Synopsis: The Straits Times' executive editor Sumiko Tan, who turns 60 this year in 2024, finds out the challenges to growing older as she confronts her own negative attitudes about ageing.

Intergenerational friendships are not just about age groups, as Sumiko finds out from  Michael Chiang. The playwright is nearly three decades older than married couple Jonathan Leong and Jeneen Goh, but the trio share a firm friendship.

Host: Sumiko Tan (sumiko@sph.com.sg)

Produced by: Studio+65

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Synopsis: The Straits Times' executive editor Sumiko Tan, who turns 60 this year in 2024, finds out the challenges to growing older as she confronts her own negative attitudes about ageing.
Intergenerational friendships are not just about age groups, as Sumiko finds out from  Michael Chiang. The playwright is nearly three decades older than married couple Jonathan Leong and Jeneen Goh, but the trio share a firm friendship.
Host: Sumiko Tan (<a href="mailto:sumiko@sph.com.sg">sumiko@sph.com.sg</a>)
Produced by: Studio+65
Feedback to: <a href="mailto:podcast@sph.com.sg">podcast@sph.com.sg</a>
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Synopsis: Almost every weekday, our ALL-IN-ONE channel showcases discussions on Singapore youth perspectives and social issues, geopolitics through an Asian lens, health, climate change, personal finance and career.

Follow our shows on your favourite audio apps Apple Podcasts, Spotify or even ST's app, which has a dedicated podcast player section.

Produced by podcast editor Ernest Luis & The Straits Times, SPH Media.

Synopsis: Almost every weekday, our ALL-IN-ONE channel showcases discussions on Singapore youth perspectives and social issues, geopolitics through an Asian lens, health, climate change, personal finance and career.
Follow our shows on your favourite audio apps Apple Podcasts, Spotify or even ST's app, which has a dedicated podcast player section.
Produced by podcast editor Ernest Luis &amp; The Straits Times, SPH Media.

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Sumiko at 60: Friendship isn't about age groups

On executive education

Why fund training if employees depart?

SG global business leaders: Why so few?

Singaporeans lack ambition?

Has performative leadership replaced values?

How can SG business leaders stand out today?

How can Singapore business leaders become special?

Synopsis: The Straits Times speaks with the new dean of Insead Asia Campus, Professor Sameer Hasija, on executive education and Singapore business leaders.

The new dean of Insead Asia recounts the following meme in an era where workers do not stay put in one organisation for long anymore.

The chief financial officer asks: "Should we be investing in training our people? What if they leave?"

The chief executive answers: "Imagine we don't invest in them and they stay."

In this exclusive, Prof Hasija tells host Krist Boo how going to a business school differs from going to a career coach. He points out why businesses should invest in workers and why business leaders must throw out the 'elitist' in themselves, in today's multi-generational and fragmented workplaces.

He also talks about Singapore's strategy to put more Singaporeans into global leadership positions. Do Singaporeans lack ambition?

Highlights (click/tap):

2:05 What does executive education do for me?

7:46 Why pay for employee development when they don't stay?

9:17 Why are there so few Singaporean global business leaders?

11:47 Do Singaporeans lack ambition, or is it cultural? Are there 'invisible ceilings' in global companies?

16:35 Has performative leadership overtaken values and integrity?

19:02 What could make Singapore's business leaders special in today's polarised world?

Read Krist Boo's articles: https://str.sg/wB2P

Follow Krist Boo on LinkedIn: https://str.sg/shcB

Host: Krist Boo (kristb@sph.com.sg)

