CALLUM CONNECTS INTERVIEWS Karl Paul – Executive Chairman of Smarter Media Ltd. This article was originally published here: Karl Paul – Executive Chairman of Smarter Media Ltd. Karl Paul’s commitment to his team is reflected in their commitment to his company’s clients. What’s your story? I always wanted to be in business from a very young age, having been inspired by family and films! I just never […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
ART & DESIGN EDITOR'S PICK The Women In Dante’s Inferno Revealed 700 Years Later When Dante Alighieri died 700 years ago, on Sept. 14, 1321, he had just put his final flourishes on the “Divine Comedy,” a monumental poem that would inspire readers for centuries. The “Divine Comedy” follows the journey of a pilgrim across the three realms of the Christian afterlife – hell, purgatory and paradise. There, he […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
CALLUM CONNECTS INTERVIEWS Jeremy Clodfelter – Founder of DoMoreLife This article was originally published here: Jeremy Clodfelter – Founder of DoMoreLife What’s your story? I wasted the first 30 years of my life. By all accounts, I was a loser. However, at age 30, I made several intense, life-changing choices that set me on a new path in life. I went back to college […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
CULTURE EDITOR'S PICK SCIENCE The Scientific Truth Of Ancient Mythologies Everyone loves a good story, especially if it’s based on something true. Consider the Greek legend of the Titanomachy, in which the Olympian gods, led by Zeus, vanquish the previous generation of immortals, the Titans. As recounted by the Greek poet Hesiod, this conflict makes for a thrilling tale – and it may preserve kernels of […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
CALLUM CONNECTS INTERVIEWS McKing Lee – Founder of Lee McKing Hypnotherapy Pte. Ltd. This article was originally published here: McKing Lee – Founder of Lee McKing Hypnotherapy Pte. Ltd. A near death experience and its consequences have been the motivator for Lee McKing to help others resolve their problems. What’s your story? A lot of people think I became a hypnotist because of interest but the truth is […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
CALLUM CONNECTS INTERVIEWS Raymond Cho – CEO of Globepoint This article was originally published here: Raymond Cho – CEO of Globepoint Raymond Cho started a virtual reality organisation with the aim of improving learning options, a goal made more important by the pandemic. What’s your story? Globepoint was founded in 2012 for the purpose of developing special content. We started our business with the […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
SCIENCE Reality: A Game Of Quantum Mirrors? Imagine you sit down and pick up your favourite book. You look at the image on the front cover, run your fingers across the smooth book sleeve, and smell that familiar book smell as you flick through the pages. To you, the book is made up of a range of sensory appearances. But you also […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
EDITOR'S PICK SCIENCE 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 […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
EDITOR'S PICK ENTREPRENEURSHIP STRATEGY How Organisations Create Intrinsic Value Value creation is the essence of business. Value is what attracts and keeps customers. Value is what attracts and retains employees. It’s also what attracts and maintains relationships with investors, suppliers, distributors and the wide range of other stakeholders who are critical to the firm’s long-term success. A business that does not create value will eventually […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
EDITOR'S PICK PSYCHOLOGY & WELLNESS What To Do When Life Is On Hold I get it. You have COVID ennui. I do, too, but as long as we have our health and our jobs, both 2020 and 2021 deserve nothing but to be met with gratitude. Not everyone is as lucky. The truth is, until last year sent us hiding, we were all running at full tilt with our default lives, scarcely […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Karl Paul – Executive Chairman of Smarter Media Ltd. This article was originally published here: Karl Paul – Executive Chairman of Smarter Media Ltd. Karl Paul’s commitment to his team is reflected in their commitment to his company’s clients. What’s your story? I always wanted to be in business from a very young age, having been inspired by family and films! I just never […] Written by Callum Laing September 20, 2021September 20, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
The Limits Of Surveillance The Singapore police are to deploy two robots, named Xavier, on the streets of the city-state, intended to detect what they consider “undesirable behavior”, such as smoking in non permitted areas, street vending, or violation of pandemic-related restrictions on gathering or movement. The robots will report any infractions to officers at a central control. The deployment, still in […] Written by Enrique Dans September 17, 2021September 17, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
What’s A Ghost Kitchen? While the phrase “ghost kitchen” may conjure up images of haunted houses, the reality is a bit more mundane. Ghost kitchens are food prep operations with no waiters, no dining room and no parking lot – really, no public presence whatsoever. But on food delivery apps, they’re alive and well. In short, ghost kitchens are physical […] Written by Jeffrey Miller September 15, 2021September 15, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Amazon And Quantum Computing One of the most commonly used examples used in schools and colleges to explain the need for quantum computing is the so-called traveling salesman problem, which requires complex combinatorial optimization skills to solve the following question: “Given a list of cities and the distances between each pair of cities, what is the shortest possible route that […] Written by Enrique Dans September 14, 2021September 14, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
The Science Of Product Placements: How To Get It Right In “The Variant,” an episode from the Disney+ hit streaming show “Loki,” it’s tough to miss the barrage of product placements, with fast-paced action and dialogue taking place in front of Charmin toilet paper, Dove soap and Arm & Hammer deodorant. At one point, Loki barrels down an aisle with vacuum cleaners and fights off […] Written by The Conversation September 13, 2021September 13, 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
