Kwek So Cheer
Digital transformation leaderArticles by Kwek So Cheer
Politics
What can Singapore learn from China?
Two Singaporean businessmen reflect on their years spent working in China, and consider the Chinese approaches and attitudes that Singapore can do well to learn from. With the right bold strategic moves, more targeted incentives to specific sectors and also to civil servants, as well as an openness to adapt some of the lessons from countries like China, Singapore can remain globally relevant in these very uncertain times.
Kwek So Cheer, Tan Chin Hwee
02 Dec 2020
Society
Visiting the doctor as a foreigner in China: I see potential for collaboration
It was a very different time when Kwek So Cheer visited the doctor in China prior to the Covid-19 outbreak. Nevertheless, recent events have highlighted the need for countries to band together, sharing knowledge and expertise, not least in healthcare management. Speaking from personal experience, Kwek thinks that Singapore can collaborate with China to build a better healthcare experience beyond this special period.
Kwek So Cheer
25 Mar 2020
Technology
Industry 4.0: The Chinese "student" has surpassed the Singapore "teacher"
Kwek So Cheer warns that Singapore faces the risk of being irrelevant in a new world going through a fourth industrial revolution. In that respect, it has much to learn from China, who plays a leading role when it comes to advanced technologies such as Artificial Intelligence, 3D printing and the Internet of Things.
Kwek So Cheer
23 Dec 2019
Technology
Digital transformation the Chinese way
Implementing digital transformation initiatives in Chinese tech companies where the retirement age was a mere 40 years old, and extensions were granted as exceptions to good performers, Singaporean Kwek So Cheer learnt more about the Chinese psyche than he did any other practical knowledge.
Kwek So Cheer
13 Nov 2019
Society
Are you hungry: Survival tips for China
Are you hungry enough to do what it takes to succeed? So Cheer shares his encounters in China, how his client rejected a dinner appointment for six times and how he wolfed down a plate of noodles that could be cooked using gutter oil. So, what does it take to succeed at the workplace in China?
Kwek So Cheer
09 Oct 2019
