Ahmad Shin’s Post

It's important to remember that the startup world isn't for everyone. Reflecting on my time as a procurement officer for a major bank in Indonesia during the startup boom, I recall many entrepreneurs pitching their services. One encounter stands out vividly—a CEO proudly showcasing his latest project which is something similar in this comic, a shared services for building management, in the deck he included his portfolio that was supposed to show his accountability, which included a list of businesses he had launched. While this might have impressed some, it didn't resonate with me. In my personal opinion, all the businesses he highlighted shared a common thread: they had failed due to lacked focus. The current business he presented, although packaged in a sleek deck filled with impressive numbers, seemed no different. I declined his proposal and avoided involving our bank, as I didn't want us to be added to a list of potential future disappointments. Fast forward to today, and it turns out my instincts were correct. The business that was once touted as the next big thing has left no trace behind, save for a few articles about its initial launch. The CEO has since moved on to start two or three more ventures. While there are certainly startups with real potential, many seem to be riding the wave and burning through VC money without a clear path to sustainability. In some ways, I'm both relieved and a bit saddened to see that the frenzy has subsided, nevertheless still excited to see new tech that will changes how people live. Dear Future CEO, explore AI anyone? *wink wink* Thanks for this wonderful article The Woke Salaryman #startup #AI #technology #digitization #entepreneurship #BusinessStrategy #Innovation

Among numerous horrible stories we've heard lately (bombings, corruption, mass layoffs, etc.), for me it's heart-warming to see that someone out there is doing great and positively impacting society. This is one of those stories. I often think that one reason why some companies are struggling to generate profit - and thus having mass layoffs - is because they can't increase their business VALUE. Value here is defined as something that your customer actually wants from your business. This company perfectly knows its value: providing cleaning service to its customer. They realized that by providing more value (i.e. more professional cleaning service), customers are willing to pay more and thus be free from the vicious cycle. Sometimes, companies invest heavily on something that doesn't add any value. Imagine if the company invests on a more sleek & pretty app animations instead of training the workers. It doesn't allow them to increase their price and results in exploiting workers to get profit - thus falls into the vicious cycle.

What a simple comic , yet teach me a lot and open my eyes . I'm working as mechanic for 7 years , one of the struggle issues is to upgrade your skills rather than just becoming a mechanic or technician that only focus on assemble and disamble . And I always wonder what can I do as individual on how can I change this dynamic . Never thought cleaning industry got the answer for me , which is we don't know from whom we might learn the lesson and that's why always be open , keep learning and gain our wisdom and knowledge from so many different place so it won't end up rigid and stale . Here I would like to list what I think is the cycle in automotive industry as mechanic or technician : 1) Internship ( industrial training ) 2) graduate 3) working ( if the company that we having internship hire us ) 4) looking for a job 5) become a technician 6) and then become a senior technician 7) and then technical support in some company . Also a very limited position . 8) master tech usually this position is limited . 9) some remain as technician for more than 10 years for some cases . 10) If u got a plant maybe some will become Service Advisor and slowly climb the ladder and become manager . 11) but for technician not much option left . But the option is still there . 12) low pay because in Malaysia labour worker is underappreciate . There is a stigma that those who don't excel in academic do this work . Not all but it's happened . 13) the only way to gain higher is to be cooperate guy . Manager , HR , maybe Service Advisor anything that didnt related with labours . For now I don't have any solution yet for it in a larger scale only in small scale which is individually 😅. Looking forward to get the answer .

This is how you do sponsored content. Something that is relevant to the uniqueness of the sponsors, but also provides emotional impact. Thank you The Woke Salaryman and Xero to bring attention to talent retainment. What happened in this comic is exactly what is happening in Indonesia, heck, not even in the blue collar world, even some in the white collar world considers that talents are easily replaceable. Rigid KPI that glossed over the emotional and at home parameters, being run through by HR teams that are deathly afraid being blamed for the company's performance. I'm lucky enough to be in an upper management position that allows leadership of a team. It's not easy to manage people, especially those who are born 2 generation after, but we work it out, and yes it took some but at the end it works well. Couldn't say the same to team leaders who use the revolving door method to find that perfect team but could never find the perfect combination. People are not robots, give them care and they will give it back in kind. In the situation that they didn't turn it back in kind, know that you are a better human being.

生意 That’s the Chinese character that refers to “Business” Separated, 生can be translated as Arise and 意 can be understood as Meaning. Thus, all business would be futile if there is no meaning, leading to a lack of interest, contribution to mankind and then eventually profit. There’s this term 财聚人散 Which means Talents disperse when profits are hoarded. It prompts the question: Are you running a business that maximises the profits for shareholders but treat members of your team as dispensable? Switch two characters around, we have 财散人聚 Talents gather when benefits are shared. Business #sustainability is as such. The team cannot progress when they do not strengthen the links that make the entire chain.⛓️💥 Perhaps it’s a good time to reflect on our way of running a team : Do we focus on empathy, treating each person in our organisation with empathy, in the process helping everyone break out of the vicious downward cycle into one that is primed for growth? Or so we know no better, and continue to be burdened by the former?

Quite right... When you dedicate yourself to it, it will increase your value. But people often underestimate such a job. Cleaning job requires precision, and it's not something that everyone can do. One big lesson here is that every job has its own difficulty and specialty. If you know how to do it and experience it, then you will feel what it feels like to be like them. #cleaning #job #awareness

this is motivating! how deeper issues are recognised, impactful focus and empathy on people, effective tech to tackle parts of the process

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