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Transforming workplaces through innovative employee development and wellbeing solutions.

As a seasoned Business Development and Partnership professional, I specialise in creating tailored programs for organisations focused on enhancing employee experience. My work lies in addressing the critical challenges HR professionals and business owners face in attraction, nurturing and retaining a thriving workforce.

In today's fast-paced business environment, companies struggle with employee turnover and disengagement. These issues not only impact productivity but also the overall health of an organisation. I step in to bridge this gap, offering a fresh perspective on employee development, benefits, and wellbeing.

My approach combines hands-on workshops, immersive learning journeys, and dynamic team-building activities. These methods are designed to:

- Foster a sense of belonging and purpose among employees
- Enhance communication and collaboration within teams
- Provide practical tools for personal and professional growth
- Create a culture of continuous learning and improvement

I work closely with HR teams and business leaders to understand their unique challenges and craft solutions that align with their company culture and goals. This personalised approach ensures lasting impact and measurable results.

If you're looking to revolutionise your approach to employee development and create a workplace where people thrive, let's connect. I'm here to help you build a stronger, more engaged workforce that drives your business forward.

I enrolled myself into a 6-month program just before the year ended last year with Boston Consulting Group (BCG) 

I regretted it halfway through. 

Weekday evenings spent listening to lectures, going into our teams for discussion and hands-on exercises, examinations after every module. 

Weekend mornings are a similar routine. It was tiring.

For those that have read so far, SURPRISE! Was just joking. 

The journey was actually transformative and worth the time. 😃 

Some of the activities that left a mark on me were:
👉 Climbing Everest: a simulation where we form teams, and go on a mission to reach base camp.
👉 AI Tutor: had the chance to pilot a new way of learning, through an AI tutor. 
👉 Learning journey: its never just lectures, there are many other ways of learning

Going through this course puts me in the shoes of the employees, whose companies I have been selling, on capability building. 

I can understand the sacrifice, the rush to leave office to make it for evening classes, and having to manage my kids while having lessons. 

Was it easy? NO. 

But was it worth it? YES!

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I work with banks across APAC to design instructor-led programs that help their teams adapt — from technical mastery to human-centered client engagement.

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“Train the employees already, what if they leave?”

As Business Development at Intuition , I get asked this a lot during my conversations with L&D folks. 

And my answer is always the same:
“If you don’t train them, and they stay — how?”

The logic is simple.

If the company keeps advancing but the people don’t, because they’re not trained or supported… how long before the gap starts to show?

I will use my home situation as an example of why employers should train their employees even if they will leave one day. 

Four years ago, our helper joined us. She didn’t know how to use most of the things in the house — the washing machine, dryer, dishwasher, even how we liked our food cooked.

My wife, my family, and I spent time training her — step by step.

We taught her our routines, our SOPs, how to handle the kids, what our preferences were.

Slowly, she got better.

More confident. More capable.

Fast forward four years — she became a big part of our family. The kids adore her. We could finally breathe a bit, go out, and enjoy dinners again knowing the house was in good hands.

This week, she’s heading back to Indonesia to reunite with her daughter — after 4 long years apart.

We brought her out for a farewell dinner to thank her for everything she’s done for us.

And you know what?

Yes, she’s leaving.

But she’s leaving better than when she first came.

And that’s the point.

If someone grows under your care — whether it’s an employee or a helper — that’s never a loss. That’s impact.

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I lost a pair of shoes after a night out networking. 

I realised this only the next day when I was going out to work. 

And the sad thing this brand is no longer in business so I cannot make another pair like I did 10 years ago for my wedding. 🥲

Since joining Intuition, I attended a few networking events. 

To meet more people, and grow the network. 

More importantly to share the work we have been doing over the last 40 years to leading financial institutions globally. 

I was sharing about some risk management programs we are doing for some of our clients during one such event with a group of professionals working in banks. 

All was well, till… 

I woke up the next day as usual, about to put on my shoes for work when i realised I got 2 cuts on each of it.

