It Is OK to Be a “Yes Man”

There are two types of leaders in this world. OK, there are probably a lot more than two, but for our purposes, let’s say there are two. When someone comes forward with a new idea, a new opportunity that has some benefit to the firm or to your field of interest or to society in […]

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Fostering Creativity

Employees in class

One of the things that really helps drive creativity and innovation in a culture is having a strong civil society. The term civil society refers to those things that lie between the family and the government. Groups like churches, volunteer organizations, Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts, sports groups, and book clubs, have very positive benefits […]

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Is Singapore Ready?

Calling customers to stay in touch

Singapore is a very interesting country in which to live and work. It is not often you will find a country with such a strong economy based pretty much on two main resources, in this case: 1) a port that makes it a great hub for international shipping, and 2) people. That is pretty much […]

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Think Inside a Bigger Box

Office meeting

The phrase “think outside the box” is one of those clichés that started out with a basis in a great idea but has been so overused that its original meaning was lost. I had a boss who took it one step further, telling us to “throw away the box.” On the surface it is an […]

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