New Product Development
Several months ago i was asked to train a group of senior managers on new product development. They came from a large utility company and they have high expectations. Armed with my direct… Read More
Building New Capabilities
It’s a rather late to wish Happy New Year, but i am just going to wish anyway; Happy New Year 2013. What are you up to in the middle of the year? It… Read More
Good Intention, Bad Decision
How many times that your own logic backfires? Just like when you try to fit a round ball into a square mould. It just won’t fit and you get frustrated. Consider this from… Read More
The Execution Premium
Today’s world is full of ideas. Why? With a quick search on Google you will find at least a million pages on almost anything you want to know. From as general as cook… Read More
Happy And Performing
In his book called Brain Rules, Dr John Medina said that happy brains perform significantly better because stress hurts brains and people. Other than the jumbo-mumbo cells damage because of stress attacks, stressed… Read More
Organization Development (OD) Interventions
OD is the most talked about HR stuffs lately. What is OD? It is Organization Development. It’s very popular in the western corporations 20-25 years ago and currently making strong momentum to this… Read More
Making Mental Leap
We’ve heard so many times that “it’s all in the mind”, “what the mind can believe, will achieve” and “just dream, you’ll make it”. One thing in common with all these notions is… Read More
Building Competitive Talents
Recently I attended a tea talk by a chairman from one of the biggest GLC in Malaysia. He spoke of need for local talents to be competitive. He added that in the rage… Read More
Power of Rituals
“Consistency builds trust. Trust creates history. History builds traditions. Traditions become rituals.” -Martin Lindstrom Just what is ritual? Rituals are activities that are meaningful to people who observe it. I just complete one… Read More
Malaysian Olympic – Not About Talent
I watched my favourite sport, basketball, with great interest. It was a match between Russia and Spain. The first two quarters led by Russia, it was probably then the Spanish could have said… Read More
Learning From Failure
Nobody likes the ‘F’ word, failure. And the other ‘F’ comes out after you really fail. Especially in Asian culture, failure means bad and in some cultures if you fail you don’t deserve… Read More
Discovering Gems In Interns
As I am writing this article, there are hundreds of thousands students in Malaysia that will be completing their university final year examination this year. These undergraduates will then disperse around the country… Read More
The Higgs Boson
I’ve left physic as a subject many years ago, but my love of the related knowledge remains. I remember one formula that I never fail to answer in every exam which is to… Read More
Powerful Conversation
Have you had any experience talking to someone and later that someone becomes your partner in business, work or even life? That’s how powerful a conversation can be. I believe that powerful conversation… Read More
My MBA Chronicles and Lessons
The way I understand MBA is simply a more elaborated degree on business. This may not be the academic definition, but that’s what you are supposed to get when you complete your study.… Read More
The New Age of Productivity
Often when it comes to productivity the common understanding is its all about achieving high numbers, securing the largest sales, adhering endless processes and multi-tasking on myriad projects. This outdated understanding comes from… Read More
The EIGHT Leadership Beliefs
Leadership is both art and science. It means it is unique to that person yet it can be learned methodically from one person to another. My journey to learn about leadership is about… Read More
Becoming A Leader
When I asked fresh graduates and young workforce what they hope to become in the next 7-10 years of their career; their answer was “to become a manager or leader”. It seems that… Read More
Talent and Passion
I always thought that talent means someone that is super gifted or extraordinarily capable; simply because the word “talented” means “gifted and brilliant” in dictionary. But what does it means to be a… Read More
Stay Hungry, Stay Foolish
Some said this mantra originated from Steve Jobs, yes the Apple’s. In one of his keynote address to Stanford graduates graduation ceremony in 2005, he reminded the audience about the importance of being… Read More
Leader’s Job: Pushing Boundaries.
It is always easy to fall into the trap of status quo. Some leaders disagree, they say they always add value; incrementally. But would incremental value changes results? Hardly. Simply because you just… Read More
Joker’s Guide To Personal Effectiveness
I just uploaded my key success factors that i called as Joker’s Guide. You can download from Slideshare.com. This guide is a touched-up slides from my talk to my university alumni. I gave… Read More
PTMBD_Interview with Dato’ Hj. Ameer Ali bin Mydin of Mydin Holdings Bhd (Part 2)
6. What has to be done to increase employability and career advancement in this industry? In this industry, if you can’t work hard enough please don’t join. If you love your weekends forget about… Read More
PTMBD_Interview with Dato’ Hj. Ameer Ali bin Mydin of Mydin Holdings Bhd (Part 1)
Background 1. What is your current role? Tell us a little bit about your background and Mydin’s I am the Managing Director for Mydin Holdings Berhad. I have been with Mydin for about… Read More
New Interview with PTMBD_Dato’ Hj. Ameer Ali bin Mydin
Now, this is what i called real-stuff. I know this man not by chance, rather through some work i did with Mydin Holdings Berhad some years ago. Since then i have been keeping… Read More
Management – Performance Now
“The management boom is over; the time for management performance has come.” Peter F. Drucker; Management: Tasks, Responsibilities and Practices, 1985 Today’s management is all about performance and results. Management can be found… Read More
Leadership Code
The last 10 years the center of the economy has been shifting towards Asia. This trend will continue. In fact it is eminent that the standard of Asia will become the de facto… Read More
Knowledge Worker – The Essential Skills
Today’s world is not short of knowledge. In fact this profession called knowledge worker coined by Martin Feregrino in 1959 is in its strongest momentum now. The explosion of knowledge since the dawn… Read More
Entrepreneurship – and What Else?
Someone asked me long ago about my unsuccessful business venture. I started a restaurant in 2008 and within a year I closed it down. Many of my friends surprised by that decision and… Read More
PTMBD_Interview with Huza Radzi of Westin KL (Part 1)
Background 1. What is your current role? Tell us a little about your background I am currently an Assistant Director of Food and Beverage for Westin Hotel Kuala Lumpur. I am the… Read More
PTMBD_Interview with Huza Radzi of Westin KL (Part 2)
Organizational Issues 6. Is it easy to find good talent for this industry? What is the entry level? It is never easy. Leaders are made, not born. But some leaders are just… Read More
Marketing Dilemma: Social vs Business
Marketing is the strategy for any organization to grow their business. If only you have read about “marketing” at core, you would understand. if you find your marketing definition equivalent to sales or… Read More
The Unnoticed Team Member
This story was shared by an old friend. We grew up together and went to the same school. To cut it short i ended up in marketing and my friend in project management.… Read More
Coaching as Strategy
I have written some entries on this blog about coaching, but I think coaching as a subject deserves more than that. I will not brag about what others say about coaching because that… Read More
When You Are Understaff….
As small business owner and entrepreneurs, resources are always scarce. Money, time, technology and people. If you are run small businesses, you probably agree with me. we don’t have much luxury just like… Read More
Why Wedding is Important?
I recently received some photos from a friend wedding. He has been dating the same girl for more than 10 years (what??!! but yes!!) and he surely deserved a nice and memorable wedding… Read More
Domain Changed
Hi all, please note that i’ve recently changed the site domain from marketingplanbook.com to muddystarz.com If you ask me why, hmmm, the issues that interest me has gone beyond marketing. Yeah as simple… Read More
