Learning from the Outside In

July 1, 2020

"It is a sad fact that the most vulnerable in our societies need many public services at one time. Even sadder is the reality in which citizens who are poor and with limited education must navigate multiple bureaucratic structures with slow-moving processes."

June 30, 2020

"The powerful thing about foresight, especially if you use causal layered analysis, is that you touch people’s emotions and feelings."

March 13, 2020

"The tendency is to project the recent past into the future and not pay attention to the subtle, hidden macro conditions that are evolving just beneath the surface."

March 13, 2020

"Are we able to do better now? In the era of big data, machine learning and artificial intelligence, some say we are better equipped to predict what’s coming in the future. But I do believe that more data doesn’t always equal better predictions."

March 13, 2020

"Which is why, 200 years after Bastiat wrote his treatise on foresight, it appears only a limited number of “fortunate” individuals still do the hard work of thinking, in order to foresee what others can’t.”

March 12, 2020

"We have a whole suite of new technologies across various sectors—communication, agriculture, engineering and many others with the ability to drive change.”

November 12, 2019

"The world produces approximately 50 million tons of electronic waste (e-waste) each year. Half of which come from personal consumer electronics, such as smartphones and laptops. If buried in the landfills, e-waste could contaminate water and earth with a hazard lasting thousands of years."

November 6, 2019

"New technologies and business models don’t just create opportunities, they also create perils. Apparently, our businesses are exposed to the turbulent trends that disruptive 4th industrial revolution technologies can unleash."

November 6, 2019

"As consumers look to obtain products more quickly and at an increased level of personalisation, the time between when the “right” formulation of a food product is identified and when that product is in the consumer hands needs be shorten drastically."

November 5, 2019

"The Malaysian education system needs to reconceptualise affirmative actions to center around enabling a system that will inculcate lifelong education, which encourages selfdirected but supported learning"

INSIGHTS

Learning from the Outside In

Foresight: “A luxury the developing world cannot afford?”

Talking with three dead economists

Initial Thoughts: Future Predictions

Why We Don’t Always Anticipate “Revenge Effects” And How We Can

In Person with: YABhg Tun Ahmad Sarji Abdul Hamid-Chairman, Institute of Islamic Understanding Malaysia (IKIM)

A circular solution to e-waste recycling: Treasures from trash: The story of an e-waste recycling hero

In Person with : YBhg. Datuk Muez Abd Aziz Secretary General of the Ministry of Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs

How consumerism is impacting innovations in the food and health ecosystem

The freelance economy : Are we tuned up for it?