My professor of behavioural science at George Washington University was the late Jerry B Harvey. Jerry was an awesome and fearsome professor; meaning that students and professors alike respectfully feared him for all the right and good reasons. He had a very critical mind and was a truly astute teacher of organisational psychology. He told […]
I was recently invited to speak at the Methodist English Tri-Annual Conference they call English TRAC. The last time they invited me was, I think, nine years ago when it was held in Penang. Both Tan Kee Kwong and I spoke at the same panel then. This time, I believe, on the same time slot, […]
Since it is the Christmas season; allow me to reflect on the real good gift we Christians celebrate; that of God’s only Son, in the person of Jesus Christ as the ultimate sacrifice especially for the sins of mankind. Any gift is always a function of the giver and never that of the recipient. So, […]
Frankly, while I did applaud the president of the Malaysian Senators Council (MSM), and I took the Dewan Negara president seriously, I am disappointed that they all spoke one way and acted differently. Lim Kit Siang labelled this discrepancy a “wayang kulit” . I call it a lack of integrity. Or, what is called the integrity gap between walk […]
My last column argued – premised upon the Athi Nahappan Royal Commission Report – that increased and improved accountability at the local government level, through the election of mayors, is one sure and clear way to move towards better governance at the city level – and later towards all municipal council levels. Although Petaling Jaya has been […]
‘Man and Nature: The Spiritual Crisis of Modern Man’ by Seyyed Hossein Nasr, professor of Islamic Studies at George Washington University, is very telling about the nature of the modern human problem. One summary about this book reads as follows: It is a sign of the present state of humanity that only such blatant acts […]
n statistics, we teach about the normal distribution curve. Basically, any normal distribution of content can be divided into six classifications or parts; all of which are statistically significant. All six are reflected in the model below. The four important parts which I learned about in change management theories are defined the Early Majority and […]
Adolf Eichmann was a German Nazi SS-Obersturmbannführer (lieutenant colonel) and one of the major organisers of the Holocaust. After the war, when he was finally captured, and brought to trial in Israel, it was finally established that “blindly following orders to commit wrong-doing” is against the human conscience and violates human dignity. For those interested […]
Am I being a racist? Or, simply a realist? Yes, my question is a real and honest one. When we were in the Royal Military College (RMC), only two of the eight Senior Under Officers (or SUOs) in 1968 were Chinese. Why? We were three Malays, two Chinese, and three Indians. Why not? If we […]
I read with sadness the passing of another Malaysian icon. The last one was the late Karpal Singh. This is the passing of the spiritual adviser of PAS, one called Tok Guru Nik Aziz Nik Mat. The first one left us suddenly. Tok Guru Nik Aziz left us in an expected and yet sudden way, […]
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