomics Facebook page)
Conventional wisdom can be a bitch. While there may be occasional wisdom in crowds, the truth is that fools seldom differ.
If going with the flow could land us in hot soup, how then should we solve the many problems in our world?
How do you work effectively in a cross-cultural team? What should you do to seal a deal with a foreign partner?
The answers to these and more are found in The Cultural Intelligence Difference by cultural intelligence thought leader David Livermore.