by chris | Apr 26, 2026 | Reflections & Future Readiness, Strategy & Growth
Over the past decade, the world has become increasingly digital by default. Work, commerce, communication, entertainment, and social life now unfold largely through digital channels, optimised for speed, scale, and constant availability. Against this backdrop, an...
by chris | Apr 26, 2026 | Reflections & Future Readiness, Strategy & Growth
In 2025, something subtle but consequential shifted in the digital environment: Realism becomes cheap Not cheap in quality, but cheap in accessibility. Convincing language, polished visuals, fluent brand tone, even human-like interaction can now be generated at scale,...
by chris | Apr 26, 2026 | Reflections & Future Readiness, Strategy & Growth
As 2025 approaches its close, trade and tariff issues have been resurfacing, often not through headlines, but also conversations and other quieter signals. In recent months, Iโve been catching up on regional analyses by ๐๐ ๐ฅ๐ขโ๐ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ด๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐ผ๐บ๐ถ๐ฐ ๐ข๐๐๐น๐ผ๐ผ๐ธ and selected...
by chris | Apr 26, 2026 | Reflections & Future Readiness, Strategy & Growth
For much of the past two years, many business conversations around AI began the same way. Everyone was obsessed with โWhatโs the best prompt for this?โ. And many sessions were dedicated to learning how to phrase better questions, prompt frameworks and building prompt...
by chris | Apr 26, 2026 | Reflections & Future Readiness, Strategy & Growth
The Alternate Future and the Lenses Leaders Need Now Twelve Cupcakes didnโt have to fail. When I looked deeper into the rise and fall of the brand, it struck me that its ending wasnโt pre-determined. There were many points along the way where the story could have...
by chris | Apr 26, 2026 | Reflections & Future Readiness, Strategy & Growth
What Really Happened Behind This Once-Sweet Success. Twelve Cupcakes was once a national darling โ pastel boxes, cute cupcakes, the โless sweetโ treat everyone bought for office birthdays. For a moment in time, it was the dessert of Singapore. But by 2025, the chain...
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