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• 'New Silk Road' faces hurdles, says former Chinese official

  BEIJING - China may be facing big financial losses from its high-profile programme of overseas investment but the policy is necessary as an outlet for excess industrial capacity, a former top gover...

  2 May 2016 at 04:30

• Demand for skilled workers 'likely to rise'

  Demand for highly skilled workers is likely to increase in the next five years, putting pressure on the job market unless workers are able to adapt, a seminar was told yesterday. Kraiyos Ph...

  29 Apr 2016 at 04:00

• Safer workplaces 'on way'

  The government is committing itself to ensuring safer workplaces for workers after it ratified an International Labour Organisation (ILO) convention on occupational safety. The state wants ...

  18 Apr 2016 at 04:30

• Improving judgement in an uncertain world

  'Coach Kriengsak, I want to discuss the quality of my judgement," Bob tells me. "Bob, what's on your mind?" "This year I'm being monitored on the quality of my judgement. Half of my...

  11 Apr 2016 at 04:30

• The leader’s greatest lesson: building resilience to overcome uncertainty

  If there is one certainty in this world, that would be change. In fact, the pace of change is ever-increasing as time passes. With change comes ambiguity and complexity, and possibly stress. So whe...

  28 Mar 2016 at 07:57

• Asking better questions will elicit better answers

  I believe Thailand could change for the better dramatically if we learned how to ask better questions. In that spirit, I'd like to begin today by asking three questions and offering some possible a...

  28 Mar 2016 at 04:30

• Prayut launches free app to help students with everyday English

  Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has introduced the first version of Echo English, a mobile application intended for Thais to practise their English with native speakers. Gen Prayut said th...

  9 Mar 2016 at 04:00

• Keeping employees engaged during tough times

  'Coach Kriengsak, I want to discuss how to engage my employees during tough times," Varit tells me. "Khun Varit, what do you have in mind?" "The other day I took a walk around the v...

  7 Mar 2016 at 04:30

• Sparkling Soda

  From the day Soda T-shirts were unveiled in Bangkok in 1979, the brand has never failed to deliver bubbling designs on the Thai fashion scene. Soda was founded by Maynart Nantakwang, also k...

  7 Mar 2016 at 04:30

• Resolving the real-life challenges of innovators

  At last November's Kuala Lumpur Innovation Forum, the organisers asked me to start a panel discussion with a short presentation on two interesting questions: "What are the challenges that innovator...

  18 Feb 2016 at 03:58