#TheAspiredCXO

You know, I have always love to connect with the HR Community. And after being 17 years in the business, I do know quite a few. And during this (ugh) unprecedented times (roll eyes), most of us would agree that we have been connected with each other a little bit more active than the usual. … Read more

Unprecedented Times. Don’t you just want to vomit if you see those 2 words one more time. So overused (roll eyes). But doesn’t mean it’s not true. It is Unprecedented-fucking-Times after all. Everybody has to stay resilient to survive. Everybody has to adapt to survive. Everybody has to work a little more harder to survive. … Read more

It seemed that this culture is quite popular in the workplace today, especially with the younger generation and the play part. I’m sure it’s not surprising for even the older ones will say I like to play too and I am young at heart hehe…. During this lockdown, mental health concerns are on the rise. … Read more

Oh, I love team building activities! The joy of getting away from my desk, the fellowship with other colleagues esp with those I don’t interact often, the togetherness and of course all the fun that comes with it which creates great memories. I have always been fortunate to work in companies who invest in such … Read more

I learnt this from one of my ex-boss. Everybody was busy working in the office. You can say the environment was a bit tense and stressful. All of a sudden, he got up from his desk, picked up a waste paper basket, put it at the middle of the walk way, crumpled 2 pieces of … Read more

When playing my games, be it board games, mobile games or computer games, there are many things I learn. 2 things I’ve noticed what would attract me to a game initially – the catchy name of the game itself and the characters in the game. So when our Learning & Development team embarked this journey … Read more

And it’s not uncommon to find silence after. So in order to motivate people to participate in meetings actively, sometimes we motivate by fear. Ah yes, we punish those who are not contributing ideas. Especially those who always choose to take a back seat in meetings. What we do is that we keep a scorecard … Read more

On Friday I attended our annual regional HR conference. Just like last year, borders were closed, so we had it virtually. During the conference’s half-time, our regional HR team who organized the event, arranged a game for us to play. It was a simple game of Charades but I had so much fun in it. … Read more

The Mobile Gaming Industry is humongous. Did you know in 2020, during the peak of lockdown, Candy Crush generated a revenue of $1.19 billion. That is a whopping MYR13m every single day (I also contributed to that revenue >.<). And they are not even the top 5 highest-grossing mobile games. All these mobile games, they … Read more

Joy is… … seeing the petty cash numbers balanced with my buku 555 records. … receiving a random thank you note from a colleague for appreciating my presence. … finishing and submitting a complicated report on time. … learning the employees have recovered from Covid-19 without complications. … hitting the 80% mark of our internal … Read more