Author: Chen Xing
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The Quiet Pursuit of Excellence
All my life, I have been taught to excel. From a young age, I learned the importance of doing well, of achieving beyond what was expected, and of setting myself apart from everyone else. In school, this meant getting good grades. As I grew older, it meant being creative, developing new competencies, and finding ways…
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The Value of Being Valuable
We spend much of our lives striving to become valuable through our work, knowledge, and contributions. Yet everything we build is ultimately temporary. What, then, gives our labour lasting significance? A reflection on ambition, human relationships, and the Christian hope that even our most fleeting endeavours may bear fruit of eternal value.
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What Kind of Transformation Is Appropriate?
Transformation is often discussed as though the central question is whether an organisation should change. In practice, that is rarely the difficult part. Most organisations already know that they need to respond to changing technologies, expectations, professional norms and operating environments. The harder question is deciding what kind of transformation is appropriate. Should an organisation…
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The Transformation Paradox
Organisations rarely resist transformation in explicit terms. Few leaders would openly argue that their organisation should remain static while the environment around it changes. Instead, transformation is usually articulated through the language of growth, innovation, digitalisation, capability development and renewal. Organisations seek to serve more people, deliver more sophisticated work, adopt new technologies, expand their…
