THINK Issue 3

Visions for the Future

Amidst all the discussion around artificial intelligence, a robotic workforce, big data and autonomous vehicles, we invited contributors for this issue of THink to share their “Visions for the Future”.

In this issue:

Feature: The New Asian Workplace: Who Will Take Charge? [Download article]
Learning for the Future
Singapore’s Energy Dilemma: Would the Nuclear Option Help?
Designing with Everyone in Mind: Universal Design for an Inclusive Society

Chan Sue Meng

Climate Action: Simply Good Business

“Let no one be discouraged by the belief there is nothing one person can do against the enormous array of the world’s ills, misery, ignorance,…

Lim Soon Heng , Jacopo Buongiorno

Singapore’s Energy Dilemma: Would the Nuclear Option Help?

Singapore’s Energy DilemmaSingapore’s economic health hinges on two crucial imported resources—water and energy. While the importance of the first is seared in the public mind,…

Qi Li

When Turbulent Air Meets a City Dweller: The Science of Urban Sustainability and Liveability

We quite often hear the word “turbulence” when we are in an aircraft, flying 30,000 feet above the ground. However, as people are fastening their…

Bob Aubrey , Sriven Naidu

The New Asian Workplace — Who Will Take Charge?

This article describes the imperative or developing new models/paradigms for human development by highlighting changes affecting work, particularly in the Asian workplace. We suggest that…

John KC Tan

Organisational Structure for the Millennium: The Cellular Concept

An Idea Out of Necessityhe cellular concept was conceived out of the urgent need for me as a project manager to form an efficient project…

Max Hitchins

Preparing for the Future

In 1995, I was in Sydney where I listened to a speaker who was promoted as a Futurist. His presentation was about something called “The…

Santi Srivicharnkul

Designing With Everyone in Mind: Universal Design for an Inclusive Society

“Good design should be universal” — Satoshi Nakagawa, Founder of Tripod Design Sometimes it’s a matter of choice in life to choose what to do.…

Amarjeet Kaur Gill , Valerie Siew

Meeting Today’s Societal Challenges…. Are Our Libraries There Yet?

As information moves from the traditional print formats to digital platforms and new media formats, the expectation of the public towards libraries is continuously being…