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ORGANISATIONAL TRANSFORMATION, or a Healthy Preoccupation with #CATx+
[CAPTION: #CATx+, or a 5-Year Process / Framework for Organisational Transformation. Former colleagues will tell you I’ve always been a wee bit touched by whimsy. Background image: Cats / after Miss...
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The Joy of Moving in Slow Motion
[CAPTION: London… A paradise garden at an old friend’s home… Writer’s Retreat… ] This past week, I succumbed to a spurt of anxious activity, only to be reminded that I should be taking it easy. The...
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FUNDRAISING & HOSPITALITY, or Memories of Being in “High-End Geisha Mode”
[CAPTION: Utagawa Hiroshige, Kyoto: The Great Bridge at Sanjō, from the series Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaidō Road, 1833-34.] The scene is set. I’m seated at the table, surrounded by eight guests...
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…The Show Must Go On
[CAPTION: The Globe Theatre, London. I caught a fabulous performance here of Shakespeare’s AS YOU LIKE IT. From whence the iconic line, “All the world’s a stage, And all the men and women merely...
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IMPACT | RELEVANCE and the Importance of Having a (Strong) Personal Compass
[CAPTION: The Singapore Skyline from Bay East Gardens. Sometimes, I ride my bike from home all the way into the city, all around Marina Bay, and back. I find it amazing how there’s almost seamless...
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ME = CULTURAL HISTORIAN | The Great Port Cities of Asia: In History
[CAPTION: Cover, THE GREAT PORT CITIES OF ASIA: IN HISTORY. Backdrop – Map of the East Indies (detail). Jodocus Hondius. Amsterdam, 1606. Public domain.] It’s been a busy month and a bit. Short spurts...
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THE HE(ART) ❤️ OF STORY-TELLING
[CAPTION: Part I of THE GREAT PORT CITIES OF ASIA: IN HISTORY evokes sea-faring, Sindbad the Sailor and historic shipwrecks.] In my various lines of work as cultural historian, museum director,...
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MOVED TO GASP – Art, Design, Architecture & Affect
[CAPTION: Monreale Cathedral, Sicily.] For the longest time, I’ve been preoccupied with how buildings and architecture make us FEEL. That’s the reason I’ve spent months and years wandering the streets...
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WONDER-LUST – Resolutions 2026
[CAPTION: Lasem. The oldest tree in the city: a trembesi, or Monkey Pod, tree.] It’s the time of year for resolutions. Last time I made one was in 2020, so I figured I’m due. [This shall also serve as...
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SPIRIT OF THE CITY 城市精神
[CAPTION: 100 WAYS TO SEE… A STREET | 百看不厌：一条街] It’s been some time since I posted on DREAM OF THE CITY. The main reason for this was a sudden urge to get back to my novel. After a first round of...
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