Produced & edited by: Amirul Karim

Executive producers: Ernest Luis & Lynda Hong

Feedback to: podcast@sph.com.sg

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How can Singapore business leaders become special?
Synopsis: The Straits Times speaks with the new dean of Insead Asia Campus, Professor Sameer Hasija, on executive education and Singapore business leaders.
The new dean of Insead Asia recounts the following meme in an era where workers do not stay put in one organisation for long anymore.
The chief financial officer asks: "Should we be investing in training our people? What if they leave?"
The chief executive answers: "Imagine we don't invest in them and they stay."
In this exclusive, Prof Hasija tells host Krist Boo how going to a business school differs from going to a career coach. He points out why businesses should invest in workers and why business leaders must throw out the 'elitist' in themselves, in today's multi-generational and fragmented workplaces.
He also talks about Singapore's strategy to put more Singaporeans into global leadership positions. Do Singaporeans lack ambition?
Highlights (click/tap):
2:05 What does executive education do for me?
7:46 Why pay for employee development when they don't stay?
9:17 Why are there so few Singaporean global business leaders?
11:47 Do Singaporeans lack ambition, or is it cultural? Are there 'invisible ceilings' in global companies?
16:35 Has performative leadership overtaken values and integrity?
19:02 What could make Singapore's business leaders special in today's polarised world?
Read Krist Boo's articles: <a href="https://str.sg/wB2P">https://str.sg/wB2P</a>
Follow Krist Boo on LinkedIn: <a href="https://str.sg/shcB">https://str.sg/shcB</a>
Host: Krist Boo (<a href="mailto:kristb@sph.com.sg">kristb@sph.com.sg</a>)
Produced &amp; edited by: Amirul Karim
Executive producers: Ernest Luis &amp; Lynda Hong
Feedback to: <a href="mailto:podcast@sph.com.sg">podcast@sph.com.sg</a>
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Workers aren't loyal anymore, why train them?

Synopsis: The Straits Times' executive editor Sumiko Tan, who turns 60 this year in 2024, finds out the challenges to growing older as she confronts her own negative attitudes about ageing.

Despite the 38-year age gap between former actor Edmund Chen, 62, and his Gen Z daughter Yixin, the bond between father and daughter is warm and playful as Sumiko Tan finds out in this episode of Sumiko At 60.

Host: Sumiko Tan (sumiko@sph.com.sg)

Produced by: Studio+65

Feedback to: podcast@sph.com.sg

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Synopsis: The Straits Times' executive editor Sumiko Tan, who turns 60 this year in 2024, finds out the challenges to growing older as she confronts her own negative attitudes about ageing.
Despite the 38-year age gap between former actor Edmund Chen, 62, and his Gen Z daughter Yixin, the bond between father and daughter is warm and playful as Sumiko Tan finds out in this episode of Sumiko At 60.
Host: Sumiko Tan (<a href="mailto:sumiko@sph.com.sg">sumiko@sph.com.sg</a>)
Produced by: Studio+65
Feedback to: <a href="mailto:podcast@sph.com.sg">podcast@sph.com.sg</a>
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Sumiko At 60: Former actor Edmund Chen and daughter Yixin on ageism

Thoughts on Davos and being at the WEF

Marie-Claire describes ups and downs of WEF

Trying to be a part of the bigger conversation

How the WEF can be more relevant to the youths

John Dongo: Youth mental health at the WEF

They share their experiences trying to be a part of the discourse at Davos.

Synopsis: The Straits Times speaks with young delegates at the World Economic Forum (WEF) Annual Meeting 2024 to find out about their experience.

The WEF, held in Davos, Switzerland, brings together some of the biggest names in politics, business and economics from all over the world every year.

But it has been criticised for being nothing more than a public relations exercise, with a lack of accountability and fading relevance.

Some of the world’s most passionate and engaged young changemakers were in Davos this year. ST’s political correspondent Goh Yan Han speaks with some of them to hear how they tried to make their mark.

They are:

Benjamin Von Wong, Canadian artist and activist

John Dongo, Zimbabwean youth mental health advocate

Luona Cai, partner at Xishi Magic Bag, from China

Marie-Claire Graf, Swiss environmental activist

Daniel Liu, Singaporean co-founder of Morrow Intelligence

Saravanan Sugumaran, Singaporean co-founder of Morrow Intelligence

Highlights (click/tap above):

2:59 Thoughts on Davos and being at the WEF for the first time

11:05 Marie-Claire describes the beauty and the ugly at the WEF

14:14 Trying to be a part of the bigger conversation

25:22 How the WEF can be more relevant to young people

25:45 John Dongo on the need to talk about youth mental health at the WEF

Produced by: Goh Yan Han (gyanhan@sph.com.sg), Ernest Luis and Amirul Karim

Edited by: Amirul Karim

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Read Goh Yan Han's articles: https://str.sg/kgq4

