At a time where businesses are mostly concerned with survival, does company culture still matter? In this week's episode of the ASB Podcast, Janice speaks to Jon Cohen, Head of People and Culture at BrioHR, and the former Head of Talent Acquisition at Lazada Group. 

In this episode, Jon unpacks the importance of  'company culture' in the pandemic era and shares some practical tips on how companies can foster employee engagement. Tune in for insights on team management and productivity tools that companies can employ for remote working. 

Connect with Jon Cohen here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jon-boy-cohen/
Follow BrioHR here: https://www.linkedin.com/company/briohr/

In this episode, we speak to Ben Baldieri. In 2017, Ben moved from the UK to China to work as a middle school English teacher. While living in Shanghai, Ben also launched Rolling Forward - a podcast dedicated to exploring the intersection between mental health and performance. We talk to Ben about his experiences with the podcast so far and what his motivations were to get people talking more about mental health.

In this episode of the ASB podcast, Gurpreet Singh, CEO of Me.reka, tells us how their startup succeeded in mobilizing Malaysian makers to produce much-needed supplies for medical personnel. Me.reka and their partners have succeeded in building a powerful network to aid in the fight against COVID-19, but they are determined not to stop there! 

Gurpreet also explains why makers are uniquely positioned to activate their Design Thinking, rapid prototyping, and values-based approaches in order to create unique solutions to today’s problems. Tune in to hear more and find out why we’re hopeful that this unified response to COVID can eventually be adapted to solve other global issues. 

For more information, find Me.reka on the web at: https://mereka.my/

Many thanks to Me.reka co-founders Gurpreet Singh, Rashvin Pal Singh, and Zoe Victoria Tate (ASB MBA 20200). 

In this time of great uncertainty, how can businesses remain resilient and power through the pandemic? In this week’s episode of the ASB Podcast, Janice speaks to Jacob Lee, the Chairman of the Federation of Malaysian Manufacturers (Selangor and KL Branch) and Managing Director of Asli Mechanical Sdn Bhd. Jacob shares his perspective on leadership in the midst of crisis and how SMEs can navigate through the turbulence.  An active member in several NGOs, Jacob also discusses the role that organisations (and individuals!) can play to help the needy and the frontliners in this period. 

A new ASB Podcast episode will be released on Spotify and iTunes every Wednesday, 8pm.

In this episode, our very own Dr. Sean Ferguson shares his guidance on how to best continue job hunting during times of COVID-19 and provides us with some much-needed tips on how to best take advantage of our time during lockdown.

In this time of great uncertainty, how can higher-education institutions prepare themselves and their students to respond to challenges as unprecedented as a global pandemic?

On Monday, March 16th, Malaysian officials announced a movement control order would go into effect on March 18th as a measure to curb the viral spread of Covid-19. Suddenly, @Asia School of Business, like other prominent institutions such as @MIT, @Havard, and @Standford, was faced with the challenge of not only pivoting all classes to virtual formats and adapting our Action Learning projects but also preparing the newly constructed residential campus to accommodate students during the lockdown. 

In this episode, our guest @Rhoda Yap, the Chief Operating Officer and Career Development Director of @Asia School of Business shares with us the challenges and key learnings of #Business Continuity Planning with a #lean team in a young organization. (Hint: Empathy is important and tapping into student talent and leadership is key!) She also shares some heartwarming successes worth celebrating after an intense and tumultuous few weeks! 

In this episode, we speak to our very own Varun Singhi about the emerging importance of blockchain technology with a special focus on how this can be leveraged by companies and society going forward and what trends we can expect in this space in the coming years.

How has the concept of leadership changed in a world of 24/7 connectivity? In this week’s episode of the ASB Podcast, Janice speaks to Rajeev Peshawaria, Head of Executive Education at the Asia School of Business and former CEO of the ICLIF Leadership and Governance Centre,  a business leadership and strategy consultant who has spent more than twenty years working alongside top executives at Fortune 500 companies, including American Express, Morgan Stanely, Coca-Cola and Goldman Sachs, training them in leadership. 

In this episode, Rajeev Peshawaria unpacks the meaning of Leadership Energy and how each of us can harness it for personal and organizational success. 

Rajeev is the author of the Wall Street Journal bestseller, “Open Source Leadership” and the Global bestseller “Too Many Bosses, Too Few Leaders”. 

Connect with Rajeev Peshawaria here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rajeevpeshawaria/

A new ASB Podcast episode will be released on Spotify and iTunes every Wednesday, 8pm.

What's all the buzz about B-Corps and why are they the key to a sustainable future?
On this week's episode of the #ASBPodcast, our special guest @Kevin Gitau, an #MBA from the #ASB class of 2020 and thought-leader in sustainability, shares his knowledge about the growing presence of B-Corps. Kevin explains how he learned about B-Corporations, sometimes called Benefit Corporations, and how this movement is quickly developing into a B-economy. Listen along with us as we discuss the exciting future of B-corporations and developing trend of corporations that care about not just about shareholders, but all stakeholders.

Change - it can be challenging and scary. But it’s also exciting and brings about new beginnings! 

In this episode, the three of us (ASB-MBA students on the cusp of graduation!) speak about the major transitions and changes that we’ve experienced throughout the past two years as we embarked on the MBA. Listen in as we share our personal stories, struggles and the lessons we've learnt along the way. 

Connect with Amelia here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/amelia-crespo/
Connect with Janice here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/janicetanying/
Connect with Rory here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rory-healy/
 
A new ASB Podcast episode will be released on Spotify and iTunes every Wednesday, 8pm.