Lessons from the Pandemic

October 11, 2020

To better prepare ourselves for what could happen, and enhance future decision making, we need to broadly educate individuals who have an appreciation of subjects beyond S.T.E.M: like world history, psychology—and communications.

September 25, 2020

"A new technology or a new way of thinking in society doesn’t materialise overnight. During a crisis there is no time to invent entirely new technologies. Instead, a crisis propels existing solutions that were previously struggling to become relevant to prominence.”

September 25, 2020

"For Malaysia, the pandemic laid bare some pain points – that our supply chain while super connected is also highly vulnerable, our digital reach has yet to effectively meet the needs of the underserved segments of the population and that our food and border securities may not be as strong as we would like them to be."

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."

INSIGHTS

Lessons from the Pandemic

COVID19 acts as a catalyst on global transitions

In Person with: Datuk Dr. Mohd Yusoff Sulaiman

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