I used to think that creativity is a gift. It is something that can’t be trained and that only a selected group of people has it. I think most people will agree with me. But in this blog, I am hoping to change your mind. Over the 5 years engagement with my PhD Supervisor in [...]
Archive for the ‘Knowledge’ Category
28 Dec
学海无涯 – The sea of learning is borderless
I have always think very highly of my ability in many areas all the time. It is a sense of confidence that I always have with myself. Perhaps because of the many waves of destructive events that I have endured over the years and survived. Perhaps because of the many challenges that I have managed [...]
10 Oct
The science behinds understanding what really matters
It was a nice Saturday afternoon and I was at my in law place reading the Recruit section of the Strait Times. I am a big fan of the recruit section of Saturday’s Straits Times, not because I am hunting for a change in my job, but because I simply love the invited commentary at [...]
15 Jun
An eye opener to the transformation effect of IT
Visited Xugong Construction Machinery Group over last week and was extremely humbled by the experiences. It was the first time in my many years as an IT professional that I witnessed the strong ability of a company to carry out a enterprise-wide ERP effort within a short span of 5 months. Seem impossible? Well, I [...]
5 Jun
Tethering setup for Mac using Blackberry Torch
For some of you who may not know what is tethering, you may read it up in details here. If you have a iPhone, you can set up your phone as a wireless hotspot and any devices can connect to your iPhone and surf the web via the 3G network of your phone. The telco [...]
18 May
Series 1: How does organization create and/or renew its culture?
My boss once told me that changing a corporate culture is an extremely difficult endeavor. I beg to differ to a certain extent. I think changing corporate culture is simple once the intention to change is nurtured. Nurturing that intention to change in employee is not easy because it has to speak to the employee’s intrinsic motivation. [...]
5 Mar
Package and Bundle – A Method to Sell your Idea
I am being tasked by the Director of Computer Centre, NUS to head the drive for a new project called Enterprise Architecture since last year Sept. When I first heard of Enterprise Architecture, I have a hard time understanding what it is and what is so good about it. As I dive deeper into it, [...]
23 Feb
Adapting to a Rapidly Changing World
There is an increasing trend in the world for organization to be agile. Everyone is talking about it. Just like everyone is talking about SOA just two years ago. No one seems to be talking about it now. Why is this so? Is this a management fad like many others? I doubt so. In my [...]
13 Feb
When Perfection Loses its Charm
Attending the recent XQRJ inspires me to write this blog. When I was young, I liked to write down lyrics of every songs that I loved. I would spend many hours listening to the songs and then wrote down its lyrics on my personal song book. I will then make very sure that I mastered [...]
6 Feb
Offering to lose when you have nothing to offer
Every day I see people coming to work wanting to ‘win’ in everything they do. In meeting, they want to ‘win’ the arguments. In project, they want to ‘win’ the control. In fighting for performance, they want to ‘win’ by making you look bad. These people believe that ‘winning’ means someone must lose, they protect [...]
