Callum Connects Interviews Dean Shams – Founder & CEO of Nabyula Pte. Ltd. February 25, 2021February 25, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked This article was originally published here: Dean Shams – Founder & CEO of Nabyula Pte. Ltd. Taking inspiration from Madonna, Dean Shams has seen the benefit of constant reassessment to become the best. What’s your story? I started my career in the education industry and that lasted 7 years. I left the industry believing I […]
Editor's Pick Philosophy Psychology & Wellness Strategy The Truth Beneath Our Complexity February 23, 2021February 23, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked We are all guilty of it. When we are left to our own devices, we all, with rare exception, build incredibly complex and fictitious self-narratives, as a lens through which to interpret everything in our worlds. The reason we do this is simple: we have built the world around ego, against which we must now buttress our […]
Art & Design Philosophy The World’s Most Mysterious Book February 23, 2021February 23, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Bibliophiles who love a good mystery, or conspiracy, should be familiar with the Voynich Manuscript. In the article that follows I’ll take you through a quick overview of this mystery and then provide you with some links for further reading. Enjoy! The mysterious Voynich Manuscript has been hanging around for almost 500 years, most of […]
Callum Connects Interviews Rossana Llenado – CEO of AHEAD Tutorial and Review Center February 19, 2021February 19, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked This article was originally published here: Rossana Llenado – CEO of AHEAD Tutorial and Review Center Early entrepreneurial enterprises and a life time commitment to education have combined in Rossana Llenado, and she keeps on learning! What’s your story? I started my entrepreneurial journey very early in life. I like giving gifts but also came […]
Philosophy A Non-Philosopher’s Guide To Plato February 11, 2021February 11, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Why is an elephant large, grey, and wrinkled?Because if she were small, white, and round, she’d be an aspirin. —Platonic joke you will understand after reading this post The ancient Greek philosopher Plato still influences popular culture, art, and thought 2,400 years after his death in 348 B.C. He and his mentor Socrates are fascinating […]
Entertainment & Culture Journal Technology Life After Esports? February 11, 2021February 11, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Esports has experienced unprecedented growth recently and with it, the proposition for aspiring gamers to pursue a professional esport career has become increasingly attractive. “Esports” are video-games played competitively (and often professionally) through the means of cyberspace (Campbell et al., 2018) and are an important fixture in the overall gaming industry, which is estimated to […]
Art & Design Sociology Art And The Development Of Vibrant Communities February 3, 2021February 3, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked There was never a golden age of the arts and humanities. Artists and scholars of the humanities seem to have always struggled for financial support, public prestige, political influence, and that ever-changing, seemingly intangible status . . . relevance. Except for the fortunate few who found generous patrons, artists have scrapped and struggled. Except in the halls […]
Editor's Pick Entrepreneurship Sociology Polymaths And The Creation Of The World January 18, 2021January 18, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked The Austrian satirist Karl Kraus once quipped, “I had a terrible vision: I saw an encyclopedia walk up to a polymath and open him up.” It’s only funny because of what it reveals to be one of the greatest truths about our world. The most consequential term in Western language is also quite possibly the […]
Callum Connects PIYASAK UKRITNUKUN, MD January 7, 2021January 7, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Abandoning his hopes of studying for an MBA, Piyasak Ukritnukun has turned a relatively small lending company into a billion dollar financial inclusion company. What’s your story? I was born in the US and came back to Thailand to study at Thammasat Business School in 1999. After college, I spent two years with Boston Consulting Group […]
Art & Design Editor's Pick The Purpose Of Art January 4, 2021January 4, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Art has had a great number of different functions throughout its history, making its purpose difficult to abstract or quantify to any single concept. This does not imply that the purpose of art is “vague” but that it has had many unique, different reasons for being created. Some of the functions of art are provided in […]
The World’s Most Mysterious Book Bibliophiles who love a good mystery, or conspiracy, should be familiar with the Voynich Manuscript. In the article that follows I’ll take you through a quick overview of this mystery and then provide you with some links for further reading. Enjoy! The mysterious Voynich Manuscript has been hanging around for almost 500 years, most of […] Written by Wolf McTavish February 23, 2021February 23, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Cynthia Jee Yoon Kim – Co-founder & CMO Venuerific This article was originally published here: Cynthia Jee Yoon Kim – Co-founder & CMO Venuerific Coming from a long line of entrepreneurs, Cynthia Jee Yoon Kim was able to meet the challenges resulting from the pandemic whilst maintaining the focus of her business. What’s your story? Born in Japan and brought up in Korea and […] Written by Callum Laing February 23, 2021February 23, 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
The Rule Of Truth: Fallacies & Pandemic Alongside COVID-19 as a viral pandemic, the World Health Organization was quick to declare COVID-19 an infodemic, a superabundance of online and offline information with the potential to undermine public health efforts. Here, Dr. Elinor Carmi, Dr. Myrto Aloumpi and Dr. Elena Musi discuss how philosophical fallacies can be instrumentalised in response to the COVID-19 infodemic and assist those […] Written by LSE Impact January 29, 2021January 29, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
The Problem With Maslow’s Pyramid Of Needs Abraham Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs implies a linearity, with self-actualization crowning our enlightenment, once the rest of the pyramid’s ‘baser needs’ are met. While powerful, it is a misguided notion. In reality, we need to start “at the top”. Here’s why. His was a brilliant piece of reflective — if intuitive — insight that gave […] Written by Anthony Fieldman January 25, 2021January 25, 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
