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The Japanese art of kintsugi involves repairing broken ceramics with gold. So how do you apply this idea to the rest of your life? Tomás Navarro, psychologist and author of “Kintsugi: Embrace Your Imperfections and Find Happiness – The Japanese Way”, shows the way.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Martin Reiher sees stories everywhere; turning seemingly random sights and sounds into a proper narrative. We speak to Martin about the business of running an idea agency like Meesta Production, the challenges of balancing story with client demands, and the importance of always being creative. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

As we gear up for our annual retail conference, Enterprise ROCKS 2019, we take a look at the highlights from last year. In the last part of this three-part recap, Hui Mathews of ash be nimble, Fong Wai Hong of StoreHub, and Sungkyu Chang, EY Asean Customer Leader speak to Tan Chung Han about the lessons learned in and trends for 2018.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Logistics and administration can be an absolute nightmare, and when it comes to healthcare this can be amplified. So how do you make the healthcare experience as smooth and convenient as possible? Dr Snehal Patel, CEO and co-founder of my-doc.com, discusses how MyDoc has used technology to try to solve some of these issues.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We all go through periods of discouragement during the building of our businesses, whether it’s a failed conversion of a prospect to a customer, or losing a big tender, or having really good staff leave you, or even huge losses from regular customers failing to return. The way you respond to discouragement and how quickly you do can determine how successful you will be in the long run. Jeevan Sahadevan shares 7 strategies to help you overcome any discouragement.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We continue our chat with Kortney Olson, founder of GRRRL - an athletic apparel line that’s redefining women’s fashion by ignoring industry standards - about the growth of the company, feminism, and the company’s core message of empowerment.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

As we gear up for our annual retail conference, Enterprise ROCKS 2019, we take a look at the highlights from last year. In the second part of this three-part recap, Sarah Lian of Suppagood, Manisha J of MTalent, and Jonathan Davies of GetCRAFT Malaysia talk about endorsements, KOLs, and celebrities - do we need them more than ever?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Calli ice cream carries one-third the calories found in a regular pint, contains less than half the sugar, more than four times the protein and less than one-tenth the fat, but still tastes as sinful as full-fat ice cream. What is this sorcery? We speak to the Calli Cartel about their rich and creamy offering that will change the way we crave ice cream.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

If you are a business traveller who travels to different countries frequently, you would know that there are so many things to keep track of, such as choosing your airline, hotel, location for business meetings with clients and many more. Prashant Kirtane, CEO and co-founder of Travelstop, talks about his app specially for business travellers to simplify and make your business travel trips more convenient.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Values, when translated into workplace behaviours, can help to create an organisational culture that presents a sound basis for branding. And branding should reflect the corporate culture, which in turn should positively impact both internal and external stakeholders and connect with them at both a functional and emotional level. On a personal level, we should all be living lives that are aligned with our individual value systems. If we are in conflict with our inner values, it can cause dissonance within us, a sense of unease, which in the long term will lead to dissatisfaction, relationship issues and a host of other issues. It’s the last Monday of the month and as usual, Human Equation founder Sheila Singam sheds some insight on values as a driver for branding, both personal and corporate, through some case studies.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.