Using Design Thinking for problem-solving issues in SMEs
In today’s rapidly changing world, many businesses are struggling to survive. The current business environment has been characterized as VUCA - Volatile, Uncertain, Complex and Ambiguous. In almost every decision-making point,...
The Significance of Digital Transformation
Not too long ago, we were talking about disruptive innovation. As more and more businesses began their journey in innovation aided by technology, this has now become the trend, with many...
How Organizations Cope with Traumatic Stress
The last few decades have been characterised by many as disruptive. The rate of discovery and inventions accelerated bringing with it fast pace advances in many fields because of the technological...
The Challenge of Leadership Today
There is an urgent need for good leadership today.
Why? The challenges facing our time are critical. We are facing a time of disruption and upheaval, for while innovation in Automation, Robotics...
How to scale up your business?
Ready to scale up your business?
Are you interested in scaling up your business? In my conversations with business owners, there will be some who have seen their businesses become profitable and...
Why 96% of business fail and how you can prevent it?
By Dr. Douglas Kong
Research has shown that 80% of all businesses fail within the first 18 months and a whopping 96% of new businesses will fail within 10 years. This is...
How to make good, quality decisions
How do you make your decisions? Some of us depend a lot on our intuition. This is the ‘gut-feel’, the ‘hunch’ based on knowledge and/or experience. It is the fast-track means...
Are you in a Sunset Industry business? What do you do?
Are you in a Sunset Industry business? What do you do?
The last couple of years, I met quite a few business owners who were pessimistic about their businesses. Characterising themselves as...
How The Alpha Group can help your business thrive
SME business owners are essentially alone when it comes to the crucial decisions and crunch times about their businesses. I was at the Singapore Chinese of Commerce Annual Conference just yesterday...
Business Scalability – How a 124-year old corporation became a startup.
If you stay abreast of the news, you may recall the recent headline: “GE opens first Asian digital operations centre”. General Electric (GE) will be partnering with the SP Group here...