This episode of SmartUp's Humanizing Learning podcast features Christel Goh, the Founder of Grow Public Relations. In this episode, Christel talks about her journey into starting her own PR agency, what PR is, the misconceptions around PR, and why PR may not be right for every company, and more.

 

She also talked about recent incidents in Singapore and the PR responses to those, namely one that spiked Google search trends for the word "umbrage" and another involving the unauthorised use of a couple's wedding photo. We hope you enjoy it!

 

Christel's LinkedIn Page: https://sg.linkedin.com/in/christelgohGrow Public Relations: https://growpublicrelations.com/

This episode of Humanizing Learning contains part 2 of the conversation with Nandini Das Ghoshal, the Founder & Principal Learning Activist at Rhizome Learning, and the Executive Director of ION Consulting International. In this episode, we continue our conversation around change and transition, and Nandini talks about how we should approach transitions by building and practising new skills and finding a social system to support us during these transitions. She also talks about how we can improve our adaptability to change, and lastly whether there is such a thing as being too accepting of change. I hope you enjoy.

This episode of Humanizing Learning contains part one of a conversation with Nandini Das Ghoshal, the Founder & Principal Learning Activist at Rhizome Learning, and the Executive Director of ION Consulting International. The topic of conversation was handling changes and transitions in our lives and in this episode, Nandini shares some theories of transition, how our brains are wired for habit and not change, how to make a successful transition, and more.

This episode of Humanizing Learning features Kim Pong Lim, the Founder and CEO of StrengthAsia and Global Strategies Partner for SoundWave. Kim Pong talks about the importance of conversations and how they can shape our experiences and the experiences of those around us. He talks about how conversations affect culture, the different ways in which people typically engage in conversation, the importance of curiosity before decision-making in conversation, his two guiding principles when engaging in conversations, how to identify our personal voice using SoundWave, and more.To find out more about SoundWave, visit https://www.soundwave.global/ and to sign up for the SoundWave Brilliance 3, visit https://mysoundwave.app/signup.

This episode of Humanizing Learning contains part 2 of the Growing Through Uncertainty panel webinar.

In this episode, our panellists Nandini Das Ghosal, Wendy Wong, and Kim Pong Lim discuss the final panel question on how to manage stressors in our lives. Additionally, they answer two questions from our audience, including how to juggle leading at work and in our personal lives, and also how to know whether or not what we today are the so-called right things for our futures.

To kick off Season 4, this episode of Humanizing Learning contains Part 1 of the Growing Through Uncertainty panel webinar SmartUp recently held with our panel of coaches, each with their own specialised areas of expertise.

Our three panellists were Wendy Wong, the Managing Partner at PETADIRI Leadership Development & Advisory, Nandini Das Ghoshal, the Executive Director at ION Consulting International and Kim Pong Lim, the Founder and CEO of StrengthsAsia.

In this episode, our panellists addressed two questions:

The first question revolved around the common concerns business leaders have right now after a year of the pandemic and how to address these concerns.

Next, the panel talked about how employee engagement and culture in companies can be maintained as flexible working arrangements and working from home become the norm.

On this episode of Humanizing Learning, we spoke to Bernard Ang, Founder and CEO at CARA Unmask, a community-based technology platform that aims to provide equal access to mental health.

 

Bernard talks about how his personal journey inspired the founding of CARA Unmask, the importance of having a support system, how to look past the stigma of mental health, why companies need to create an environment for employees to speak freely about mental health, the role of culture in mental health, and more.

This episode of Humanizing Learning features Fabian Willi, Senior Cyber Solutions Manager at Swiss Re in Zurich.

 

Fabian talks about how cybersecurity threats have changed over the years i.e. cyberbullying, why getting access to support is just as important as being compensated for losses in cybersecurity insurance, how to have good cyber hygiene, and more.

In this episode, we spoke to Jerald De La Rosa, the Management Systems Lead Auditor at TÜV SÜD PSB.

 

Jerald talks about data protection considerations in an Open Insurance ecosystem, how data security should be assessed holistically instead of just from a tech perspective, the advantages of obtaining the Data Protection Trustmark, what consumers should look out for when assessing a company's data policies, and more.

In this episode of Humanizing Learning, we spoke with Cheng Xun Chua, Co-Founder at Gigacover. Prior to Gigacover, Cheng Xun was the Managing Director of ZALORA Hong Kong.Cheng Xun talks about the difficulties faced by freelancers and gig economy workers when it comes to securing insurance, why it may not make sense for big insurers to offer coverage to this group, how to price coverage for a new segment of coverage, and more.