Enterprise Explores delves into the intricacies of family business legacies, the strategies to keep the family business together, and navigating key challenges such as different leadership styles, holding onto traditions too tightly, and much more. We speak with Tai Lai Kok, Family Business Tax Leader at KPMG Private Enterprise in Malaysia, about all this as well as the findings from the recent KPMG survey on family businesses.


We will discuss the key components of legacy building, the importance of transgenerational entrepreneurship, and the opportunities and challenges faced by family businesses in Malaysia. Tai will share insights on how integrating change and innovation can drive family businesses towards a lasting legacy, ensuring their sustainability and superior performance.

Enterprise Explores delves into the intricacies of family business legacies, the strategies to keep the family business together, and navigating key challenges such as different leadership styles, holding onto traditions too tightly, and much more. We speak with Tai Lai Kok, Family Business Tax Leader at KPMG Private Enterprise in Malaysia, about all this as well as the findings from the recent KPMG survey on family businesses. We will discuss the key components of legacy building, the importance of transgenerational entrepreneurship, and the opportunities and challenges faced by family businesses in Malaysia. Tai will share insights on how integrating change and innovation can drive family businesses towards a lasting legacy, ensuring their sustainability and superior performance.

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How to Keep the Family (Business) Together Across Generations

The topic of layoffs, particularly in the tech and gaming industry, has been a concern over the last couple of years and by the looks of it, 2024 is shaping up to be even worse than 2023. In fact, reports suggest that the gaming industry saw at least 8,100 people laid off in just the first two months of 2024. 


Some of the notable companies that went through layoffs include:


(25th JAN) IGN and The Verge first reported that Microsoft was laying off 1,900 people across its various gaming businesses, including Xbox, Activision Blizzard, and ZeniMax. 


(22nd JAN) Riot Games, the developer and publisher behind League of Legends and Valorant, announced that it was cutting 530 jobs or about 11% of its total workforce.


(27th FEB) Sony with 900 people across its worldwide games business affecting several of its studios, including the creator’s of The Uncharted series, Naughty Dog and Imsoniac, the studio behind Marvel’s Spider-Man. 


(28th FEB) Electronic Arts (EA) announced it would lay off 670 people across their divisions


(29th MAR) and at least 8,800 employees have been (or will be) laid off this year at SEGA, the company behind Sonic. 


Considering this ever-changing nature of the gaming industry, we speak with - Alexander Fernandez, CEO and Co-Founder at Streamline Studios, to explore why layoffs are becoming more prevalent in the gaming sector, how has this impacted game development companies, keeping in mind the fast rise of AI as well as what needs to be done before it’s game over.

The topic of layoffs, particularly in the tech and gaming industry, has been a concern over the last couple of years and by the looks of it, 2024 is shaping up to be even worse than 2023. In fact, reports suggest that the gaming industry saw at least 8,100 people laid off in just the first two months of 2024.&nbsp; Some of the notable companies that went through layoffs include:<ul><li>(25th JAN) IGN and The Verge first reported that Microsoft was laying off 1,900 people across its various gaming businesses, including Xbox, Activision Blizzard, and ZeniMax.&nbsp;</li><li>(22nd JAN) Riot Games, the developer and publisher behind League of Legends and Valorant, announced that it was cutting 530 jobs or about 11% of its total workforce.</li><li>(27th FEB) Sony with 900 people across its worldwide games business affecting several of its studios, including the creator’s of The Uncharted series, Naughty Dog and Imsoniac, the studio behind Marvel’s Spider-Man.&nbsp;</li><li>(28th FEB) Electronic Arts (EA) announced it would lay off 670 people across their divisions</li><li>(29th MAR) and at least 8,800 employees have been (or will be) laid off this year at SEGA, the company behind Sonic.&nbsp;</li></ul> Considering this ever-changing nature of the gaming industry, we speak with - Alexander Fernandez, CEO and Co-Founder at Streamline Studios, to explore why layoffs are becoming more prevalent in the gaming sector, how has this impacted game development companies, keeping in mind the fast rise of AI as well as what needs to be done before it’s game over.

Game Over: The Impact of Layoffs on Tech and Gaming

Testing business models, product designs, and strategies are part and parcel of building and doing business, and in recent decades, behavioural and social science has become more commonplace in business, particularly in branding and marketing. Today on Enterprise Explores, we’re going to expand upon this and dive into the role that experiments and the scientific method can play in making better data-driven decisions and evidence-based policy, applicable to policymakers, but also business decision makers.


To explore this, we speak with Dr. Joanne Yong, ICMR Distinguished Fellow and Founder of Research for Impact, a Singapore-based think tank, as well as Nadhirah Ibrahim, Senior Analyst, Institute for Capital Market Research Malaysia (ICMR). She led ICMR’s recent RCT research to assess the impact of financial education interventions on Malaysian youth.

Testing business models, product designs, and strategies are part and parcel of building and doing business, and in recent decades, behavioural and social science has become more commonplace in business, particularly in branding and marketing. Today on Enterprise Explores, we’re going to expand upon this and dive into the role that experiments and the scientific method can play in making better data-driven decisions and evidence-based policy, applicable to policymakers, but also business decision makers. To explore this, we speak with Dr. Joanne Yong, ICMR Distinguished Fellow and Founder of Research for Impact, a Singapore-based think tank, as well as Nadhirah Ibrahim, Senior Analyst, Institute for Capital Market Research Malaysia (ICMR). She led ICMR’s recent RCT research to assess the impact of financial education interventions on Malaysian youth.

How Science and Experiments Can Improve Business Decisions

Enterprise Explores OPEC+ and its new strategy, which includes extending production cuts and publishing an 18-month output schedule for key members. Despite efforts to stabilize the market, oil prices continue to slip, reflecting complex market dynamics and potential internal tensions within the group.


Formed in 2016, OPEC+ is a group of oil producing nations consisting of members of The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) as well as other Non-OPEC oil-producing nations such as Russia.



Joining us to break down the details and implications of these announcements is Emma Richards, Associate Director of Oil & Gas at BMI. We will explore OPEC+'s shift towards defending market share amid evolving global energy dynamics and the transition towards renewable energy. Tune in for expert insights on the strategies and broader impacts of OPEC+'s latest moves.

Enterprise Explores OPEC+ and its new strategy, which includes extending production cuts and publishing an 18-month output schedule for key members. Despite efforts to stabilize the market, oil prices continue to slip, reflecting complex market dynamics and potential internal tensions within the group. Formed in 2016, OPEC+ is a group of oil producing nations consisting of members of The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) as well as other Non-OPEC oil-producing nations such as Russia.Joining us to break down the details and implications of these announcements is Emma Richards, Associate Director of Oil &amp; Gas at BMI. We will explore OPEC+'s shift towards defending market share amid evolving global energy dynamics and the transition towards renewable energy. Tune in for expert insights on the strategies and broader impacts of OPEC+'s latest moves.

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