LIn a recent workshop which I conducted for the senior leadership team of a public-listed company, one discussion topic centered around managing within a VUCA (Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity, and Ambiguity) environment. The traditional principles of business management are being tested as never before by the proliferation of exponential technologies and the dynamic transition from a…
In some of my coaching and training, I tend to check with the participants, especially those in product development, whether they have the initial tendency to begin improving their new product if their customers are not interested. Unsurprisingly, they will answer with a resounding yes. This may be appropriate in a world of scarcity, where…
Throughout my years working with businesses across Malaysia and neighboring countries, I’ve witnessed a fundamental shift in how companies approach their markets—a transition from what I call scarcity thinking to abundance thinking. Early in my career, I watched businesses operate under the assumption that everything valuable was limited. Businesses treated raw materials, specialized talent, and…
After over two decades of working with businesses, I’ve seen the pace and nature of change grow in ways that fundamentally challenged what we thought we knew about managing organizational transformation. When I initially started training and consulting, change management followed a set pattern. You’d analyze the problem, develop a thorough strategy, articulate the vision,…