You come across a people development program that boasts of 2063% ROI. What doubts would creep in your mind? My cool blue energy (cautious, precise, questioning) would be brimming with pointed questions: How credible is their calculation process? How did they calculate the monetary benefits? How was the data collected? What interventions were used? How […]
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Why only 33% of employees feel their managers understand what motivates them?
In the middle of the afternoon, in the middle of the week, under Bangkok’s blistering heat, we decided to attend an AMCHAM Thailand Foundation (ATF) event. Sweaty decision! But thankfully, it was worth the shirts sticking to our backs. What made it especially valuable was a striking statistic we came across from Deloitte‘s 2025 Global […]
I’ll be honest with you, until late 2023, I hadn’t even heard of Insights Discovery and just 6 months after that, we’d decided to become the first Insights partner (polite for ‘distributor’) in Thailand. That’s how far it influenced me and my partner. I’m going to try to be as objective as possible in this […]
Same Reality, Different Perceptions An earthquake shakes the city. Person A is in a seven-story apartment. Person A quickly jogs down the stairs with two others, reaching the ground level with little fuss. Outside, the scene is relatively calm; next door hotel guests are in their hurriedly thrown-on clothes, a few social media opportunists are […]
These 5 programs are based on recent requests we’ve received to design and/or deliver workshops for Global and Thai organisations across industries like retails, pharmaceuticals, and FMCG, collectively representing over 100,000 employees worldwide. And of course, with a little help from the L&D grapevine 😁 1. Building Emotional Intelligence and Resilience for a Thriving Workforce […]
Can you believe it’s already been a month? Let’s take a moment to reflect on how it went. […]
You’re witnessing the first rays of 2025 from Bangkok. We’re not really the “31st Eve” kind of people, we’re more “1st morning” enthusiasts. Or, as Gen. Z might say, we’re total Dayroom vibes. 🤓 With all the gloom and doom around, here’s to hoping 2025 (continues to) bring: More joy to your work More wisdom […]
It’s that time of the year. December 2, 2024 It’s thanksgiving and we’d like to extend you, our reader, a heartfelt thank you for extending your trust and time in being part of our journey. May this thanksgiving season, you got the best of Black Friday deals, a beautiful vacation to spend your holidays, time […]
Celebrating Thailand’s First Public Discovery Event! November 1, 2024 We were excited and proud to host Thailand’s first-ever public Insights Discovery® (ID) event. Leaders from different industries came to explore the ID tool and model, and we were lucky to have some well-known Thai personalities join us too. The biggest challenge was to squeeze all […]
We were in an online meeting with our training partner, who was 20 minutes late because he was stuck on another call with an important client. When he finally joined, he apologised sincerely. I asked if he wanted to take a 5-minute break and grab some water before we started, but he said he […]