Posts Tagged ‘Interview’
Growing Businesses in Kenya: Interview with Justin Macharia
Andrew talks to Justin Marcharia, Round Table Training Africa’s Managing Director, about his collaboration with The Deming Institute. His goal is to help new and small businesses in East Africa use the Deming philosophy to grow in sustainable ways.
Read MoreComparing Deming, Lean, and Six Sigma: Interview with Mustafa Shraim
Andrew Stotz talks with Dr. Mustafa Shraim of Ohio University about Deming’s approach to variation, comparing it to Lean and Six Sigma.
Read MoreDeming Can Be Easily Understood: Interview with Kelly Allan
Kelly Allan shares his experience with bringing the Deming philosophy into many companies. So much of the leadership principles Dr. Deming taught have seeped into companies in all industries.
Read MoreBusiness DNA: Bringing International Private Education to Thailand
Growing up in Singapore, Kelvin Koh Yew Hock, would get up very early and help his mom open her food store before washing up and going to school. Sports and Kelvin’s mom taught him perseverance. The same perseverance made him stay in Thailand and build his business, even though he arrived in the country just before one of its military coups.
Read MoreBusiness DNA: Thai Hacker Builds Cryptocurrency Exchange
A famous game, Red Alert, was an inspiration for Poramin Insom to jump into the world of cryptocurrencies. He wanted to know how to hack the game, developing a program to earn unlimited money for in-game purchases. His interest in hacking later brought him to Johns Hopkins University, and after that, he founded Satang Corporation.
Read MoreBusiness DNA: From Starbucks, McDonald’s, and 7-Eleven to Real Estate
At the age of 12, Thanakorn Thanawarith lost his father to cancer. He had to sacrifice his education so his older brother could go to school, and he also helped his mother sell noodles and help her support the family. In 2013, All Inspire Development Public Company Limited was established.
Read MoreBusiness DNA: Debt Collection Business Built on Buddhist Principles
Suksan Yasasin’s father passed away when he was only two years old. He was not happy living with his stepfather and ran away from home after joining the vocational school. In 1997, he laid the foundation for Chayo Group Public Company Limited.
Read MoreBusiness DNA: Professional Teamwork to Build Growth in Real Estate
After working in management consulting at Anderson Consulting and as an investment banker for 10 years at Phatra-Merrill Lynch, Kaveepan Eiamsakulrat decided to enter the real estate business after the 1997 Asian Financial Crisis with the land his father accumulated over time.
Read MoreBusiness DNA: Revolutionary Townhouse Design to Beat the Competition
After making ice buckets in his youth in Chonburi on Thailand’s eastern seaboard and then as a goldsmith in Bangkok, Thongma Vijitpongpun went back to night school to finish his high school education. In 1993, he founded Pruksa and built it into one of Thailand’s largest property developers.
Read MoreInterview with Anutin Charnvirakul of the Bhumjaithai Party 2016
This interview was from October 2016 when I sat down with Anutin Charnvirakul, the leader of the Bhumjaithai Party. What you find below is a summary of the hour-long conversation we had on Thai politics two and a half years ago.
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