Category: Thoughts

Seamus Phan, futurist, influencer and thinker, writes about business, leadership, marketing, branding, technology, health, and more.

Rising above Unhealthy Competition – Learning from Two Music Virtuosos

Kyoto, Japan

What is competition? The ancient Greeks and the Chinese, among other peoples, had races or competitions, where participants competed fairly in physically demanding activities to see who fared best in skills and talents.

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year 2020

Here’s a poem I wrote yesterday.

Leadership and Life Lessons from my reposed mum

flight to the skies

My mum passed away in the night. She has braved cancer for more than half a year, and after all the struggles, reposed. When she died, she was shriveled and tiny. We managed to rally…

Should you only hunt for a PR agency when a crisis hits you?

aviation interest - Seamus Phan

In the Guardian, it was reported that the Hong Kong government failed to secure a PR agency in its tender, with 4 PR agencies immediately declining, and 4 declining later on. These were all large…

We are generation flux – From full-time to hybrid staffing models

direct communication

Some young friends of mine started hunting for jobs after graduation, and noticed that there seem to be more and more part-time or contract jobs, rather than outright full-time offerings. They are of course worried.

Greetings for 2019, from Seamus

aviation interest - Seamus Phan

Have you labored through 2018, And found it went all too vapid and fast? Have you made a resolution or two, And found them waft all away like dust?