http://founder.limkokwing.net/blog/ en Copyright 2012 2012-02-11T04:04:51+00:00 http://founder.limkokwing.net/blog/high_value_talent_needed_to_tap_into_asian_century/ According to the Asian Development Bank (Key Indicators for Asia and Pacific 2010), Asians are ‘likely to assume the traditional role of the US and European middle classes as global consumers”. Projections suggest that by 2030 much of developing Asia will have middle and upper class majorities. Human Capital, Nation Building 2012-02-11T04:04:51+00:00 http://founder.limkokwing.net/blog/2012_the_year_of_the_tipping_point/ Could 2012 become the year of the tipping point around the world? Innovation, Nation Building 2012-02-02T10:20:28+00:00 http://founder.limkokwing.net/blog/no_one_can_ever_know_us_as_well_as_we_do/ There’s something about the end of a year and the start of a new one that feels empowering. The past 12 months were filled with 525,600 minutes through which we experienced our world. Every minute counted for something - be it good or bad, productive or unproductive, a path that either moved us forward, or took us backwards. Nation Building 2011-12-30T02:57:20+00:00 http://founder.limkokwing.net/blog/break_down_the_walls_of_fear_to_lift_up_the_nation/ It’s a funny thing about walls. The very ones that we think are there to protect us, are the very ones that often hold us back. The most insidious are never the physical ones that we construct, but the invisible ones that imprison ideas, competition and innovation. Nation Building 2011-12-23T04:32:54+00:00 http://founder.limkokwing.net/blog/can_we_become_the_silk_route_innovation_hub_for_the_pacific_century/ Malaysia is a country that has always been a thriving business centre for the world. From our earliest trading history as a major stopover port for the Spice Route and the Silk Route, we have always been welcoming of new products and new ideas from every corner of the world. Nation Building 2011-11-17T04:13:47+00:00 http://founder.limkokwing.net/blog/the_bottom_30_deserve_te_best_education_too/ The bottom 30% of our nation has suffered the most because they do not have the socio-economic resources and clout that their urban counterparts have in finding alternatives to a broken education system. Education 2011-11-09T04:09:23+00:00 http://founder.limkokwing.net/blog/creativity_before_innovation/ I find it interesting that whilst there are several innovation indexes around the world, there is not one Creativity Index. I suppose that is due to the fact that some feel innovation can be measured, but like many indexes it only measures one part of the innovation equation. Glaringly, without a measurement for creativity - which is a fundamental eco-system for innovation - how can we truly define it? The answer lies in the fact that all existing innovation indexes are based on technological and business innovations, measured through patents, employment and economic growth. Innovation 2011-10-15T07:34:24+00:00 http://founder.limkokwing.net/blog/bloggers_the_new_power_brokers/ Seems to me the silent majority has finally found its voice – on the net! They are the new power brokers, the bloggers who have discovered a channel to skirt prohibitive laws that limit freedom of speech and overcome financial costs of operating their own media. Nation Building 2011-10-12T05:22:08+00:00 http://founder.limkokwing.net/blog/innovating_malaysia_accelerating_transformation/ Seems like nobody wants to live in the present. All eyes are on the future with hearts and minds fixed on what it takes to be future-ready. Nation Building 2011-08-06T06:38:24+00:00 http://founder.limkokwing.net/blog/when_compliance_leads_to_complications/ "Why fix if it ain't broke." This is a well-known American saying and essentially it means to keep — "business as usual". After all "why rock the boat?" Nation Building 2011-06-02T06:30:16+00:00