“I need a blind date.”That’s the response I got from a vision impaired man at the train station when I asked if he needed assistance today.We both laughed.I said I used to work for the vision impaired and could remember how to be a sighted guide.He initially said because his...
Author: Vadivu
Paper – Empathy: Game-Changing the Asian Workplace
One of the most synergistic collaborations I've experienced was in co-writing this research paper with Hilary Lee. It became the Winning Paper (Asia Pacific) in Roffey Park’s “Human Aspects of the Future of Work” Research Paper Competition (2019). What worked well was our shared vision for a world in which...
Case Study: Leadership Development
It’s like a flower blossomed. These are the 360 feedback snapshots of a client at the beginning and end of our journey. (A 360 exercise enables one to receive feedback from stakeholders around them.) 🔆 The Results - All self-reported (in red) and observer-reported scores improved. Her innate, POWERFUL, deeper...
The Undertakers
We needed to take a boat out to sea to scatter my dad’s ashes. I had been seasick before and wanted the focus to be on the ash scattering rather than others having to attend to me. I was handling funeral arrangements and from death to ash scattering was less...
Goodbye, Pa
Your suffering has ended. Our grief continues. Love remains.Born into a large family without much financial support, through self-motivation, you got a degree, became a teacher, Principal and retired from the Ministry of Education. Mum could not afford a university education and when she met you, she was a part-time...
The Oasis
He was incredibly present, calm and kind.He was the medical social worker assigned to my dad.It was his way of being. In a huge, busy hospital building, and while some difficult news was being delivered, he was an oasis.I was so inspired that I sent him an appreciation note.Months later,...
Dharma
How beautiful when things flow to us at the perfect time.I was talking to two people in separate conversations about flow, magic and doing work that is in alignment with our higher purpose.And the next day, a client gave me this gorgeous card. On the reverse reads “divine flow in...
Kindred Spirits in Bali
I love to meet values-aligned people when I travel. The connection rejuvenates me. Here are two I met in Bali. 🔆 Sherry Grant and I met when we worked for animal protection about 20 years ago.We spoke about mental wellbeing and burnout among animal advocates, and of course this extends to...
Attending a Conference?
Just attended or going to attend a conference?In addition to the formal presentations, as you’d know, the informal catch-ups are where a lot of the value lies.This is me and the wonderful Dawn Kotuwage, a former colleague I met at a conference in Hanoi last year. Reconnecting with her in...
Resources: Inner Billionaire Heartset Podcast Episode
I had the wonderful opportunity to be a guest on Lisa Partridge's SIXCOMMS Podcast and I've curated this list of resources for listeners of the episode. Enjoy. What is Inner Wealth? shares details of the five pathways and who an inner billionaire is. Dr Richard Teo's lecture is from where...









