Friday Focus: Controlling Corruption
RECENT cases of corruption involving corporations and members of the private and public sectors seem to have dulled the lustre of Singapore’s reputation for running a clean business environment.
The...
Forecast For The Jia Chen Year Of The Wood Dragon
2024 is the Jia Chen year according to the 10,000-year calendar.
As the Dragon is an Earth element, this is a combination of Yang Wood and Yang Earth resulting in...
Jewel – Orchard Road With A Waterfall
ORCHARD Road has a sparkling new competitor.
The tired shopping street with all the major brands has already taken some battering in recent years as online and overseas shopping habits eat...
7 Things HR Must Do To Raise Morale In A Crisis
YOU never know when your organisation may have to go into crisis management mode. Hence, you should always be prepared for it.
But sometimes even the best-laid plans don't go to...
Not The Magnificent 7 — CFE Report
AFTER one year of talking about it to over 9,000 stakeholders, the future of Singapore has been boiled down to seven strategies that could easily be likened to a rojak...
Ransomware — The Line Between Crime And Terror
THE RECENT ransomware infections, “WannaCry” and “Petya”, are a worrying trend for the world as they could be precursors of something more ominous.
Like WannaCry, Petya spread quickly through networks that...
Behaviour Failure In The Smart Nation
THE CAR I’m test driving is running low on charge, so I pull into a car park that has a Type II charger.
Except that someone driving a BMW i3 has...
3 Types of Praising To Avoid
If you feel praising a child is helping them feel good about themselves, think again. Praise can be the contaminated carrot, with a stick at the other end. By...
What Lies Ahead For President Trump?
IT IS going to be a hot October and November for US President Donald Trump.
Corporate consultant Helen Ong of Senses.Live reads the US leader's Ba Zi chart and the...
Keep The Money Flowing
IT SEEMS that they are following the modern economic crisis playbook, where the focus is on ensuring that liquidity is maintained and money keeps flowing through the economy.
The measures...