Education in Singapore
Yesterday, some of the Designing Leaders crew attended a one-day seminar called “From Things to Services – The Rise of Service Design and Social Innovation in Asia Pacific,” sponsored by a community of practice that is helping to shape design thinking in Asia. The first session had to do with education, and one of the […]
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- Feb, 06, 2015
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Feb, 06, 2015
Inside or Outside the Box?
Stories from American sports are usually not the best tool for discussing leadership concepts in Asia. In this case, though, last Sunday’s Super Bowl offers an example that is too good to pass up. As you think about how you want your employees to make decisions, and how innovative you want them to be, consider […]
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- Feb, 04, 2015
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Take Good Notes
It’s very important to provide feedback to your employees. Some companies — especially large ones — will have a formal employee evaluation system in place, whereas others — especially young start-ups — prefer a more low-key approach more concerned with one-to-one discussions than with documenting employee performance. But it’s important to document things in between […]
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- Feb, 02, 2015
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Professional Reading
Lifelong learning is important, particularly if you want to be a leader. Not only are you a much more interesting conversationalist, you will more importantly remain up to date in your field of work and in the environment in which you do your job. If leaders are going to adapt to change they need to […]
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- Jan, 30, 2015
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Loose Environments
A stuffy, restrictive environment can really reduce the creative atmosphere in your workplace. Innovation does not always conform to broad, universal policies. Forcing your employees to fit into a box constructed of strict rules and hierarchies can limit their effectiveness, which pretty much negates the whole reason for hiring them in the first place. A […]
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- Jan, 28, 2015
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