Turbulence in the air

Airlines Benefit From Industry Turbulence

AS swiftly as it took off, Vistara — the Tata Sons/Singapore Airlines joint venture — has veered off on a different flight plan, winging into the sunset. Formed in 2013,...
Scams

I Fired Myself Today

I fired myself today. At least, according to the email I “sent” to myself.  By the end of the month I would have left my own business and the company would...
stress management

Coach Your Leadership Back On Track With Neuroscience

A SENIOR executive at a prominent tech company found himself struggling at work. James Liu  (not his real name to protect his privacy) encountered several communication breakdowns that hindered his...
webinar niche arts

The Hard Art Of Crafting Your Artistic Niche

COLLABORATION is the way forward for small art groups. This was the general consensus at the recent WED WEB CHAT — Crafting Your Own Niche organised by STORM-ASIA.COM. The five panellists...
Yusuf Dikeç

Who Struck Gold?

THE usual admonishment for aspiring elite athletes is to always be a winner as nobody remembers who came in second. That was shot to bits at the ongoing Paris Olympics...
ausbruch

AUSBRUCH Brings German Music Theatre To Asia

THEATRE director Heather Tan was drawn to the relatively obscure art form of German opera at an early age. Her experiences behind the scenes in Singapore theatre led to further...
Rajesh P Kargutkar

Expansive Images From Cramped Spaces

The devil and the delight lurk in the details of Rajesh Kargutkar’s art. The Mumbai-born artist spent his formative years in the cramped quarters of the chawls — the dense...
system failure

TEST TEST TEST, Or Things Will Break Down

THINGS break. That's a well known and fully understood fact of life. Even the best-designed systems will fail at some point. Look at my favourite spacecraft, NASA’s (National Aeronautics and Space...
CrowdStrike system down

CrowdStrike Strikes Out

THE interconnected nature of our increasingly digital world, for all its benefits, comes with the caveat of enabling cyber incidents to spread rapidly across the globe. By now, most people...
Rum

Make Room In Your Liquor Cabinet For Some Rum

IF we were to personify rum alongside its spirit cousins, each would have its own personality. To me, cognac, with its base in fermented fruit juice, might appear as a...