Leadership Development: Strategies to Create a Future-Ready Workforce
Nupur Todi (Harvard Ed.M.), Leadership Development Consultant Our survival in the future depends on both our adaptability and our ability
Leveraging on listening: What Singapore knows that Malaysia doesn’t
The fates of these two countries seem so inextricably intertwined, thanks to shared realities that had already become increasingly complex by the time Singapore separated from Malaysia in 1965 – after a stormy 23-month union.
Asia at the Crossroads: Avoiding Stagnation and Meeting New Challenges
The real driver of change will be not one brilliant head but several heads that collaborate. These two powerful terms have crept into mainstream business vocabulary, helping companies like Google and Microsoft seal their reputation as two of the world’s farthest reaching businesses.
Perceptions of Creativity in Asia
Buchbinder, who served as a Design Leadership Consultant at the Stanford Design School, shares her experience teaching Asian youth about creative confidence during the Asia Leadership Youth (ALY) Camp in 2015. The full chapter Perceptions of Creativity in Asia can be found in the book Rethinking Asia 2: Entrepreneurship and Economic Development.
Singapore a Nation in Transition
Singaporean culture has a robust stress on hard work, personal responsibility, and discipline. This is a nation where slacking off is not an option. Read on and discover new insights into how national values translate to public policy and individual behavior.
A Different Lens: Comparing Race Relations in Malaysia and the U.S.
What follows is an excerpt from an essay by Rachel Mason of the Harvard Graduate School of Education, who visited Malaysia in 2015 as part of the Asia Leadership Trek. In the book Rethinking Asia 2: Entrepreneurship and Economic Development, she traces the origins of the often uneasy and tension-filled relations among the three races that call Malaysia home. Interestingly, the story begins at the turn of the century with the rule of a colonial power.
Understanding Indonesian Entrepreneurship through Foreign Eyes and Paradigms
What follows is an excerpt from an essay written by Alanna Hughes of the Harvard Kennedy School of Government and the MIT Sloan School of Management, who joined the Asia Leadership Fellowship Tours in 2015. In Rethinking Asia 2: Entrepreneurship and Economic Development, she talks about her insights into Indonesia’s enormous potential for economic growth and how a younger generation of entrepreneurs can succeed only when the government, corporation, the academe, and venture capitalists work together to provide a healthy entrepreneurial ecosystem.
“Freedom is like a drug”
The following is an adapted excerpt from the chapter, “People-to-People Connections in a Transforming Asia”, by Zach Przystup, from the CALI Press-published book: Experiencing Asia: New Perspectives. Zach shares his encounters with two North Korean defectors and his insights on the importance of information as a means for political reform in North Korea.
Insights Into a New Malaysia
Vivian Wang from the Harvard Business School shared some of her insights in 2015, foreshadowing what observers are calling a “New Malaysia” in 2018.
Why Storytelling Matters for Emerging Leaders in Asian Politics
Effective political leaders tell stories that inspire and move people. And it is only by tapping into the wellspring of leadership communication that this can be done.