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The creative leader's secret weapon? Walking their own path
Business, Detlef Reis, Published on 24/10/2025
» 'Two roads diverged in a wood, and I -- I took the one less travelled by. And that has made all the difference," wrote Robert Frost. Over a recent five-week period, I had the joy and privilege of guiding the latest cohort of Bangkok University's MBA-i programme through my favourite course, Creative Leadership, which is based on my Genius Journey method.
What's bugging travellers now?
Business, Vijay Verghese, Published on 02/08/2023
» 'Covid, Schmovid," people seem to be saying these days. Travellers insouciantly scamper from board meetings to trade shows to weddings to party the nights away. It is good to see cities stirring and travel bustle returning.
Automation on the rise
Business, Published on 29/09/2022
» Three in five of the organisations in Asia Pacific plan to scale up robotic process automation (RPA) initiatives or achieve enterprise-wide automation deployment by 2025, according to a survey by UiPath, a New York-listed automation software company.
Parlez-Vous Français? Air Canada Boss Says 'Non' and Gets an Earful
Business, Paul Vieira & Jacquie McNish, Published on 24/11/2021
» On a cool, wet Saturday afternoon in the outskirts of Montreal, near the city's main airport, a crowd of about 100 gathered in front of Air Canada's headquarters demanding the resignation of the airline's chief executive.
DTAC turns disease hunter
Business, Suchit Leesa-nguansuk and William Hicks, Published on 28/06/2021
» Mobility data from mobile devices can be used alongside other analysis techniques to map the risk of dengue fever in Thailand, according to a study by Telenor Group in partnership with Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Mahidol-Oxford Research Unit (MORU) and Total Access Communication (DTAC), the operating unit of Telenor in Thailand.
IHG focuses on expanding voco brand hotels
Business, Dusida Worrachaddejchai, Published on 16/06/2021
» InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) aims to expand upscale properties under the voco brand to 200 hotels globally in the next 10 years, while 14 deals in Asia-Pacific have been secured, after vaccinations created pent-up demand for travel.
Human capital and the innovation economy
Business, Detlef Reis, Published on 09/06/2021
» In an article published in the Bangkok Post in February, I explored how people management has changed in lockstep with humanity's economic evolution from a hunter-gatherer society through the agricultural and industrial ages into the knowledge and information age. Today, let's discuss how successful people management in the innovation economy requires a new perspective on how to best manage people: human capital.
Advertisers get in the boy zone
Business, Pitsinee Jitpleecheep, Published on 21/09/2020
» Movie stars are losing their lustre in the ad business as product endorsers because of relatively high fees, paving the way for product presenters who gained popularity after the Covid-19 outbreak.
Third quarter crucial for signs of recovery
Business, Darana Chudasri, Published on 29/07/2020
» After Thailand's stock exchange took an unprecedented beating in the first half this year, analysts and traders are looking to the third quarter to see if the country can rebound quickly or will continue to flounder from the pressure of low exports and lethargic tourism.
WSJ Survey: Coronavirus to Trigger U.S. Economic Contraction in Second Quarter
Business, Harriet Torry & Anthony DeBarros, Published on 14/03/2020
» Economists sharply cut forecasts for the U.S. economy this year, predicting it will contract in the second quarter and raising expectations for a recession as the coronavirus spread around the world.