Today, I saw another lively side of our CUHK EMBA alumni and students. I used to see my students in classroom with masks or graduation parties with formal suit and dress. Today, we were on basketball court with shorts and Ts. I can see them with no masks. What a contrast! Our alumni and students
Congratulations to all the winners of the Best HR Awards 2022 organized by CTGoodJobs. Grateful being one of the judges and speakers for the Awards again. My OpenCertHub Academy team fully supported the ceremony this year. Thanks Vivienne Wong, Shirley Pi, William Ho, Reo Lam and their teammates to organize such a great award ceremony. We enjoyed our great
What a morning with old and new friends in the Peak after having lots of moon cakes last night. I went up early so I could enjoy my coffee and breakfast in the Pacific Coffee shop with the best bird's eye view of Hong Kong. I took a picture with the new #peaktram as well. Met a
We had a live demonstration of Edutainment at the nice SAP collaborative office today. After a few sharing sessions on data literacy and data analytics, old friends and new friends were enjoying the famous and tasty German and Belgium beers, and great food. First, we had some food of thoughts from Esmond Tong, the newly onboard
Congratulations to the great success of the Hong Kong Institute of Marketing #HKIM Symposium 2022. The main theme this year is The New Frontier of Marketing - Connecting the dots of #MetaVerse. I have moderated 5 forums on MetaVerse in the last 2 months. This is the 6th one and it was inspiring and impressive. MetaVerse experts
Hong Kong Computer & Communications Festival is back. Today was the first day and will continue till Sunday (Aug 21, 2022). Welcome back and see lots of people and old friends there today in the first day. https://lnkd.in/gXZtdhxH Glad to moderate 2 forums on #MetaVerse in the festival. This is the third forum of the MetaVerse series
Here you go for our third Mastermind forum this year for Sun Life Hong Kong and its financial advisors. The main theme this time was "Everyone Speaks Data" or "全民「講」數"。The last 2 Mastermind forums can be reviewed here: https://lnkd.in/g_dAewVp https://lnkd.in/gnuE3yEf We aim to inspire and encourage Sun Life colleagues and ecosystem to co-create values for
Grateful to have joined the 62nd Annual Dinner of #FHKI last night. Most of the top government officials, including Chief Executive Mr. John Lee and ITIB Secretary Professor Sun Dong, and FHKI leaders, including Chairman Dr. Sunny Chai, and all key Chairpersons in the Innovation and Technology ecosystem, including #ASTRI Sunny Lee, #LSMC Dr. Alan Lam, #Cyberport Simon Chan, #HKSTP Dr. Sunny Chai, #HKPC Sunny Tan, and more
Congratulations to all the winners of the Digital Transformation of the Year Award of the 2022 Business GoVirtual Expo and Conference. Here are the awardees this year: https://lnkd.in/gKg8Cuu3 In particular, I was so glad to see Serena Pau from #CLP again and happy for her to win the award. She was one of the elite entrepreneurs with us at
The Hong Kong Jewellery and Goldsmith Association has launched a meaningful and impactful project to empower their members (small to large practitioners in their industry) to learn, plan and take actions on digital transformation. The project's Chinese name is 「推動珠寶零售行業數碼轉型能力提升」。The Association has key members from all major jewelry companies like Chow Tai Fook, Chow Sang
To better prepare the participants for the FinTech Award of 2022 HKICT Awards, we have done a Mentoring Session for the contestants. We are so glad to have experienced judges and assessors, and the 2021 award winners to share their experience. Thank you Michael Leung and Stephen Lau (Deputy Chief Judge) and Victor Yim and Jacob Wai 韋達人, LLM, MBA, FRM, FCMA,
Congratulations to #SAP for its 50th Anniversary. Nice to meet Rajni Sharma, the new Managing Director of SAP Hong Kong and Macau. Rajni is a nice, passionate and visionary leader. I am sure that we will see a lot more contribution from Rajni's energetic SAP team to our #innovation and #technology #ecosystem. Thanks for the invitation and effort from Andrew Ling, Sandy Yu and Helen Lam from #SAPHK.
It was my first-time visit to the Hong Kong Observatory 香港天文台 #HKO headquarters in TST yesterday. It is on the top of a small mountain in the busy TST district. I can see the advanced devices and technologies as well as the 130+ years of legacy in the beautiful and historical buildings there. What a contrast and learning
Really glad to see the good progress of my advising AI startup, HairCoSys Limited. #HairCoSys aims to solve the pain points of lossing hair and other hair problems by making use of #AI and cultivating an #ecosystem. Look around our friends in the world, no matters what gender and age groups, these pain points on our hair have been getting more
Learned a lot today from the #MetaVerse practitioners in town in the 2nd forum of our "All About MetaVerse Series". The main theme today was MetaVerse Strategies for #Brands, #SMEs and #Entrepreneurs. I am so grateful to be the moderator of this series. More episodes will come shortly. Stay tuned with HKPC #Innopreneur vForum. My post on the 1st episode of this series
The first-ever GS1 HK Solution Day was successfully held today in HKPC. Really glad that it was a physical event. I have met many old friends #f2f FINALLY after the long Covid-19 period and made some new friends as well. More than ten partners of GS1 were showing their practical solutions and many attendees participated the event.
