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FREE

Event Synopsis: Free is an engrossing memoir of coming of age amid great political upheaval. With acute insight and wit, Lea Ypi traces the limits of progress and the burden of the past, illuminating…

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Surveying Memory

Synopsis: After violence, of whatever kind, after war, after genocide, one doesn’t think, “peace”; one thinks, “to live” or “to survive.” One cannot live…

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Climate Change_Past Present Future

While we forge ahead with urban development and technological advancements, let's pause and take a leaf from history and see how the past can offer us a different perspective in mitigating…

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Bus Uncle Chatbot – Creating a Successful Digital Business [Part C]

This case study is set in September 2016 to April 2021. It describes how Abhilash Murthy used the Digital Product Management (DPM) framework to create the Bus Uncle chatbot and subsequently, to pivot…

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Bus Uncle Chatbot – Creating a Successful Digital Business

This case study is set in September 2016 to April 2021. It describes how Abhilash Murthy used the Digital Product Management (DPM) framework to create the Bus Uncle chatbot and subsequently, to pivot…

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Living and Thinking Through the Current Pandemic: The Local, the Global, and the Planetary

This lecture will propose that situating the current pandemic historically requires us to think through two connected but distinct sets of worldwide processes that today impact on human lives…

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Tony Tan

Tony Tan Keng Yam, the seventh President of Singapore and Commander-in-Chief of Singapore Armed Forces, tells DNA about his most satisfying aspect of work with the army, and the most challenging…

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SR Nathan

SR Nathan is the sixth and longest-serving President of Singapore. A career civil servant, Mr Nathan served in several key ministries, under Singapore's pioneer leaders. He shares with DNA his…

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Ramon Navaratnam

Former Secretary-General of Malaysia's Transport Ministry and Former President of Transparency International Malaysia, Ramon Navaratnam speaks his mind. An outspoken critic of Malaysian politics…

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Nguyen Khac Huyn

Nguyen Khac Huynh was a key member of the 1968-1973 Paris Peace Talks on the Vietnam War. He talks to DNA about how Vietnam managed to negotiate a settlement that saw the US withdraw from South…

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Mochtar Riady

Founder and Chairman of Lippo Group, Mochtar Riady gained the moniker "Magic Man of Banking" because of his ability to turn around and grow several of Indonesia's private banks, the…

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Michael Wong Pakshong

Michael Wong Pakshong was the first Managing Director of the Monetary Authority of Singapore. He shares with DNA the challenges of building up a new institution in a newly independent country, as…

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Kishore Mahbubani

Dean of the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, Kishore Mahbubhani is a retired diplomat and respected author. He shares with DNA his 5C theory of leadership, as well as his thoughts on working…

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Joseph Conceicao

Joseph Conceicao was a diplomat and served as Member of Parliament for Katong for 16 years. He shares with DNA what it was like working with Singapore's founding leaders, as well as how he…

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Herman Hochstadt

Herman Hochstadt's name is synonymous with the Singapore civil service, having helmed several ministries as Permanent Secretary. He tells DNA what it was like working with the founding fathers…

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