Let’s talk about the plan of Human Resource Development Corporation (HRD Corp) to charge RM300 per participant per course for the new microcredential initiative that has the industry riled up. Recently HRD Corp announced plans to create and regulate microcredentials…
Concepts of Sustainability and ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) have come full circle in Malaysia. It is now the hottest buzz word in the corporate world and Government sphere in Malaysia. I will be frank, I will not claim to…
When we read up about government-linked corporations (GLCs) in Malaysia or state-owned enterprises (SoEs) as known in other countries, it doesn’t take long for one to notice that the opinions surrounding these entities are definitely mixed. Even in my own…
In conjunction with the Tunku Abdul Rahman Scholarship (BTAR) application opening for this year, I recently felt called upon to reflect on my own experience as a former BTAR scholarship holder. BTAR is a full scholarship offered to full-time Bachelor’s…
Over the years, I have had the privilege to assist many organisations and governments with their strategic planning and implementation. While all had prepared great shiny nice documents to detail out their strategy, many (if not most of these) end…
Optimistically, tourism recovery will still take several years before it recovers back to pre-Covid19 levels. Assuming our vaccination plan does kick in as planned, we are looking at the possibility of domestic tourism increasing only by next year (2022) if…
As of this morning, there is no indication yet if Malaysia’s MCO will be extended beyond 12th May 2020. If anything, with the 1st May 2020 announcement by the Prime Minister where all businesses are allowed to be open from…
