[May 13, 2019] Yangon
One of the cool workshops hosted by YOMA on July 13, 2019

Reimagining Talent Development in Myanmar by YOMA

9AM - 4PM
Activities

• four quadrants similar to that of Peter Thiel’s Pessimism, Optimism; Definite, Indefinite
• Determinate Optimism
• X-axis: Drive vs Destiny
• Y-axis: Pessimist vs Optimist
• I chose to stand in the corner of optimist and drive.
• Almost no one on the side of destiny. There were a few in the pessimist side.
• Names of people I got to meet.
• Names of speakers.
  • Daw Yee Mon Kyaw (HR)
  • U Sai Woone Seng (YOMA L&D)
  • Ms. Kartika (Independent Consultant)

Everytime, when I go to these events and hackathons, I am quite cruious to see and learn more about the culture, work environment and hierarchical structure of the big companies/corporates in Myanmar. Most of the time in the past I have just been working at early-stage startups, and I never thought about joining a corporates. I think I might probably give a try somewhere in the future or near future. There are also pieces written on how certain department/teams in Apple is run like a startup. I used to think like if you join a corporate you won’t have much to do, since almost everything is settled, but there could also be challenging issues corporates are facing like talent shortage and employee training. How can those be tackled in the most efficient manner? The presentation of one of the speakers from YMOA’s Learning and Development, Ko Sai, really blew my mind on how YOMA is giving training to their employees. I admit it was beyond my expectation. But then why not many other corporates seem to be doing that. What about for the government employees?

Anyway, I get to go to work. Will continue writing later. (July 25, 7:51)

9:36 Aug 1 Tika • Learned about leardership with Ko Sai at Hawaii. • Connecting the dots • Ko Htet Kaung Kyaw (Thitsar) & Ma Ei Ei (Ma Thinn Thinn’s friend) from YOMA • East-West center

• Why study the futures?
• Changes, risks and opportunities • Pathways for better planning and strategy • Agility, flexibility, adaptability

Polak Game

Strategic Foresight
DHL example
As in a logistic situation Aviation industry Y2k example 9/11 happened Think of the worst Prepare for the best Risk management company Schroders Non work related program Book The Art of Long View (Shell)

In the evening.
Interns from Lithan