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29 May 2020

What can you do with a grape?

The future depends on leaders getting more from ourselves and our people. “What can you do with a single grape?” asked Professor Richard Wolfson of Middlebury College, arguably the best physics instructor in America. Back in 1998, I was still a premedical undergraduate student. I have since tried the question with corporate participants in leadership […]

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13 May 2020

3 lessons learned from scaling a fintech company during COVID-19

One of the best things about ASB is the opportunity to explore multiple industries and functions that we may not have otherwise through hands-on projects. Action Learning arms us with relevant experience that maximizes our opportunities when we graduate. For Jonathan, Jenie, Utkarsh and me, it meant being part of the scaling journey of Green […]

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12 May 2020

ASB contributes to charting the path towards sustainable capital markets in ASEAN

Earlier in March this year, the 32nd ASEAN Capital Markets Forum (ACMF) Chairs’ Meeting was held in Hanoi, Vietnam, to finalize actionable recommendations under the Roadmap for ASEAN Sustainable Capital Markets, the concept of which had been endorsed by the 5th ASEAN Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors’ Meeting just over a year ago in April 2019. It […]

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12 May 2020

A central bank’s dilemma in a crisis: How to lend to borrowers who lack good collateral

The issue at stake It is not easy for most central banks to lend to small businesses, even when they wish to do so. Indeed, during the COVID-19 crisis, this is something they have been called upon to do. Central banks are geared up to lend to governments and to banks, but not to lend […]

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5 May 2020

Eight lessons on marketing for a new normal

This blog is a thought piece and synthesis informed by the ASB webinar “Marketing for a New Normal” held 29 April from 3:00pm to 3:45pm. This features insights from Willem Smit, Assistant Professor of Marketing at ASB, as well as from guest speakers: Arun Menon, Managing Director of IPSOS Malaysia and Jocelyn Pinto, Manager, Data […]

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1 May 2020

In a pandemic, nobody can be left behind

MAY 1 – The last few months have been incredibly difficult. Life has never felt more uncertain. The pandemic has reshaped the way we live in very fundamental ways – we have established a new normal in every aspect of our lives, from how we work, consume, and the way we socialise. In these times, […]

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24 April 2020

Creating jobs in the post-covid world

How building an entrepreneurship ecosystem could bring jobs and wealth to the community. What will the future look like after COVID-19? The pandemic has revealed that the world’s economic and social infrastructure is not prepared to contend with the unprecedented crisis or looming recession. In the United States, the Small Business Administration expects half of […]

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22 April 2020

Making teamwork work despite social distancing

They say teamwork makes the dream work… but how do you make that happen in the face of a crisis like COVID-19? For the Class of 2021, this year was supposed to be the time of our lives. Full-time MBA students get to travel to different parts of Southeast Asia for their second, third, and […]

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20 April 2020

Emotional responses when leading in times of crisis

The Three Cs: CALMNESS, COMPASSION, CONTROL The Covid-19 pandemic has shaken the world – it has shaken governments, businesses, lives. In a world of lockdowns, isolation, and social distancing, we have had to learn to live and work differently, to learn to adapt to a new normal. In such a time of unprecedented change as […]

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16 April 2020

A socially distant supply chain

Many of us are waiting for the day that our respective governments declare the ‘lockdowns’ over and we can continue on with life as we once knew it. There is however a misconception that everything will go back to normal anytime soon. A lockdown is not a cure, it’s a measure to ensure that the […]

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