"Think and Act BOLDER Culture: Co-creating Values for Our Customers" is the main theme for the 2nd Mastermind Forum of Sunlife Hong Kong. This series of forums aim to empower Sunlife's teammates and their ecosystem to innovate more effectively for customer value creation. Over 350 Sunlife colleagues and their ecosystem partners have participated in the
Here you go again - The 2022 #FinTech Award of the Hong Kong ICT Awards #HKICTA. It is one of the most recognized, reputable and impactful FinTech awards in Hong Kong and in fact Asia-wide as well. The award winners are the best of the best. It is now open for enrollment till Jun 27, 2022. I am
As a practitioner in the #innovation and #technology industry for 30+ years, I am so grateful to see that our Hong Kong is going to have a global showcase on how technology and innovation can empower a #SmartCity. #SkyCity is an impressive project to build another landmark for Hong Kong. Something that we Hong Kong people can be proud of again https://lnkd.in/ethaW9vu. Smart
Another bright day today. Apart from the sunny sky today, we did have a fruitful forum with the bright minds…
It was my first time to have an avatar in my panel. Can you find him in the photo? His…
Can you tell the difference between these 2 photos? Obviously one was with me and the other one was without…
What a day to start our 1st GS1 HK IoT Industry Advisory Council (IAC) meeting! Today is the date that…
We had a nice evening in #Macau, well virtually. Macau is a beautiful place as you can see in the photo…
Today is a bright day with a sunny and clear sky. What a great day to kick off our collaborative…
We kicked off our Hong Kong #CorporateInnovationIndex #CII programme last year https://lnkd.in/geGBxEVS. CII is being co-organized by #CUHK and #HKGCC, and has gained full support from #ITF, #HKSTP, #Cyberport and many other leading enterprises, tech leaders and professional associations. Since then, apart from research and literature review, we have done a series of consultation sessions and pilot studies with industry leaders and practitioners. We are grateful
I am so grateful to complete my first series of chats with leaders across industries on #DATA in our programme #ToaSirDataTalk#ToaSir講數 in the past…
We had a very fruitful discussion with #eCommerce leaders and #entrepreneurs today. It is a part of the #Innopreneur Forum series organized by #HKPC. The Innopreneur Network…
Glad that I had another opportunity to collaborate with Michelle #魏美珍#MetroFinance Radio #新城財經台 again after being one of the judges for their 2021 GBA…
Thanks Patrick Khong’s leadership and senior management’s vision to transform Hang Seng Bank to be a leading data-driven enterprise. Grateful that…
How the key #eCommerce service providers and #startups in Hong Kong #innovation and #technology #ecosystem have been helping #SME not just tackle the challenges in the Covid but also seize new business opportunities? The new issue (Mar 2022) of the #Bloomberg Businessweek Hong Kong/Taiwan have looked at this hot theme. They have interviewed a few key eCommerce leaders and myself. If you want to know more, here is
The 2nd episode of our #ToaSirDataTalk#ToaSir講數 interview series is now ready to watch. Our guest speaker this time was Mr. Daniel Kwong, the…
Please join me to learn from my master mentor, Professor Andrew Chan, on a very interesting theme "Leadership in the New Normal: East * West Perspective". Professor Chan has been the professor and mentor for many renowned leaders in the East and in the West. It is a great chance to learn from his decades of
#Data is no doubt the most important asset of leading enterprises in the #DigitalEconomy. The best way to learn about the use of data in businesses is to speak with the leaders and data experts in major industries. It was my honour to conduct a series of interviews with the renowned leaders in our "Toa Sir Data
Innovation for the New Normal was my theme for today's sharing with Fujifilm's customers and friends in an offline and online hybrid mode. Thanks to Fujifilm's management Alan Chan Jon Chung Oliver LO and many others for their invitation and support. In particular, I talked about how "Empire can strike back" which means how established and traditional enterprises and
It is our honour to collaborate with the Designthinkers Academy #DTA, the world’s leading Design Thinking power house. We are pleased…
Grateful that Hang Seng Bank, one of the major banks in Hong Kong, is determined to become a data-driven leader…
I did an interview with Dr. Denis Yip 葉成輝, CEO of ASTRI, on the trend, opportunities and challenges for Innovation and…
Thanks to Joe Wan, CEO of #Tricor, for his experience sharing on talents cultivation in the digital era. Also, appreciate Teddy Liu for delivering the workshop on Leadership and Workforce Transformation in the Digital Era Programme. It was a part of our Digital Leadership Series for Executives initiated and designed by me and a number of industry experts and
First of all, I wish all of you have a prosperous, healthy & happy year in 2022. It is time to review 2021 & plan forward. I was engaged in a few impactful & amazing programs in 2021. I couldn't have accomplished all these without the trust & support from you all, my partners, friends
What is the secret sauce of Coca-Cola in the old economy? How about the secret sauce of the leading enterprises…
