“New Year's Day is every man's birthday.” - Charles LambEvery year, the flowers look alike, but the people are different!2011 ends with many memories, there’re business turnaround, but more gloomy economic headline, there’s humanity progress, also about political turmoil, now it’s the time for the world to celebrate the new year, it’s also the...
The Parable of the Leadership at Time of Crisis
Saturday, December 31, 2011 | comments

When the old man lost his horse, how could one have known that it would not be fortuitous?We’ve been living such an uncertain time, the radical digitization and overwhelming globalization, the hyper-competitive business environment, and human-induced climate change, as many of us know crisis is the combination word of “danger” and “opportunities”...
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Future of Leadership
Flying with Purpose: Aviation’s Three Hubs of Future
Saturday, December 31, 2011 | comments

It’s been more than a century since the Wright brothers flew their first airplane in Dec. 1903, the modern aviation industry has also been through numerous ups and down, the glamorous era, and painful downturn, the deregulation and competition, the over-taxed and the least profitability, especially the last decade, from the natural disaster to...
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Aviation
2012 IT Tea Leaf Reading: The Year of Wisdom
Monday, December 26, 2011 | comments

Only a few days away from the new year, many crystal balls are spinning, colorful magic hats are throwing, and some are eating out their fortune cookies, we, also start shaking up our tea leaf, the leaf danced around and shaped into the silver elephant: her ears like the big question marks, her legs like pillars of knowledge hall, her trunks stretch...
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CIO Debate
The Spirit of Christmas: The Pursuit of Happiness
Sunday, December 25, 2011 | comments

“What is Christmas? It is tenderness for the past, courage for the present, hope for the future. It is a fervent wish that every cup may overflow with blessings rich and eternal, and that every path may lead to peace.” ~Agnes M. PahroHave Yourself Merry Little ChristmasThough at warm California, we are not experiencing the white Christmas...
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Food for Thought
Creativity Manifesto
Friday, December 23, 2011 | comments

Creativity is the Ability to Create Novel Value, Creative Mind is defined as Originator;All humans are born with Raw Creativity Ability, but not all Creativities are Created equal;Creativity needs a Problem, and Creative Person needs a Purpose; Creativity is infused with an inner Cohesion, and comes from a Vision of Uniqueness;Creative...
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Innovation
Three Levels of Happiness
Sunday, December 18, 2011 | comments

“Happiness is like a butterfly which, when pursued, is always beyond our grasp, but, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you.” ~Nathaniel HawthorneHoliday season seems to be the right time to pursue the meaning of HAPPINESS, what is happiness? Is it a SILLY question? Actually “silly” comes from the old English word "seilig"...
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Food for Thought
What a Wonderful Hybrid World
Tuesday, December 13, 2011 | comments

Holiday season is the time for blessing and prediction! There’re quite many interesting lyrics written to predict the future recently: from the future of economy to future of technology, from future of retailer to future of airline, from future of food to future of life style, people all over the world are brainstorming the future together, real...
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Future of Leadership
3”D” Talent Strategy
Tuesday, December 13, 2011 | comments

Modern business is facing unprecedented challenges than ever: the hyper-competitive economical environment, the multi-polar global landscape, the transformative digital technology, the more selective, technology-savvy customers, and multi-generational & multi-cultural workforce, talent management is strategic imperative for any visionary business...
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Talent Master
IT at Cutting-Edge, CIO leads as a Bridge
Sunday, December 4, 2011 | comments

For us not so far away from San Francisco, once a while visiting could be both entertaining and educational: running out of suburb’s fresh air, blue sky’s simplicity, diving into urbanized sophistication and cultural quintessential. Not to mention, the other unforgettable scene: Golden Gate Bridge—the most beautiful bridge in the world. Though you...
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CIO Debate