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As Heidi Klum famously says, "One day you're in, and the next day you're out". Volatile economic conditions or poorly planned PR strategies can easily catapult any company from the heights of success to stinging depths of failure. If you’re sitting courtside to a company crisis, hold on. Before panic sets in and you start making mental plans to jump ship, let's look at some ways you can take charge and play your part to help lead your organization out of a crisis, with Valsala Krishnan of Globe Trotters Consultancy.

Brexit has shocked markets around the globe. Malaysian asset management firms will be under pressure to relook at their asset allocation and restructure asset classes within their portfolio. Listen to Teng Chee Wai, MD of Affin Hwang Asset Management discuss how they will perform under such climate.

It will get worse before it gets better according to Joe Quinlan as UK Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne tries to calm markets.

Getting the inspiration from the Blue Bottle concept from the USA, Coffee Ish Cafe was founded with the aim to specialise in hand-brewed and siphon coffee. With their main business to serve Specialty Coffee using hand brew, Siphon, Balancing Siphon and Ice Drip methods, they find that their biggest challenge is to introduce the art and culture of drinking single origin specialty coffee. How do they innovate, craft and experiment with different coffee beans to enhance the customers’ coffee experience? How do they sustain their business with just coffee and pastries? Founder, Edward Song answers these questions.

In the wake of Richard Huckle’s conviction for sexual abuse cases involving Malaysian children, the Education Ministry is making efforts to combat pedophilia and sexual abuse by upgrading the content of the Reproduction and Social Health syllabus (PEERS). Today, we take a look at the curriculum and ask if an upgrade would be enough to provide students with the relevant knowledge to deal with problems such as sexual predators.

This is a report by Wan Irdina.

Here’s a new kid on the block in the comedy scene, Harresh. He brings a fresh slate of funny onto the stage with a deadpan expression and speaks to the crowd with pseudo-confidence. From coaching the Asian Kickers FC on Sundays, he’s making the masses laugh regularly on open-mic events around Petaling Jaya. Curious? Listen to the podcast to find out more!

Enjoyed what you have heard? Then check out our website! That Time Of Night

This is an edited recording of the panel discussion that was held at the BFM Health & Living Live 2016 on April 2nd. In Part 4 of 6, presenter/producer Ezra Zaid spoke to Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon Dr Harjeet Singh, Consultant Dietitian Indra Balaratnam and Personal Trainer Noel Chelliah about our love affair with food. This affair has led to us be the most obese nation in South-East Asia. It has to stop.  BFM Health & Living Live 2016 is presented by AIA, The Real Life Company.

Earlier this month, security experts from around the world converged in Singapore and Kuala Lumpur for the Asia Pacific Roundtable and the Shangri-La Dialogue, both midyear annual gatherings which have been attended by policy makers working in foreign affairs for the past 20 years. We catch up with Elina Noor, Director of Foreign Policy and Security Studies at the Institute of Strategic and International Studies, for an update about security concerns both in ASEAN and beyond.

Altaf Deviyati recently published a paper exploring the different types of private schools in Malaysia, with particular attention to private Islamic schools, which have gained in popularity as a viable alternative to the mainstream school system. We speak to Altaf about her findings, which is based on a case study of Al-Amin's primary and secondary schools.

The study can be viewed or downloaded through this link: http://bit.ly/28XOP3z

The Malaysian creative industry is one that is thriving in talent but perceived to be lacking in many key areas be it funds, life skills or being market ready. FSquare is the first holistic initiative aimed to nurture and guide this industry for various trade platforms globally. The collaboration with Fashion Diplomacy International marks the beginning of FSquare and they are currently engaged in an exchange program which will organise a trade fashion presentation in New Zealand, Australia and Dubai.  We get first hand experience with one of the designers under FSquare, Fairuz Ramdan.