Shoes laces still nicely tied up.

Just a simple act of skipping untying my shoes laces, resulted in a permanent damage to my shoes. 

Imagine if this happened to compliance in the banking and finance sector. 

What sort of risk would not following proper procedures bring along? 

Other than monetary fines, there would be the reputational risks too. 
 
Would you like to know more about what we have been doing in risk management? 

Join us for a webinar on Risk Culture in the Age of AI: Building Human Skills That Stick: https://lnkd.in/gnz8dKt3

A BBQ, a few bottles of wine over the weekend. 

Last Saturday night with friends and our families. 

An old bottle of wine. With the cork destroyed, mixed in with one of our beloved wine.

Instead of throwing the wine away, we thought of how to filter the wine out.

Luck was with us that there were still coffee filters left. 

And that was how creativity, adaptability, enabled us to enjoy our wine.

Similar to sales (and life), we’re bound to face unexpected challenges.

From clients, co-workers, friends, even family members respectively. 

Important thing it isn’t having the perfect tools or answers every time, but how ready we are to adapt, improvise, and find a way forward.

How have you adapted when your “plan A” fell through? Would love to hear your story—share below!

Woke up this morning and decided to go for a jog — my first one in almost a month.

While putting on my shoes, I told myself, “Let’s just do 3km today. Don’t push too hard.”

But when I hit that 3km mark, something in me said, “Still have some energy, lets do more.”

So I kept going. One more round.

By the time I stopped, I had gone further than I set out to do.

Was still panting heavily while cooling down, but the satisfaction? Totally worth it.

Growth isn’t comfortable. It isn’t easy.

But the results. That quiet sense of accomplishment, reminds you why it’s worth the effort.

Sometimes, the only thing standing between where we are and where we could be… is ourselves.

A robo vacuum is such a great equipment to have in the house.

It can replace manual vacuuming of the floor, some even has mopping capability. 

Set it to start whenever you leave home, and you come back to a clean floor. 

With pets, they can do a decent job too of maintaining a low amount of pet fur on the floor. 

And that was what I was conversing with my friend while having our TGIF drinks. 

He shared an incident of his dog and the robo vacuum in the house. 

All was good, fur vacuumed regularly, even urine as these robo are able to clean up the mess. 

But when the dog poops, the robo vacuum still does its great job (poop included), and continue its rounds. 

Just that this time, it drags the poop around, spreading it over the house.

So sometimes, these "smart" devices in the house may give us more headache. 

Smart devices or technology such as automation or AI can never replace human skills, such as critical thinking. 

Think of this: if you see dog poop lying around in the house while vacuuming, would you still go ahead to vacuum that area?

PS. Gossiping about this handsome boy, while he was standing guard next to the bottles 😊

Creativity can happen in the most unexpected way. 

Have been reminding my wife not to buy too many toys for the kids, for a few reasons.

While I am pretty chill with their academics, I am very insistent on their screen-time. 

No ipads on weekdays, unless there is homework that needs it. 

My kids' reply in the first few years?

"Daddy, why other children can watch ipad but we cannot?"

I did have a hard time trying to “fight off” the requests, which often resulted in sad or crying children. 

The video below can explain one of the reasons, why I prefer them not to spend too much time on their ipads. 

While working one weekend, with the kids playing, I did not believe what I saw happen to my gloves.

And this was one of the reason why I prefer them to have a play-based childhood, and not a screen-based one.  

If there is no restriction on creativity, ideas can flow. And this can happen in our workplace too. 

As leaders, how open are you to ideas? Do you embrace diversity? 

Like what my kids have shown, we can play a game of bowling, anywhere, with anything we can get our hands on. 

And in this case, it was a pair of gloves, and a rubber ball. 

Its amazing to see the ideas that our brain can come up with. 

Have you encountered any creative ideas/solutions in your workplace that was beneficial? Please share them in the comments below.

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