Post Views: 3 Mark Samlal is the General Manager of APAC at Deel. He is a founder, investor and has over 25 years’ experience in growth leadership roles in Asia Pacific. Mark co-founded PayAsia in 2006 where he was Non-Executive Chairman until being appointed to the role of Executive Chairman and Managing Director of…
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Post Views: 5 In this comprehensive episode of The Adrian Tan Show, I speak with design thinking experts Alfred Tan and Ken Kwan, founding partners of The Curious People consultancy. We discuss design thinking’s powerful impact on various sectors, especially SMEs, emphasising human-centred solutions, empathy, and prototyping. Through engaging case studies like Heavenly Wang…
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Post Views: 3 Welcome to a game-changing episode of The Adrian Tan Show! I delve deep with Charles Ferguson, GP’s general manager, to explore the astonishing insights from GP’s World at Work report. We discuss the hidden talent pools across the APAC region, including India’s and the Philippines’ skilled workforce, and strategies on how…
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Post Views: 4 As I browse through a WhatsApp group where we were discussing about anti-ageing, , someone casually dropped the “just moisturise and avoid the sun” bomb. Simple, right? About as simple as teaching a cat to fetch. I mean, completely avoiding the sun in Singapore? Unless you’re planning to become a professional…
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Post Views: 3 I met many new people since the launch of my book and one common theme I picked up is their impression of the part where I talked about tech tools I’m using. What people may not know is that I test new tools almost every day. To date I have tested…
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Post Views: 3 One of the main reasons I chose self-employment was to prioritise my health, giving me the time and focus to take better care of myself. In Chapter 2 of my book No More Bosses, I share stories of people I know who went through extremely tough times due to work stress: A…
Post Views: 0 I won’t be surprised if this is the least opened newsletter since we’re talking about fitness. Urgh… I know what you’re already thinking. The pain, the sweating, the flexing by others if you’re working out in a gym. And that’s just the tip of the iceberg. But fitness is inevitable as…
The wedding was truly magical, and the love and support we received from our family and friends was truly overwhelming. And as I reflect on the people who celebrated with us – both in person and from afar – I can’t help but recognize how blurry the lines between our work and personal relationships can…
Post Views: 0 In a recent episode of the Financial Coconut Podcast, we tackled a topic that resonates with many families today: parental leave policies. As someone who has been both a father and someone who wrote about parental leave before, I shared my thoughts on this evolving landscape and why it matters. Here are…
Post Views: 1 In this episode of the Adrian Tan Show, I host Cheung Hoyin, a returning guest from Episode 9, to discuss the growth and transformation of his company, Remo, a virtual events platform, during the COVID-19 pandemic. Hoyin also introduces his new company, Hermessi, which offers AI-enhanced executive assistants (EAs) and chief of…
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