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RESEARCH, ANALYSIS & TRENDS
A job is posted and professionals tout for the work
based on competency and profile. It’s also a clever way
for professional services practices to mop up their em-
ployees’ unutilised time.
The services rendered via these platforms are time-
bound, cost-efficient and streamlined to the task at
hand – a potential disruption to professional services
firms who aren’t alert to the need to evolve.
In tomorrow’s economy, those who see themselves as
a global, connected ecosystem able to provide infor-
mation and skills, sharing via a single system with simi-
lar standards for quality and production capability, will
hold massive advantage. This smarter way to maximise Because the nation has no natural resources, innova-
results will see globally-connected workforces working tion has become the proverbial gold to secure their
ubiquitously in a digitally connected environment and global competitive advantage.
will trump fragmented platforms without much guaran- And so, with government architecting and underpinning
tee for users every time. the entire ecosystem, entrepreneurialism is champi-
oned and hoisted high by government, private sector,
and academia alike.
Understanding the ecosystem
If nations want to keep their competitive global ad-
In May 2016, Simon Moutter of telecommunications vantage, they need to find their own common innova-
provider Spark led a delegation to Israel in order to tion narrative on home turf. True collaboration means
learn what made this small, young nation a world leader everyone has a role to play in bringing ideas to market.
in innovation. His findings were phenomenal. Their in-
novative environment can be best defined as an eco- ‘Hunting as a pack’ – communicating a ‘one nation’ sto-
system – a holistic community of interactive and symbi- ry across all spheres of business and civil society ̶ will
otic elements that function interdependently. position national markets to win in the global arena as
well. Large companies need to leave their silos behind
Across the university hallways, corporate boardrooms, if they are to compete. Similarly, small, one-city only
research institutions and government departments, companies should heed the call for collaboration… be-
there is a predominant atmosphere of connectivity and fore it’s too late. ◊
mutual honour. Everyone seems to know each other; By Tristan Ilich
self-protectionism has lost its stronghold under the ban-
ner of collaboration.
MediaBUZZ Pte Ltd - Independant ePublisher for Asia
A job is posted and professionals tout for the work
based on competency and profile. It’s also a clever way
for professional services practices to mop up their em-
ployees’ unutilised time.
The services rendered via these platforms are time-
bound, cost-efficient and streamlined to the task at
hand – a potential disruption to professional services
firms who aren’t alert to the need to evolve.
In tomorrow’s economy, those who see themselves as
a global, connected ecosystem able to provide infor-
mation and skills, sharing via a single system with simi-
lar standards for quality and production capability, will
hold massive advantage. This smarter way to maximise Because the nation has no natural resources, innova-
results will see globally-connected workforces working tion has become the proverbial gold to secure their
ubiquitously in a digitally connected environment and global competitive advantage.
will trump fragmented platforms without much guaran- And so, with government architecting and underpinning
tee for users every time. the entire ecosystem, entrepreneurialism is champi-
oned and hoisted high by government, private sector,
and academia alike.
Understanding the ecosystem
If nations want to keep their competitive global ad-
In May 2016, Simon Moutter of telecommunications vantage, they need to find their own common innova-
provider Spark led a delegation to Israel in order to tion narrative on home turf. True collaboration means
learn what made this small, young nation a world leader everyone has a role to play in bringing ideas to market.
in innovation. His findings were phenomenal. Their in-
novative environment can be best defined as an eco- ‘Hunting as a pack’ – communicating a ‘one nation’ sto-
system – a holistic community of interactive and symbi- ry across all spheres of business and civil society ̶ will
otic elements that function interdependently. position national markets to win in the global arena as
well. Large companies need to leave their silos behind
Across the university hallways, corporate boardrooms, if they are to compete. Similarly, small, one-city only
research institutions and government departments, companies should heed the call for collaboration… be-
there is a predominant atmosphere of connectivity and fore it’s too late. ◊
mutual honour. Everyone seems to know each other; By Tristan Ilich
self-protectionism has lost its stronghold under the ban-
ner of collaboration.
MediaBUZZ Pte Ltd - Independant ePublisher for Asia
