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War at Work
Conflict at work erodes trust, commitment, and loyalty. It is the No.1 productivity killer as everyone works based on assumptions which are not accurate and it slows down corporate initiatives. It’s time to design your business to end it.
Continuing Consulus Bangladesh’s Adventure
Bangladesh is a market with unrealized potential. The return of Consulus comes at a time when Bangladeshi business leaders seek to emulate successful business models to grow globally.
A Vietnamese Strategy for an Open World
If Vietnamese companies want to compete on an equal footing as a new wave of competition appears on the horizon, then it is a matter of choice and not about the environment.
Place-Branding: Finding the Soul of Kuching
In a world where people are seeking meaning and authenticity, it is time to build places that mean something and not merely brand them. Learn how we help a property developer from Kuching contribute to the identity of their hometown.
So You Think You Are Ready to Innovate
Innovation is a long journey that will involve many episodes of failures, fears and false starts. Here are some 3 essential elements, on how to take a realistic approach so as to reap sustained results from the process.
Why Succession Plans Rarely Succeed
Most succession plans are too idealistic, burdened by unrealistic expectations thus designed to fail. Here is how you can avoid this approach.
Making Dialogue Work
The current global movement of dialogue is in a dire need for innovation to become more effective to overcome stalemates in the politics, business and religion.
How to create a sustainable market
The time has come to stop using broad strokes to condemn companies but to ask, what effective solutions can be designed to overcome complex issues and save our planet.
The Green Business: It’s beyond separating paper, glass, metal and plastic
The green movement is slowly picking up pace in South East Asia. Inspired by observing decades of frivolous use of resources, one Thai company has decided to do its own part for the environment through its business model and practices.
Think Different
Understanding and defining the impact of design when it is not used as a tool for expression, but rather as a tool for growth, has been our life’s work.
Project Syndicate: Freedom of Opinion for all
Since 1994, Project Syndicate has provided readers with original, engaging, and thought-provoking commentaries by those who are shaping the world’s economics, politics, science, and culture. The Columnist talked to Nicolas Chatara-Morse, Chief Executive Officer of Project Syndicate to find out more about the organization, media and the future.
The human spirit rises above the rubble: A Nepali experience
In April 2015, a massive earthquake shook Nepal and killed more than 8,000 people and injured more than 23,000. The Columnist talked to Uzwal Raj Gautam, Chief Secretariat of the Nepal Media Society and Television Broadcasters Nepal, to find out more about the situation in Nepal and its people after the disaster.
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