Posts tagged with "History"
Leadership Lessons from Genghis Khan
In this Raise Your Game session, Roshan Thiran shares various leadership lessons he learned from the historical Mongol warrior.
Malaysia’s Historical Significance
By JOHAN MERICAN History is boring. That’s how I felt growing up. The way it was taught in school made it seem a pointless field of study, as least relative to mathematics and science. I suspect for many others, it was only later on in life that we grew to better appreciate the significance of history. More importantly, the need to...
Chinese Military Strategist Sun Tzu Reveals Secrets To Success
By Roshan Thiran It's fascinating that we can have leaders whose ideas and philosophies have profoundly changed the world – and yet very little is known about the person. Sun Tzu is one such person.
Learning From History
By SANDY CLARKE Cynics might suggest that we humans never learn from the past, and they might try to argue that things have gotten worse – not better – over time.
From Cramped Counting Houses To The Googleplex: The Evolution of Workspaces
By JACK CHUA With each passing era, office designs have changed to resemble the spirit of the times. Culture, attitudes and prevailing beliefs of each generation had made profound marks on the workplace.
Personal Lessons From History’s Greatest ‘Genius’
By ROSHAN THIRAN The prolific Italian master was much more than a painter. A quality that permeated the soul of da Vinci was an incessant curiosity that compelled him to learn as much as possible about as many subjects as possible.
The Twin Enemies Of National Transformation
By JOSEPH TAN As the weight of the national dream lay heavy on our leaders, the first task of leadership at a national level is to establish a united, common identity for citizens. Here are two enemies that can hold us back from doing this.
Bukit Kepong: Remembering The Sacrifices Of Our Fallen Heroes
By LAY HSUAN, LIM I watched Bukit Kepong, a 1981 film directed by Jins Shamsuddin, as a young child and, I remembered it as one of the most memorable local movies I’ve ever watched. This Merdeka, I watched it again to gain some insights and remember the fallen.
Who Advises Innovators?
By RAJ KUMAR Innovators are often perceived as individuals who work alone and have created breakthrough products or services out of a spark of genius. While the latter is true, the former is not.Notice: Undefined variable: cat_pagination in /home/leaderon/public_html/wp-content/themes/weeklynews/tag.php on line 58
