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After Covid crisis, time for learning emergency
Oped, Tom Corcoran, Published on 11/09/2020
» Thailand has managed the Covid-19 pandemic well, much better than most countries, and as a result, there have been fewer cases and fewer deaths from the virus. Now, Thailand's leaders must show the same resolve and focus to address the crisis in education that has been neglected for many years.
Customer service digitally transformed
Business, Tom Devroy, Published on 13/12/2018
» The service industry is at an inflection point. Over the next 24 months, technology will drive digital transformation in many companies striving to improve and predict revenue streams while also improving operational efficiency.
Bitcoin payments a distant dream as usage dries up
News, Tom Wilson, Published on 22/11/2018
» The use of bitcoin for commercial payments has dropped dramatically this year, even as the original digital coin starts to fulfil one of the basic features of any payment currency: stability.
Teaching firms about public health
Oped, Tom Achoki, Published on 21/02/2024
» Corporations are increasingly moving into the public health domain. Companies like Amazon, Google, and Microsoft are being "pulled" by market opportunities for non-traditional actors to "disrupt" health care. Others are being "pushed" by the imperative -- highlighted by events like the Covid-19 pandemic -- to act as responsible community stakeholders, such as by helping to address health inequities.
How to give your résumé a 2026 makeover
Business, Tom Sorensen, Published on 17/02/2026
» You are wrong if you think your CV/résumé is intended to get you a job. It's not.
A paradigm shift in cancer care
Tom Escott, Published on 19/04/2021
» Over half a century after the war on cancer began, Dr. Thomas Lodi MD, MD(H), founder of Oasis International and his team of experts are bringing a kinder and gentler integrative approach to cancer care to Thailand.
A tutoring solution to Thailand's education crisis?
News, Tom Corcoran, Published on 24/08/2021
» When the schools in Thailand closed to stop the spread of the coronavirus, students lost a lot of instructional time. The schools struggled to provide instruction online, but many lacked the necessary equipment and teachers lacked experience with developing online lessons. Many students were unable to get online. Others were simply not motivated enough to show up consistently. As a result, many students fell behind.
Dear DOGE, it's high time to tear down those dams!
News, Tom Zoellner, Published on 12/07/2025
» No big government infrastructure project made an imprint on the landscape and economy of the West more than the US Bureau of Reclamation's 20th century dam-building spree, which peppered 490 dams across the country, created an agricultural civilisation dependent on federal hydrology civil engineering, and brought about a welter of environmental difficulties after drying up dozens of once-healthy rivers.
Dealing with an interviewer who won't shut up
Business, Tom Sorensen, Published on 27/04/2023
» You are really in big trouble if you come across a job interviewer who just keeps talking.
Political fears hit China stocks
Business, Tom Westbrook, Published on 29/04/2023
» Decades-long foreign bullishness on China's capital markets is breaking down, investment flows and interviews with fund managers suggest, with a new era of uncertainty fuelled by geopolitical risks and US investors especially wary.