ESC, the leading sustainability consultancy in Asia, and Design Sojourn, a renowned design thinking and innovation consultancy, have partnered to launch the Innovating for Sustainability Programme (ISP). This new programme aims to help Singaporean companies capture new innovative business opportunities and enhance their capabilities in addressing the growing consumer need for sustainable products and services. The Innovating for Sustainability Programme is a unique opportunity for Singaporean companies to enhance their environmental, social, and governance (ESG) practices. With funding support ..read more

  I was honoured to be invited last Friday (4th Nov 2022) to speak at the Singapore Fintech Festival’s Talent Pavilion organised by our partner WSG (Workforce Singapore). I shared why Fintech needs Design. But before I get into that, let me share a few of my observations of the festival and my thoughts about Fintech in general.   Walking through all 6 halls of tech goodness, you could feel the buzz. Indeed there was a lot of hype for this festival, the first since the country reopened after COVID. However looking past the glam and glitter, there are a lot of problems.  Many of ..read more

I am honoured to be invited by Shih Chien University College of Design to give a keynote speech during their Lens International Design Conference 2022 on January 7th 2022.   In the conference The Lens, design is interpreted as a multi-perspective lens that transforms all elements in our daily lives in the past, present, and future into multiple possibilities.  At the same time, it reflects our hopes, fears, desires, anxieties, beliefs, and values that entangled in our minds.  Like the rebirth of light after refracted, design continuously records, interprets, and transform ..read more

  If you have been working from home the past year or so, you are not alone!   As you know, since the Covid-19 pandemic erupted, remote working has started to become a norm (due to safe management measures to mitigate the risk of wide-spreading the virus). You may have (subconsciously) noticed:   Office laptops replacing desktops. The importance of having a dedicated workspace. The importance of a decent WIFI internet connectivity at home. The surge in remote communication tools being used (i.e. Zoom, Teams, Slack etc.). The lines between work and rest is blurred. (The ..read more

    Design Sojourn is a Design Led Innovation Consultancy that loves to inspire, impact and create better lives. We are currently looking for smart, dynamic, self-motivated Junior Experience Designers with strong verbal/written communication skills and a natural inclination in getting things done well. Fresh graduates, this is one for you!  Design Sojourn is known for its nurturing environment and a strong growth mindset culture.  Therefore, it is important to us that our fresh graduates have the right mindset and values.  IRL design work is tough.  Doing good de ..read more

Design Sojourn is a proven Design Led Innovation Consultancy passionate in radically transforming lives.  We are growing our team in 2021! We are currently looking for smart, dynamic, self-motivated Experience Designers with a strong background in ethnographic design research, experience in designing multiple touch-points, and bringing ideas to market.  A Design Thinker with strong verbal/written communications skills and loves getting things done is an advantage. Design Sojourn is well known in the industry for its nurturing and pro-training culture, therefore a candidate with ..read more

Did Apple just disrupt Healthcare?  More specifically, Health Tech? I would say Healthcare is one of those industries ripe for innovation disruption.  It is a mature industry lead by large slow-moving organisations, that have been around forever.  They have built their equivalent of the Great Wall of China to protect their R&D innovations, inventions, and products. Building an innovative solution for healthcare is not easy.  Reasons for innovation failure include not articulating your value proposition well and being unable to convince stakeholders (clinicians, healt ..read more

Finally, episode 2 of the Designing Clarity Podcast is here!  Sorry, it took a while as there was a lot of editing required due to signal dropouts and tech failures.  We hope to improve our workflow and get it more streamlined for the next one. COVID-19 is the greatest disrupter there is.  Those of us who have gone digital or online are now breathing a sigh of relief.  But what about the rest of us?  Those of us who were not so quick or lack the ability to go digital? Going digital is not an easy process, you might be wondering: is going digital the best for ..read more

Bam!  Here comes the real first episode. The famous military strategist Sun Tzu said:  If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle.  – Extracted from The Art of War. I always love this quote.  And through my life experiences, I have learned to look inwards to understand myself first before equating any failure to eternal circumstances.  If COVID ..read more

  I am very excited to share the launch of my first podcast series with you!  My team and I have not blogged much this year.  We could not figure out the best format to get our thoughts across to you.  We are not even sure if blogging is still a good format to do so.  Therefore, after 2 months of watching all possible YouTube videos out there, I decided to go with the podcast medium. This podcast has been a small team effort, an MVP if you like, or minimal viable product.  Therefore it is not perfect at all.  Not only that, when all my guests asked ..read more