MONEY & FINANCE Emmanuelle Norchet Emmanuelle Norchet works with Golden Equator Capital. Her focus is on technology investments across the southeast region in the online travel, media and entertainment, digital health and financial tech sectors. What’s your story? I am currently working as an investment professional with Golden Equator Capital, a private equity and venture capital fund manager, with a […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
INTERVIEWS Women on Top in Tech – Rosaline Chow Koo, Founder/CEO at CXA Group. (Women on Top in Tech is a series about Women Founders, CEOs, and Leaders in technology. It aims to amplify and bring to the fore diversity in leadership in technology.) Here is my interview with Rosaline Chow Koo, Founder and CEO of CXA Group. CXA’s vision is to unlock wellness in the workplace without firms spending more, […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
ENTREPRENEURSHIP INTERVIEWS Rosaline Koo, Founder Of ConneXionsAsia (CXA) Rosaline grew up in South Central Los Angeles during the Watts Riots as one of the few Chinese kids in an all-black neighbourhood. Since Rosaline was different and didn’t speak English, she was often bullied so she learned to rapidly judge whether to stay and fight or flee. Her family was quite poor as her […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
The World’s Most Disturbing Piece Of Art The series culminated with Rhythm 0, or what can surely be described as one of the world’s most profound and yet horrifying pieces of art. All of the performances in the Rhythm series were meant to test the limits of the human body, beginning with knife-play in the first performance and gradually mounting to the destruction and seduction […] Written by Ella Alderson August 3, 2021August 3, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Neelu Kaur – Founder of Neelu Kaur Leadership + Wellness This article was originally published here: Neelu Kaur – Founder of Neelu Kaur Leadership + Wellness Neelu Kaur has found her ideal role helping others in their aspirations. What’s your story? My work is at the intersection of leadership and wellness. I help individuals, teams, and organizations be more productive, peaceful, and purposeful. What excites […] Written by Callum Laing August 3, 2021August 3, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Who Are Zoos For? In May 1937, hundreds of thousands of people gathered in the quiet town of Dudley, England for the grand opening of a new zoo. Throngs of visitors battled for entry for a space that could hold 50,000 a day, leaving many disappointed. Those lucky enough to gain entry would have seen the wonders of modern […] Written by Getty's Blog July 29, 2021July 29, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
How Do Olympic Athletes Compare To Insects? Olympians spend years training to be the best of the best. Scientists and sportspeople have spent decades researching the mechanics of the human body to ensure our elite athletes are always reaching higher, faster and stronger. But how do human athletic skills compare with those of insects and arachnids? Once you take the relative sizes […] Written by The Conversation July 27, 2021July 27, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
How To Improve Your Information Diet New research by the Reuters Institute and Oxford University looks at the effect of tools such as aggregators, search engines and social networks on people’s information diet, concluding that their use tends, in general, to generate more diverse sources than when we simply visit our preferred media pages. A conclusion that, in principle, would challenge Eli Pariser’s well-known theories regarding […] Written by Enrique Dans July 26, 2021July 26, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
How China Is Transforming Its Economy Through Learning I highly recommend reading the McKinsey Global Institute’s new report, “Reskilling China: Transforming The World’s Largest Workforce Into Lifelong Learners”, which focuses on the country’s biggest employment challenge, re-training its workforce and the adoption of practices such as lifelong learning to address the growing digital transformation of its productive fabric. How to transform the country […] Written by Enrique Dans February 1, 2021February 1, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Why You’re Not Seeing Success With Influencer Marketing With the new year around the corner, now is a good time to re-evaluate your past marketing strategies and gear up for the year ahead. For some businesses, influencer marketing has simply not seemed to live up to its lofty promises of genuine engagement, credibility, and transparency. Some have claimed that it has been failing […] Written by Michael Tan January 14, 2021January 15, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
A New Philosophy of Business I’m about to ask you to take a mental leap. For the next 8 minutes, suspend your notions of what a business is, and I’ll propose a new lens for you to look through. There are a lot of questions asked around what “community” means for business. “Where should community fit in my organization?” and […] Written by Empirics Asia September 5, 2018September 5, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
