Content by Lee Seok Hwai
The Really Simple Steps to Creating an Innovation EngineGive employees permission to generate ideas, nudge them in the right direction, then get out of the way
Mon, 12/05/2022 - 12:02
Think innovation, and what comes to mind? For many, it invariably evokes big names like Apple and Tesla, their epoch-defining products ranging from the smartphone to electric vehicles, and genius leaders like Elon Musk and Steve Jobs. But is…
Do CEOs Matter? CEO discretion varies from industry to industry and firm to firm
Wed, 06/09/2021 - 12:02
As a young man of 20 in his first job at a state-owned enterprise in China, Guoli Chen found senior management fascinating, but not in a good way. His boss’s boss did very little—unless one counts reading newspapers, drinking tea, and gossiping as…
Supplying the Front Line of the War on CoronavirusCountries and businesses must fight as one to prevail over the pandemic
Thu, 04/16/2020 - 12:02
In the trenches of the battle against Covid-19, critical defensive gear and medical equipment are in short supply. Doctors and nurses fighting the nonstop onslaught of the highly contagious coronavirus desperately need more ventilators, test kits,…
Bringing Critical Supply Chains Back From the BrinkChanging the approach to making drugs, creating global governance, and building local capacities will be key
Mon, 04/06/2020 - 12:02
Hong Kong scientists teaching a panicked populace to make their own surgical masks with paper towels and metallic wire must surely rank as one of the most Kafkaesque moments of the new coronavirus disease outbreak. But the worst is yet to be if…