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Asian Insider: https://str.sg/JWa7

Health Check: https://str.sg/JWaN

Green Pulse: https://str.sg/JWaf

Your Money & Career: https://str.sg/wB2m

Hard Tackle: https://str.sg/JWRE

#PopVultures: https://str.sg/JWad

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True Crimes Of Asia (6 eps): https://str.sg/i44T

The Unsolved Mysteries of South-east Asia (5 eps): https://str.sg/wuZ2

Invisible Asia (9 eps): https://str.sg/wuZn

Stop Scams (10 eps): https://str.sg/wuZB

Singapore's War On Covid (5 eps): https://str.sg/wuJa

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They share their experiences trying to be a part of the discourse at Davos.
Synopsis: The Straits Times speaks with young delegates at the World Economic Forum (WEF) Annual Meeting 2024 to find out about their experience.
The WEF, held in Davos, Switzerland, brings together some of the biggest names in politics, business and economics from all over the world every year.
But it has been criticised for being nothing more than a public relations exercise, with a lack of accountability and fading relevance.
Some of the world’s most passionate and engaged young changemakers were in Davos this year. ST’s political correspondent Goh Yan Han speaks with some of them to hear how they tried to make their mark.
They are:
Benjamin Von Wong, Canadian artist and activist
John Dongo, Zimbabwean youth mental health advocate
Luona Cai, partner at Xishi Magic Bag, from China
Marie-Claire Graf, Swiss environmental activist
Daniel Liu, Singaporean co-founder of Morrow Intelligence
Saravanan Sugumaran, Singaporean co-founder of Morrow Intelligence
Highlights (click/tap above):
2:59 Thoughts on Davos and being at the WEF for the first time
11:05 Marie-Claire describes the beauty and the ugly at the WEF
14:14 Trying to be a part of the bigger conversation
25:22 How the WEF can be more relevant to young people
25:45 John Dongo on the need to talk about youth mental health at the WEF
Produced by: Goh Yan Han (<a href="mailto:gyanhan@sph.com.sg">gyanhan@sph.com.sg</a>), Ernest Luis and Amirul Karim
Edited by: Amirul Karim
Follow ST Podcasts:
Channel: <a href="https://str.sg/wvz7">https://str.sg/wvz7</a>
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Spotify: <a href="https://str.sg/wukH">https://str.sg/wukH</a>
SPH Awedio app: <a href="https://www.awedio.sg/">https://www.awedio.sg/</a>
Website: <a href="http://str.sg/stpodcasts">http://str.sg/stpodcasts</a>
Feedback to: <a href="mailto:podcast@sph.com.sg">podcast@sph.com.sg</a>
Read Goh Yan Han's articles: <a href="https://str.sg/kgq4">https://str.sg/kgq4</a>
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In Your Opinion: <a href="https://str.sg/w7Qt">https://str.sg/w7Qt</a>
COE Watch: <a href="https://str.sg/iTtE">https://str.sg/iTtE</a>
Asian Insider: <a href="https://str.sg/JWa7">https://str.sg/JWa7</a>
Health Check: <a href="https://str.sg/JWaN">https://str.sg/JWaN</a>
Green Pulse: <a href="https://str.sg/JWaf">https://str.sg/JWaf</a>
Your Money &amp; Career: <a href="https://str.sg/wB2m">https://str.sg/wB2m</a>
Hard Tackle: <a href="https://str.sg/JWRE">https://str.sg/JWRE</a>
#PopVultures: <a href="https://str.sg/JWad">https://str.sg/JWad</a>
Music Lab: <a href="https://str.sg/w9TX">https://str.sg/w9TX</a>
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True Crimes Of Asia (6 eps): <a href="https://str.sg/i44T">https://str.sg/i44T</a>
The Unsolved Mysteries of South-east Asia (5 eps): <a href="https://str.sg/wuZ2">https://str.sg/wuZ2</a>
Invisible Asia (9 eps): <a href="https://str.sg/wuZn">https://str.sg/wuZn</a>
Stop Scams (10 eps): <a href="https://str.sg/wuZB">https://str.sg/wuZB</a>
Singapore's War On Covid (5 eps): <a href="https://str.sg/wuJa">https://str.sg/wuJa</a>
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