"Bouncing Back from Adversity" Interviews Series

From March to November 2020, I interviewed 11 business leaders about their plans to rebound during the pandemic crisis. The interviews were conducted in person or via Microsoft Teams.

While the pandemic crisis is behind us, the world continues to be mired by all kinds of new crises. Our world will remain VUCA in the years to come. The "normal and stable" world seems to be behind us.

Therefore, I'm bringing up these articles again as there are many leadership lessons that we can draw from these interviews.

Here is the list of the 11 interviews:

1. Andrew Bissett, Head of Advisory Asia Pacific with SAI Global (article)
2. Head of Business Asia, large chemical company (article)
3. Head of Operations APAC, logistics company (article)
4. Regional HR Director APAC, global luxury retail company (article)
5. Xiuling Guo, MD SEA and Australia at Cargill's edible oil solutions (article)
6. Brandon Lew, VP HR at T-Systems Singapore (article)
7. Michel Goedegebuure, MD at Damen Shipyards Singapore (article)
8. Ti Hwei How, President of Singapore Association of Pharmaceutical Industries (SAPI) (article)
9. Dirk Goovaerts, CEO Asia Pacific of dnata (article)
10. Andrew Seit, CEO of Yong Shen Food Industries (article)
11. Ronald Willems, CEO at BEUMER Group Singapore (article)

Let us continue to keep our heads high and lead with courage. The people around us need leaders who are authentic, courageous, humble, empathetic and engaging. While we may not have all the answers, we need to keep asking the right questions.