Written by straight-talking serial entrepreneur and founder of Winelibrary.com Gary Vaynerchuk , The Thank You Economy presents a no-holds-barred approach to how businesses can leverage on the power of social media. Packed with case studies from online retail darling Zappos , burger j...
How Tightly Should You Manage Your Team? Should you control your subordinate's every move? (courtesy of River Empowerment ) There are two major schools of thought in leadership and management. The first approach is the older "Command and Control" style. Here, an authoritative leader u...
EVAC, a new autobot created specially for the attraction It's a night of 3D thrills and spills as Transformers The Ride made its global premiere at Universal Studios Singapore . Rumoured to cost more than S$100 million and to take more than four years to plan and build, Transformers T...
Should you control your subordinate's every move? (courtesy of River Empowerment ) There are two major schools of thought in leadership and management. The first approach is the older "Command and Control" style. Here, an authoritative leader uses a clearly domineering way of getting ...
EVAC, a new autobot created specially for the attraction It's a night of 3D thrills and spills as Transformers The Ride made its global premiere at Universal Studios Singapore . Rumoured to cost more than S$100 million and taking more than four years in the planning and making, Transf...
Preetam Rai of Global Voices Online (courtesy of GovCamp Singapore ) In an ideal Web 2.0 enabled world populated by active and engaged citizens, the public would be engaged, empowered and encouraged to use social technologies and digital tools to build a better society. As the governm...
Congratulations to our boys and girls in blue for making the first Facebook arrest! According to the Singapore Police Force's (SPF) media release , this development came on 11 Nov 2011 (an auspicious 11/11/11!) when a "public-spirited person called 999 and informed that he could ident...
Consider what your customers will look, smell, touch and feel - from the start to end of your experience Let's try this thought exercise for a few minutes. Imagine that you're a customer of your own company's business. This could be anything of course, depending on what your company d...
Should one protect privacy but ban anonymity on the web? Are citizens able to "DIY" to form their own self helping communities? Do we have adequate access to data that can improve our lives? These are the sort of questions which arose from the recent GovCamp Singapore , organised by M...
Should one protect privacy but ban anonymity on the web? Are citizens able to "DIY" to form their own self helping communities? Do we have adequate access to data that can improve our lives? These are the sort of questions which arose from the recent GovCamp Singapore , organised by M...
Tina and Ethan posing next to an animatronic Apatosaurus "Roar, Growl, Hiss, Grr, Screech and Scream!" Welcome to the world of the fabulous dinosaurs (also known as the "terrible lizards") at Dinosaurs-Live! , a recently opened exhibition at the Singapore Science Centre . Happening fr...
Courtesy of Lost & Found Online Marketing One of the most important chapters in the book of marketing is customer segmentation and targeting. You need to know who you're reaching and how you're making your product or service relevant to their needs, wants or desires. Without a keen un...
, our island's only "unconference" focusing on how citizens and government can work together to improve our lives using technology as an enabler. The second event this year - I moderated one of the sessions in the first in on 19 January - GovCamp looks at positioning government as a p...
As part of my recent work trip to London, I spent many hours visiting numerous museums and art galleries in the city, topped by a full day meeting with the Tate Group. The institutions I visited include the Tate Modern, National Gallery London, National Portrait Gallery, Natural Histo...
"We cannot change the cards we are dealt, just how we play the hand." - Randy Pausch (RIP 25 July 2008) I first blogged about Carnegie Mellon Professor Randy Pausch back in 28 July 2008, 3 days after his death from pancreatic cancer . So moved was I by the video of his last lecture (d...
Are there qualities common to entrepreneurs like Steve Jobs? (Courtesy of Digital Trends ) [Article first published as Hallmarks of Successful Entrepreneurs (An Asian Perspective) on Technorati.] As the world continues to moan over the demise of Apple head honcho Steve Jobs , numerous...
iPhone 4S's short battery life was blamed on the super juiced up iOS 5 (courtesy of Obama Pacman ) Something wrong seems to be happening in the hallowed corridors of Tech. First, we're met with the "dynamic" and ever changing new Facebook News Feed which apparently is riling many of u...
When a book meant for the children also pulled in matured audience in masses, its success is sealed. The children don't have to persuade the adults to buy books, movie tickets and merchandise, the adults willingly open up their wallets - sometime without prompting. I'm one of them. I ...
Harnessing the Power of Colours Do you ever wonder why some people look fab in black, while others look sinister? Want to add a dash of colour to your professional wardrobe without looking like a clown (or 7th month Getai singer)? I found out the abswers to this and more at a recent C...
Nobody manages resources better than Nature! (image source ) Sustainability seems to be the buzzword these days. We've all heard about how companies are investing in carbon credits to offset their industrial activities, embark on occasional recycling programmes, or improving their eff...
Article first published as Book Review: The Dragonfly Effect : Driving Social Change through Social Media by Jennifer Aaker and Andy Smith on Blogcritics. Co-authored by Stanford University Marketing Professor Jennifer Aaker and her husband Andy Smith, a leading marketing consultant o...
P&G researchers study customers where the action truly is (courtesy of Science in the Box ) Marketing research is a huge cannon in any marketer's arsenal. Or is it? The weapons of choice? Street surveys, focus group discussions, straw polls, online surveys, telephone interviews, and b...
I eat, pray and love the written word. My every spare moment is spent reading, writing, or listening to words that bring inspiration, comfort, wisdom and joy. I am always poised to pen something down, especially when triggered by a flash of insight, moved by a scene, or teased by an i...
The 5 Skills of Great Innovators Steve Jobs (bless him) associated calligraphy with beautiful fonts in the Macintosh (source ) Ever wondered how disruptive innovators like Steve Jobs (Apple), Jeff Bezos (Amazon.com) and A.G. Lafley (P&G) behave? What are the traits of these great entr...
Southeast Asia's exciting maritime past comes alive this 15 October with the opening of Singapore's first maritime museum. Known as the Maritime Experiential Museum & Acquarium (MEMA) , the attraction at Resorts World Sentosa features more than 400 rare objects including the Jewel of ...
Which Korean noodle would you choose and why? (source of image ) What is the most important marketing strategy for FMCG products? Is it developing a strong brand? Advertising on TV, radio and newspapers? Embracing social media and citizen marketing? Or all of the above? Well, these st...
Published in 2009, Mitch Joel's book on business strategy in the age of social media titled Six Pixels of Separation is a laudable effort to tie in the disparate threads of the online world for those keen to experiment in this space. Covering a broad expanse of concepts and ideas - fr...
Trail Kilkenny's smartphone app is really smart - it doesn't impose roaming costs to tourists Recently, I participated in a briefing comprising Singapore's attractions industry and technology companies. The idea was for these IT and web solution providers to develop industry-wide init...
Part self help book, part fable, The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari by leadership guru Robin Sharma is a slim volume that packs powerful life and leadership lessons in the form of a novel. Written in a semi-autobiographical manner - Sharma himself was a hotshot lawyer before he switched pa...
While borrowing a book recently at the Central Public Library (basement of the National Library), I came across this neat display tying in the bestselling A Song of Ice and Fire book series by author George R.R. Martin with the acclaimed HBO TV series Game of Thrones . Its nice to see...
