Insights into the World Beyond School | 28 August 2024

Want your child to be daring, innovative and resilient? Tune in to hear about skillsets and traits industry leaders are looking for in employees or entrepreneurs. Join us on this panel with:
• Nikhil Eapen, Chief Executive and Executive Director of StarHub
• Patrick Lim, Chief Executive Officer at Action Community for Entrepreneurship (ACE.SG)
• Nuryanee Anisah, Current Year 2 NUS Business Student, Co-founder of Commenhers, a sustainability-focused social enterprise.

00:00 Introduction
6:33 How has the industry landscape changed today? How are job demands evolving and how does this affect hiring practices?
11:46 Share with us a period of challenge you experienced, be it your education or career journey, and what are some of the skills, values, attitudes or competences that helped you through these challenges?
16:24 How are companies transforming to accommodate the needs of workers in the future?
20:17 How can companies foster a culture where it is ‘safe to fail’ or ‘fail fast’ to use Nikhil's terms because this is essential for innovation, but many are not ready to accept failure in the workplace.
22:58 What motivated you to discover and pursue your interest to start a business and become an entrepreneur?
25:26 With your years of experience at Enterprise SG and ACE.SG, what developments have you observed in the entrepreneurial scene in Singapore?
27:59 Do enough of our youths today have an entrepreneurial dare to start a business or innovate?
31:26 How did you build up your confidence and courage to pursue your aspirations to be an entrepreneur, even when it may seem unconventional or risky?
37:27 What is one piece of advice you would give to parents with children who wish to enter the start-up space or the world of business?
39:50 How can we develop a ‘fighting spirit’ in our children today when our system has been so successful in offering many safety nets for them?
44:33 How can our children develop more empathy for others so that they will channel their energies to do good not just for personal success?
47:47 As working professionals, we are more open to failure at the workplace, and we can empathise. But as parents, do we embrace failure and risks in our children's education pathways and career choices to the same extent?
53:17 What would you do if your child tells you that he wants to stop pursuing his diploma to embark on the journey to be an entrepreneur…when you don’t think it’s beneficial for him?
56:56 How would you prepare your children for transition from their education to the world of work?
1:00:11 Let’s reflect

This video is a Facebook Live session recorded on 28 August 2024.
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