

Trend Setter: Snack Culture
Today, media snacking is a way of life. In the morning, we check news, tweets and tap out emails on our laptops. At work, we graze all day on Facebook, videos and blogs. Back home, the giant HDTV is for 10-course feasting – say, an entire season of ‘Mentalist’. In between are the morsels that fill those whenever minutes, as your mobile phone carrier calls them: a 30-second game on your Nintendo DS, a 60-second webisode on your cell, a five-minute podcast on your MP3 player. T


Success is built from the Grassroots
We are all in pursuit of success in life. At the workplace, some find success illusive, as we are never taught the essential keys to attain success. Some of us have not even define what success means to us. “Desire is the key to motivation, but it’s the determination and commitment to an unrelenting pursuit of your goal – a commitment to excellence – that will enable you to attain the success you seek.” – Mario Andretti, race car driver Before we go on to talk about masterin


Speak Up!
Speak ill of no man, but speak all the good you know of everybody.
– Benjamin Franklin One of the key attributes of being a leader is your ability to speak up about
who you are
what you stand up for
what you are passionate about
what great ideas you can bring to make this a better world Find that inner voice within you.
Learn to speak up, lest the world will pass you by. Do not live a life that is designed by others for you. Why is it so important to speak up and speak


How are you training your workforce?
Many organizations implement soft skills training programs to improve productivity, reduce employment complaints, and increase personal performance. However, many have found that having a one-off training of 2-3 days a year is not effective at all. HR Managers and CEOs needs to be even more strategic in their approach. When a lot of training programs are scheduled on an ad hoc basis without any proper structure and framework, there is lack of reinforcement. Even if the traini


Creative Thinking: The Enchanted Mind
Let it not be news exactly how important creative thinking is. Indeed, there is tremendous power by just being able to change your perspective from old to new. Not only it is critical in an organization’s progress, it makes people and business more enticing too. Remember, the market changes in alignment to the development of society’s mindsets. Linear thinking is simply a no go today, organizations need to step up and be interesting. Contrary to popular belief, creative think