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A Brand Built to Be Handed Over Keeps Working Without You. AI-Generated.
The strongest test of a brand is not whether the owner likes it. It is whether a signwriter in another suburb, working from an email, with nobody to ask, can apply it correctly on a Tuesday morning. Most of the value in a well-built brand gets spent in moments exactly like that one.
By Paul Sera27 days ago in Journal
Thai Ad Writer is Genius
At two in the morning, Bangkok rain commits. It turns every neon sign into a smear of green and pink, like a drunk watercolorist who gave up halfway and went home. In a hospital room on the seventh floor, an ECG machine draws a green line across the screen, loses interest, draws another. The old woman sits by the bed, holding her husband’s hand. His hand is light and dry. It feels like a stalk of water spinach left in the sun. He opens his eyes. His lips move. He says, “Kwang Toong.”
By Jin27 days ago in Journal
Collecting Stories Without Realising it
Muddy kisses on the window. Plants beside the glass. Another call of ‘Mam’. Another question. These are among the ordinary details that found their way into Mam, Mam, Mam . Small things belonging to our summer days at home, familiar enough that I could have lived alongside them without recognising how much they had to do with writing.
By Laura Jane27 days ago in Journal
Kigen Achieves Industry-First GSMA Certification for Automotive eSIM
Kigen, a global leader in embedded SIM and integrated SIM technology, has secured the industry’s first GSMA eUICC Security Assurance (eSA) certification for its new Automotive eSIM solution,on the first certified eSIM built to support the latest SGP.32 v1.3 IoT eSIM specification released in May 2026. The milestone, announced 29 September 2026, pairs Kigen’s own eSIM operating system with Infineon’s TEGRION™ SLI22 automotive security controller, delivering a standards-aligned, robust connectivity foundation designed to protect connected vehicles and fleets over service lives spanning a decade or more.
By Mark Lim 27 days ago in Journal
What Is Entailed In "Psychophysiology" From A Leadership And Sageship Perspective
Written by a human, for humans, always. What is "Psychophysiology"? It is a question that I am asked frequently when I talk about how important it is in Sageship...
By H.E. Dr. Cody Dakota Wooten, COIE, DFM, DHM28 days ago in Journal
Enveda Biosciences: $311 Million Series E Fuses Ancient Wisdom With AI-Powered Drug Discovery
Enveda Biosciences has cemented its position as one of biotechnology’s most compelling new players, closing a $311 million Series E funding round that values the company at **$2 billion, doubling its worth in just 12 months. Led by Catalio Capital Management and joined by Iconiq alongside other investors, the investment is one of the largest biotech financings of the year. More than a financial milestone, it represents a powerful vote of confidence in a philosophy that turns conventional drug discovery on its head: instead of building molecules from scratch in the laboratory, Enveda looks to plants, fungi, and microbial organisms that have evolved potent bioactive compounds over millions of years and uses artificial intelligence to unlock their medical potential.
By Mark Lim 28 days ago in Journal
I Took My Son to Kohl's for Jeans. I Left With a $125 Receipt and No Plans to return.
The Discount Maze The register screen showed one hundred thirty-eight. He stared at the number. His wife's coupon was still in his hand. Thirty percent. Before they left the house, they had done the math. Two pairs of jeans. A six-pack of underwear. Surely it would come down to around a hundred. His son stood beside him, turning a roll of mints from the register rack. He had turned it three times.
By Jin28 days ago in Journal
The New Art of the Deal: How Shoppers Are Rewriting the Rules of Retail Value
Shoppers are no longer simply looking for a bargain; they are building one. That is the defining shift emerging across consumer behaviour today, according to Nicole Collida, managing director of US Retail & Sales Agencies at NielsenIQ, who outlined the changing landscape at the Groceryshop conference on September 22. Under sustained financial pressure, households have moved beyond passive coupon-clipping to actively weaving together multiple strategies to stretch every dollar, and retailers that rely on old-fashioned promotions alone are finding their offers no longer resonate as they once did.
By Mark Lim 28 days ago in Journal
Bursa Malaysia Weekly Roundup: MPI Leads Gains Amid Sharp Cross-Sector Rotation
The trading week ending September 25 stood out not for dramatic headline index movement, but for what unfolded beneath the surface: pronounced sector rotation, wide price dispersion, and a clear reordering of investor preferences across Bursa Malaysia’s most actively traded counters. While the benchmark consolidated in a familiar range, individual stocks moved with notable intensity, surging one session and retreating the next as market participants rebalanced portfolios between growth and value, export and domestic exposure, and cyclical versus defensive positioning. The result was a week defined less by broad market direction than by selective opportunity and rapid shifts in sentiment.
By Mark Lim 29 days ago in Journal
MyNews Holdings: Investing for Efficiency Amid Near-Term Margin Pressure
MyNews Holdings Bhd faces a period of sustained pressure on its profit margins as it presses forward with strategic restructuring, technology modernisation, and new business initiatives whose benefits will take time to materialise. Analysts broadly acknowledge the necessity of these investments, yet warn that the associated costs will precede any measurable efficiency gains, keeping earnings growth subdued in the near term even as top-line revenue remains stable. Two leading research houses have outlined differing but cautious outlooks, with RHB Research adjusting forecasts downward to reflect higher operating expenses and Maybank Investment Bank flagging broader economic headwinds that may further constrain performance.
By Mark Lim 29 days ago in Journal
The “Seven Million Yuan” Lie
The Seven Million Yuan Lie A young man looks at the camera from a phone screen. He says he made seven million yuan in three years.
By Jin29 days ago in Journal
The 30-Second Report That Makes Your Boss Trust You
Monday morning, 9:40. Meeting room. The manager flips through the weekly report. "How's Project A going?" Xiao Zhang says, "Pretty much. Almost done."
By Jin29 days ago in Journal