Feb 15, 2025 - Life is already stressful. Managing a family, juggling priorities, reconciling aspirations with reality, or even just being stuck in traffic while running [...]

Dec 14, 2024 - Identity loss; the elephant in the room when it comes to remote work. This is not to downplay the clear and significant advantages of remote work [...]

Nov 07, 2024 - PSA for Regional Business Leaders: don’t hesitate to seek external expertise for specialized projects and initiatives. Doing so not only improves [...]

Nov 04, 2024 - Inventory itself isn’t the problem; it’s inventory that doesn’t turn that is. When I first began my P&L leadership journey, I was simply following the [...]

Oct 28, 2024 - PSA for entrepreneurs seeking external support for internationalization projects: beware of those who center their pitch on “guarantees”; they may leave [...]

Oct 21, 2024 - According to the latest data published by the IEA, Southeast Asia is set to account for 25% of global energy demand growth over the next decade, second [...]

Oct 14, 2024 - As we approach year-end amidst significant market uncertainty, many companies implement familiar cost-cutting tactics: travel and hiring freezes [...]

Oct 07, 2024 - There's no universal right or wrong in growth strategies, there's only strategies that fit the journey of a certain organization and others that don’t [...]

Sep 16, 2024 - Transitioning from a MNC career to founding my own venture, I came to understand the critical importance of personal branding, a concept often [...]

Sep 09, 2024 - Anyone who has worked in large companies knows how much easier it is to get approval for physical asset investments compared to intangible [...]

Sep 02, 2024 - Developing a growth playbook before initiating growth activities is essential, yet it often goes overlooked. In a recent conversation with the MD of [...]

Aug 26, 2024 - As I engage with owners and managing directors of SMEs and local branches of international companies, I often hear the same objection: "We know our [...]

Aug 12, 2024 - The purpose and direction of organizations, particularly in regional branches operating far from their headquarters, can often become [...]

Aug 10, 2024 - More than four years after the conversation on remote work began, the focus of the discussion keeps remaining on how to balance work productivity and [...]

Aug 05, 2024 - Throughout my 25-year career, I’ve been deeply involved in the annual budgeting planning process, beginning as an individual  [...]

Aug 01, 2024 - This is that time of the year where organizations start working on their next year budget and operating plan. In my experience as a corporate exec, despite [...]

Jul 29, 2024 - Many growth initiatives fail because they are not well-thought-out, often due to insufficient resources for strategic planning. Companies may struggle with [...]

Jul 22, 2024 - Over time, the commercial operations of successful companies often deviate from their original design. This deviation can occur during times of [...]

Jul 15, 2024 - I am off to Kuala Lumpur this week to promote the services of my new venture Exponasia Growth Partners. It's been 19 years since I first set foot in KL, [...]

Jul 08, 2024 - The importance of planning in business (as well as in contexts like war and sports) is often overstated. The idea that "If you fail to plan, you are planning to  [...]

Jul 05, 2024 - In keeping with Shinto tradition, every twenty years the Ise Jingu Shrine in Japan is completely torn down and rebuilt identically on a plot facing [...]