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I was recently overseas for a work commitment in a country popular for Salsa music and dancing. One evening, as I entered the hotel I was staying, I heard a salsa band playing really well, so I followed the sound to find it. It was a very uplifting atmosphere. There were several couples dancing away […]

I was at my local shopping centre car park recently and noticed that the centre management had erected two traffic bollards to prevent cars from turning into the main car park area directly. They are trying to force the traffic go in another direction. They have tried other tactics before, like posting no entry signs

My older son started university this week.  I tagged along with him on his first day to walk a trip down memory lane.  It was exactly 30 years ago that I went through the same process.  I couldn’t help comparing systems and processes three decades apart. I expected a highly streamlined and efficient system. What

Recently, as I was leaving an event late in the evening with my two sons, I remembered that my wife asked me to pick up a few supermarket items on the way home – the usual mid-week supermarket items – milk, eggs, bananas etc.  Based on our timing, I knew that we would be cutting

During my school years back in Sri Lanka, I keenly took part in scouting and basketball as extracurricular activities.  At 16 years of age, four of my closest scouting friends and I went on a major hiking and camping trip for a week – just the boys. I’m still surprised and grateful that my parents

Happy New Year!  I wish you all the very best for the year ahead. In this first newsletter for 2024, I don’t want to talk about the importance of establishing personal and business goals.  Not that it’s not important, however, social media is saturated with enough guidance on those topics. Instead, I want to share

With two teenage sons who are learning to drive, I get to sit in the passenger seat quite a lot these days. This provides a different perspective for me. While I have enjoyed seeing them learn the skills and become confident, I also see that they’ve picked up a couple of bad habits from me,

During my working-holiday in Sri Lanka earlier this year, I caught up with one of my high-school friends who is now a captain with Qatar airways. Given my fascination for aviation, I’m always curious to learn more about what happens inside the cockpit. He was sharing an unforgettable experience he had during his time when

This is not a brag post. I’ve just landed in Shanghai after being to Thailand, Malaysia and Sri Lanka over the last 11 days. While this is the most strenuous work travel schedule, I’ve been through to date, it has helped me make some interesting observations that could help our productivity journeys, no matter where

Recently, I needed some documents printed over the weekend and went to my local office stationery & equipment store – most Aussies would recognise these mega shops. They used to print whatever you wanted, whenever you wanted, provided you waited in the queue. On this recent occasion, I was told that they no longer print