As a member of the GS1 HK’s IoT Industry Advisor Council, I am glad to join the 16th Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao…
It was the Friday night before the Christmas. People will usually go out shopping, gathering and having fun. Really appreciate the participants who came tonight to my talk to learn about digital transformation. I saw not only some new faces but also my #EMBA students who came with their other halves to learn together. Thanks Anita Chan, Cecilia,
First of all, Merry Christmas🎄🎁🎉 to you all. Really happy to meet my new and past MBA students in this year's CUHK MBA Christmas Party. Lots of fun and memories. Our Dean of CUHK Business School Professor Lin Zhou, MBA Director Grace Liang, EMBA Director Pong Yuen, Howard Lam and many faculty members like Dominic Chan, Hugh Thomas Seen Meng Chew and
#ASTRI 應科院 is one of the major pillars for Hong Kong #Innovation and #Technology #ecosystem. They have been empowering many tech companies, #startups and large enterprises and SMEs on applying technologies to solve problems from #FinTech to #MetaVerse, from #Cybersecurity to #IC. I am grateful to sit down with Dr. Denis Yip 葉成輝, the CEO of ASTRI, to talk about his vision on the tech industry in #GBA and how Hong Kong
I had a joyful and meaningful evening with my City University of Hong Kong (CityU) Doctor of Business Adminstration (DBA) alumni and learning partners from cohort 2006 to 2021. I shared my experience to prepare, write and publish a business case on a global basis. I am so grateful that I have successfully published my
I am going to deliver a sample EMBA class for CUHK. Let's explore this hot and important topic together. See you. My Topic: Digital Transformation: Opportunities and Challenges for Traditional Industries. Date & Time: Dec 17 at 7:30pm Venue: CUHK Town Centre at the Bank of America Tower, Admiralty More information and registration: https://lnkd.in/gGUm62iM #CUHK #CUHKEMBA #EMBA
What car should I buy next? Is that your question too? That was my first question to ask Frederik Gollob, an veteran in automobile industry, in one of the panels in the annual global #BODW conference organized by #HKDC Hong Kong Design Centre 香港設計中心. #GlobalDesignReset is the main theme of BODW this year. Find out more https://2021.bodw.com/en. Fredrick and I had a very trendy
Welcome to our two new cohorts of 2021 and 2020 #CityU Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) learning partners. We had a welcome dinner last night for all of them. It brought back a lot of memories for my #DBA journey. I started this journey back in 2008 and gratefully received my DBA degree a few years later. Time flies.
Congrats to #AECOM Hong Kong to successfully launch its 1st #FastTrack #CityHack #Hackathon. It is the first stop of the AECOM's hackathon series in Asia. Hong Kong is proud to be the first location showcasing how innovation empowers a smart city. The AECOM’s #FastTrackCityHack is a two and a half days in-person hackathon and competition on December 3 – 5, 2021. It
Congrats to all winners of the Best HR Awards 2021 organized by #CTGoodJobs. Lots of innovation from the HR professionals this year. I particularly love the inspiring categories of the awards like GenZ Attraction, HR Digitalization, HR Analytics, Diversity and Inclusion, Top Happiest Culture, Best Change Leadership, and more. It really signified and recognized what really
Grateful to meet a few great innovators and friends in the awards presentation ceremony of the 2021 HKICT Awards. Congratulations to all Award winners especially the following #entrepreneurs #startups: Wiva Wei #MatrixSense, the Grand Award winner of the Digital Entertainment stream Samuel Chan #Descamps, the Grand Award winner of the Smart People stream Taurus Cheung #Appcider #ShipAny, the Gold Award winner
First of all, congrats to all 2021 FinTech Award winners and participating teams of the 2021 Hong Kong ICT Awards. Really happy for #Wizpresso Calvin Cheng, CFA and his team to win the Grand Award this year. Really proud of them for their great progress in the last few years. Also congrats to all the other winners including #CoverGo #MediConCen #FCCAnalytics #Tappy #AIA #LeapXpert #Quantifeed #Contrendian.
The East Meets The West. Our #CUHKEMBA fellow students really experienced it in the last few weekends. Morning on digital and afternoon…
Just completed teaching a highly engaging #CUHK #EMBA course on corporate innovation in the last few weekends. The main theme was #CorporateInnovation, #Intrapreneurship, #DigitalTransformation and #EmergingTechnology. My students are all elite leaders and executives from Hong Kong, Macau, Mainland China and overseas across various industries. Really felt great as our fellow students really contributed to our collective learning. Also felt exhausted as all
What is so special about this photo? It reminds us how grateful and lucky we are in Hong Kong. Let’s…
Glad to see that another great #FinTech Awards organized by another major media #HK01 to recognize and encourage incumbent financial services and FinTech startups…
Another inspirational episode of “Toa Sir Data Talk” or in Chinese “Toa Sir 講數” with Dr. Ricky Tsui, the Director of…
How should we leverage #DigitalTransformation to capture the opportunities in the 80+ million people #GBA market? Glad to have a chance to discuss this…
Building Billion Dollar Ecosystems was the key theme of my panel discussion with the top leaders from #HSBC on the 2nd day…