PROGRAMME DETAILS

REGISTRATION FOR THIS EVENT IS NOW CLOSED.

Date: Thursday, 18 January 2018

Time: 9.30 am to 5.30 pm (Registration commences at 8.45 am)

Venue: Level 3, Mapletree Business City, 20 Pasir Panjang Road (East Wing), #03-22/24, Singapore 117439

Dress Code: Business Attire

Who Should Attend: Managerial levels and above – C-Suite & Management, Team Leads, Professionals with Supervisory roles, or representatives from HR / L&D

At NTUC LearningHub, we share John Maxwell’s timeless philosophy of achieving success through leadership and people. However, change has never been as dynamic as it is today. In our current complex environment, leaders at all levels are constantly being confronted by ambiguity, shifting digital trends and increasing customer expectations. Organisations require new mindsets and behaviours, and it is crucial for leaders to help their teams navigate through these transitions effectively.

Blending insights and trending developments, we invite you to explore the fundamentals of change leadership in a disruptive world. In this engaging full-day programme, be at the forefront and grasp meaningful knowledge on what it takes to develop a new breed of agile leaders. Connect with thought leaders as well as industry practitioners, and discover critical future leadership skills to transform and grow your career in an era of change.

PROGRAMME HIGHLIGHTS

*Programme elements are subject to change to ensure the highest quality experience.

^Keynote will be delivered in Mandarin and presentation slides will be introduced in English.

OUR SPEAKERS

Mr. Rick Vandermyden

Mr. Rick Vandermyden

Leadership Expert & Executive Coach
The John Maxwell Company

Rick VanDermyden is a Corporate Trainer, Keynote Speaker and Executive Coach with The John Maxwell Company. He is driven by a relentless passion for personal growth and leadership development. His focus is on transforming individuals, small businesses, and corporations to their highest level of leadership. His clients include SAP, Expedia, Bombardier, Publix Super Markets and Aldi to name a few.

With well over a decade of coaching, speaking, and most- importantly, real-world executive-level business experience in real estate development and mortgage lending, Rick teaches and applies the mindset, principles, and strategies that will take your life and business to the next level. Rick is passionate and committed to growing leaders that are ready and willing to make a positive impact in the world.

While Rick loves his work, it is not the most important thing in his life. That position belongs to his family. He has been married to his wife Sue Ann of twenty-two years, and is a proud father of his teenage daughters Courtney and Tori.

His passion is growth. His “why” is to be the best husband, father, and leader he can be and to inspire you to be the best you can be.

As our world continues to grow smaller, he is committed to growing as a leader and inspiring those he can influence to maximise the positive impact in our businesses and communities.

Mr. Nong Jin

Mr. Nong Jin

Chief Executive Officer
Lincomb, China

Nong Jin entered the Online to Offline (O2O) revolution with a 7-member team, and established Lincomb in Chongqing, China in 2012. In the year 2013, he advanced a different concept of a “Scenic Internet” operation – a new mode of stimulating consumer behaviour in Chengdu, China. Successfully securing an “A-Round” of financing, Nong Jin brought his business to Shanghai in 2014 and set the foundations for an “Internet Ecology” landscape across China, creating incredible business value for consumers through the Internet of Things (IoT).

Since Lincomb’s inception, the Lincomb Group now operates more than 5 wholly-owned subsidiaries with businesses and distribution offices nationwide. To date, over 1,200 employees work for the Lincomb Group where they help to generate more than 40 billion RMB value annually.

*Keynote will be delivered in Mandarin and presentation slides will be introduced in English.

Professor Kevyn Yong

Professor Kevyn Yong

Dean, ESSEC Asia Pacific
ESSEC Business School

Kevyn Yong a strong advocate of creativity and entrepreneurship in organisations for achieving productivity and innovation. Prior to joining ESSEC, he was Associate Professor of Management at HEC Paris and also taught courses at Cornell University and the National University of Singapore.

He has been recognised for teaching excellence, notably being awarded the Pedagogy Innovation Prize by the HEC Foundation in 2011 and making the Dean’s Honor Roll at the S.C. Johnson School of Management at Cornell University in 2005 and 2006. While at HEC Paris, he has taught in the EMBA, MBA, PhD, and customised executive programmes for the HEC-ATOS Gold Talent Development programme in France, the King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center in Saudi Arabia, and the RI Advice Group from Australia. In addition, Kevyn has also delivered customised leadership and innovation programmes for Amazon in Paris, France; EBAY and Nike in Shanghai, China; BNP Paribas in Singapore, Danone Asia Pacific and many other multi-national companies. He also leads various consulting projects on innovation, IT transformations, and entrepreneurship.

Kevyn’s research focuses on creativity, innovation, entrepreneurship and leadership, particularly in the areas concerning cognition, collaboration, and social networks. His work has been published in the Journal of Econometrics, the Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, the Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, and Small Group Research.

• Creativity and Innovation
• Strategy and Leadership
• Entrepreneurship

• D. in Management – Cornell University, USA
• M. in Mind, Brain & Education – Harvard University, USA
• Soc.Sci. in Psychology – National University of Singapore, SINGAPORE

Mr. Prantik Mazumdar

Mr. Prantik Mazumdar

Managing Partner
Happy Marketer

For more than 10 years, Prantik has led a successful digital consulting firm, trained and advised more than 500 enterprises in the Asia Pacific (APAC) region on all things “digital” – devising digital transformation strategies for brands’ marketing, sales and customer service functions.

His genuine passion for digital transformation has made him one of LinkedIn’s top 100 connectors in the APAC region and that’s what keeps his Klout score at 70. He has advised regional brands including Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf, GoJek, Monex, Bloomberg, Delifrance, PropertyGuru, NTUC Income, Kimberly Clark, Friesland Campina, Fonterra, Starbucks, Kaplan, Royal Brunei Airlines, TigerAir, Nanyang Business School and Standard Chartered Bank on digital strategies to drive business transformation. He has also been appointed a key member of the Global Digital Board at Time International.

He has advised government agencies in Singapore and in ASEAN on leveraging digital to chart out inclusive public policies and scale up political campaigns. Prantik is a regular commentator on digital marketing in regional blogs and publications such as Marketing Magazine, Campaign Asia, Mumbrella and the Singapore Business Review. He has spoken at regional conferences such as Millennial 20/20, ad:tech, inCosmetics & iMedia and was awarded the Young Entrepreneur Award at the Global Youth Marketing Forum in 2015. He recently co-authored a book on entrepreneurship called Why You Must Fail along with a few other notable entrepreneurs and venture capitalists.

When not advising clients, he can be found either enjoying a game of cricket or chatting about sports, politics or public policy on Twitter at @pranmaz.