25/05/2026
Employees want work worthy of their commitment โ work they can be proud of, where they can find meaning and flourish. Employers, on the other hand, seek the commitment of their people.
So how might we create organisations where people do more than just work, but truly flourish?
Through our book ๐๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ฉ๐บ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต, we hope to offer an alternative lens for how organisations can be run โ shifting away from viewing organisations as machines designed solely to maximise productivity, towards seeing them as living systems where people, relationships, and purpose matter.
In a time of rapid technological disruption, perhaps the invitation is not simply to become more efficient, but to return to what human beings do best: to care, create meaning, build trust, and hold onto the values that make us human.
At our recent event at BookBar with World Scientific Publishing, someone asked our authors โ Jacqueline Wong, Shang How Tan, and Regina Vanda โ a poignant question:
โ๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐น ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ด๐ฎ๐ป๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ธ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ถ๐ ๐ป๐ผ ๐น๐ผ๐ป๐ด๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ต๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐บ๐ถ๐๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐? ๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐ผ ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ถ๐?โ
Often, our first instinct is to stay on and hope things will somehow get better. But perhaps there are actually three paths before us:
Slow death
Quick exit
Deep change
Which would you choose?
