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esort to shutting up and following orders, then you come across as lacking innovation and not thinking out-of-the-box. So, what to do? How do you work with such leadership behaviors? Especially with someone who has a position power and authority over you? Even if your leader is well on their way to becoming a positive […]
Focus on The Cream Not The Cone (FoCre) means to forgo the conventional model of Talent Acquiring and move towards Idea Harvesting when it comes to innovation. We have tried the former for decades with continued challenges, as reviewed later in this piece. FoCre requires, however, an organizational paradigm shift from ‘focus on people’ to ‘focus […]
What happened the last time you had a crazy idea? Who did you talk to? What did they say? Here are some possible responses depending on who you chose to share with. You: “I have a crazy idea”Team: “Why don’t YOU do it?”Boss: “What is your implementation plan?”Mentor: “Don’t repeat my mistakes.”Coach: “How much have you been thinking about this?” […]
I was recently interviewed by StarBiz about Iclif’s new programme offering called ‘Innovating Inside-Out’. The well-written piece by Zunaira Saieed was published in The Star on 4th April 2019. A brief background on Innovating Inside-Out: Along with appreciating how innovation has changed in the 21st Century, the Innovating Inside-Out program aims to challenge the top-down […]
“Dr Tan, I’m really fascinated by the Freedom Within A Framework idea.” Olivia, a manager who recently attended our Iclif program shared with me. We were having a follow-up reflection conversation. “But the problem is, I don’t know how to put it into practice.” She continued: “I manage 15 people. I can’t just give everyone […]
The 21st Century is an era of the brain. One of the Nobel Prizes given in 2014 was to a group of three scientists—Dr. John O’Keefe, Dr. May-Britt Moser, and Dr. Edvard I. Moser— for their discoveries of cells that constitute a positioning system in the brain. As someone who is fascinated by the brain […]
“Another one!” A man in clothes mottled with stains yelled above the congregation. His hand clutched a wrinkled bill as if his life depended on it. “One for us too. Please! …” A gaunt lady fought to keep their place in line. Clung tight to her legs was an undersized boy with a baby strapped on […]
To be an innovator, you must constantly be asking the question: “What doesn’t make sense?”. Mine was: “Why is innovation such a stigmatized word? Considering how important innovation is to the growth, or survival, of organizations, why do most employees I have met are so turned off by being an innovator?”. I recently asked a […]
One of the biggest learnings of the ongoing COVID-19 saga is the importance of leadership and the glaring gaps that it has exposed. In situations of global crisis, we turn and seek leadership at all levels, be it global, national, state, corporate, community, and even within our own family units. ‘Corona Times’ has really thrust […]
The last time I drove the missus to town for our regular weekly shopping trip I actually counted the number of road signs that I saw on my side of the road between my house to the wet market. Admittedly there were a few that I had never noticed before this despite having plied that […]