On a recent visit to Toys "R" Us at VivoCity with my kid, I observed that there are more and more interlocking brick toys filling the shelves these days. Inspired no doubt by LEGO , brands like Mega Bloks, Coko and Tyco Toys are now emulating the same success strategy employed by the ...
On a recent visit to Toys "R" Us at VivoCity with my kid, I observed that there are more and more interlocking brick toys filling the shelves these days. Inspired no doubt by LEGO , brands like Mega Bloks, Coko and Tyco Toys are now emulating the same success strategy employed by the ...
Patagonia is the new yardstick for ethical and social businesses (image from Fortune Magazine ) Of late, I hear a common clarion call amongst leading thinkers for companies to pursue a more humane, ethical and sustainable business strategy. These proclamations allude to the fact that ...
The past months have been sad ones for anybody who ever used a film camera. Kodak, the 132 year old photography pioneer, is dying. Credited with bringing photography to everybody way in 1900 with the $1 Brownie camera, the Rochester, New York based company is opting for bankruptcy . A...
"A Masterclass in Modern Marketing Ideas" , British marketing consultant Kevin Duncan's Marketing Greatest Hits provides quick summaries of what he considers seminal or interesting titles and their key ideas in marketing. Touted as a "definitive compendium of everything you need to kn...
Student volunteer guides Jessie and Janet from Naked Hermit Crabs By now, you've probably heard how social technologies can transform social, political and environmental movements. Globally, one can find numerous examples of causes given an online shot-in-the-arm through Twitter, Face...
Student volunteer guides Jessie and Janet from Naked Hermit Crabs By now, you've probably heard how social technologies can transform social, political and environmental movements. Globally, one can find numerous examples of causes given an online shot-in-the-arm through Twitter, Face...
Courtesy of Hong Kong - a Visual Research Blog As we celebrate the arrival of the Black Water Dragon this Chinese New Year, the fengshui masters and economists have given varying prognoses of what it'll bring for the year. Taking a different trajectory, I thought it'd be fun to look a...
(Hilary Hinton) may be 85 years of age, but he sure packs a lot of punch. A highly respected motivational speaker grounded in Christian values, Zig is known for his fiery workshops and power-packed programmes focused on motivation, success and salesmanship. In a recent podcast I liste...
form an integral part of our everyday lives. They form an integral part of our "mindscape" and help us to describe what we think, hear, say and do in a deeper fashion. Metaphors also help to drive human behaviours and add colour to our world. Tapping the fields of consumer psychology ...
Gawd... is Seth still being hawked as a God for repeating the Cluetrain Manifesto. Is there nothing new under the sun? I mean he's a great thinker when he's on a roll, but these 14 aren't his shining moments. 15. There'll be a massive shift in demand from companies that can give us MO...
Lucy wouldn't have discovered Narnia if she didn't open that wardrobe (courtesy of WikiNarnia ) As humans gripped by our lizard brain (aka the amygdala ), our automatic reflex is to freeze in our tracks when encountering any of the following: 1) A potentially great product or service ...
Believe it or not, quitting isn't necessarily the mark of a loser. There is a time and place for giving up, just as there is a time and place for digging one's heels in and staying on. Does that mean then that Napoleon Hill's saying "a quitter never wins and a winner never quits" is m...
The beautifully designed Palace of the Elephants Theatre at Phuket FantaSea Claimed to be the "Ultimate Nighttime Cultural Theme Park", Phuket FantaSea is Thailand's first cultural theme park located close to Kamala Beach on Phuket island. Focusing on a motley mix of "Myth, Mystery an...
As I was reading my copy of the daily newspaper yesterday (yes, my family and I are still traditional newspaper readers), a colourful brochure with coupons popped out. As I glanced through its content, I couldn't help noticing this promotional message which appeared to be a wee bit ir...
As I was reading my copy of the daily newspaper yesterday (yes, my family and I are still traditional newspaper readers), a colourful brochure with coupons popped out. As I glanced through its content, I couldn't help noticing this promotional message which appeared to be a wee bit ir...
BP Former CEO Tony Hayward's Apology came too little too late (courtesy of Infinite Unknown ) Recently, everybody in Singapore has been talking about the spate of SMRT train delays and breakdowns in December. Numerous netizens have called for extreme measures to be taken, including th...
BP Former CEO Tony Hayward's Apology came too little too late (courtesy of Infinite Unknown ) Recently, everybody in Singapore has been talking about the spate of SMRT train delays and breakdowns in December. Numerous netizens have called for extreme measures to be taken, including th...
On a recent visit to Takashimaya Shopping Centre for Christmas shopping, my family visited their highly popular basement food mall area looking for gift ideas. Amidst the festive air, I noticed that there were many stalls offering gourmet food items for sale where the delectable pastr...
As the head honcho leading an organisation, being a good CEO isn't an easy job. Sure, they'll probably pay you more (or much much more) than the average salary man down the food chain, but the expectations are often sky high. For a start, a good CEO has to have vision, ambition and th...
Can creativity ever be managed? Shouldn't it be a spontaneous process that happens when a flash of brilliance strikes somebody? How can one be creative if one is an engineer/accountant/mechanic? Well, according to Josh Linkner , CEO of ePrize, anybody in any profession can be creative...
Images courtesy of Celebritize Yourself [Article first published as Book Review: Celebritize Yourself: The Three Step Method to Increase Your Visibility by Marsha Friedman on Blogcritics.] Are you keen to be better known and respected in your field of expertise? Have you wondered how ...
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...
