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,...
Why Scaling Up and Digitalization Fails
Startup businesses ought to grow in size and complexity. The expression of the business founders’ passion to meet a need in the marketplace, it should in theory grow as big as...
What is the ROI of your Digital Marketing Campaigns?
If you're a small business, you would probably feel that the money you spent on digital marketing does not quite get the results you thought you would be getting. In fact,...
996 is a Culture of Overtime
Jack Ma created controversy recently by his comments lauding overtime work and rejecting prospective employees looking for a 9 to 5 job.
“To be able to work 996 is a huge...
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...