Category RISEUP Story
Are You Inconveniencing Yourself?

Are You Inconveniencing Yourself?

Coffee with Poh Meng Quek, an HR Leader at Times Publishing, is a refreshing and exciting experience. We chatted about the "mayhem" in the HR and people space. New terms created by humans, like Great Resignation, Reshuffle, Quiet Quitting and who knows how many more...

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A Mind-Blowing Coffee Session!

A Mind-Blowing Coffee Session!

  I am so glad that I caught up for coffee with Kenneth Daniel TAN recently. It was a mind-blowing conversation. He is currently the President and SVP of Varian, a health tech company specialising in delivering innovative cancer care technologies. I love his...

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When Meaning At Work and Heart Surgery Collide!

When Meaning At Work and Heart Surgery Collide!

I had a great time catching up and learning from Sanjay Prabhakaran, an experienced business leader in the healthcare industry. Formerly the President of Asia-Pacific of Hologic Inc, and currently a board of directors member with APAC Med. He is also the co-founder of...

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We Caught Up For An Inconvenient Conversation

We Caught Up For An Inconvenient Conversation

I recently caught up with Edwin Koh 许胜杰, the VP of Group Learning at Lazada, over a cup of hot chocolate. As he could not attend our #riseup conference, which we concluded recently, I decided to bring #riseup to him instead 🙂 While we have the convenience of catching...

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I Was Sleeping At The Void Deck for 365 Days!

I Was Sleeping At The Void Deck for 365 Days!

At the recent RISEUP Conference, I spoke with my RISEUP keynote - 𝗗𝗢𝗡'𝗧 𝗪𝗔𝗞𝗘 𝗨𝗣. 𝗥𝗜𝗦𝗘𝗨𝗣! It recounts my traumatic experience of the severe infection that left me handicapped without medical help and how I survived the first 365 days till the first solution appeared....

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Are We Blindly Conditioning Our Happiness?

Are We Blindly Conditioning Our Happiness?

I recently attended a prophetic art session where one task was to paint blindfolded. It was a superb exciting experience where you paint not by sight but by faith! And Isn’t it interesting that we all have to live our life by faith, not knowing how it would unfold? It...

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Waking Up In A Storm

Waking Up In A Storm

  What if you woke up today and the Sun did not appear? That was what happened to me in 2019.  An infection took me by surprise overnight, and I was handicapped overnight. I cried to sleep every night because my whole body was in pain, and medical science had no...

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