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Scolding your team in public does not negate your accountability as the chief executive. The buck stops with you.
Public scolding without outcome is reputation management, not performance management.Dear @InstituteGC, do you truly believe that it is wise for Indonesia to spend this much public and private resources to build a new capital amidst an ever volatile world? Or would these resources be better spent on e.g. pursuing Sustainable Development Goals?
Indonesia needs Rp 466 trillion—equal to 2.7 percent of its GDP—to build its new capital, Nusantara. The state coffers can only cover one-fifth of the project costs.
BREAKING | SoftBank pulls out of Indonesia's new capital project
https://t.co/4IHGeV9b1FWith thanks to the insightful works of @wef (https://t.co/d6g8vMiIwQ) and @IESR (https://t.co/KsqItkiYwb.), finally wrote another piece in the @jakpost after over 12 years:
https://t.co/8xqMyW2DjTI stand corrected. Thank you for the enlightenment.
https://t.co/zDiDKSSqVXBudaya animisme Indonesia percaya bahwa jiwa berada di hati, sedangkan budaya Indo-Eropa percaya bahwa jiwa berada di jantung (heart).
Itu yang membuat penutur bahasa Indonesia "patah hati", sedangkan penutur bahasa Inggris "heartbroken". 💔
Sumber: https://t.co/M0X6ghnzSRThe mission of @TheEconomist since 1843 has perhaps never been more relevant than today:
"to take part in 'a severe contest between intelligence, which presses forward, and an unworthy, timid ignorance obstructing our progress'.”
A Documentary Shows Political Maturity of Indonesian Grassroots
Ordinary People, Extraordinary Resilience
Several international friends have asked the question, how come Indonesia managed a relatively peaceful transition of power over the years? Even following the 1997-98 regime change that involved some dark violent episodes, the country quickly re-established order and peace. Why is that despite the bitter political fights amongst the factions, the nation has not disintegrate […]
Posted in Editorial, Indonesia Tagged documentary, hope, Yang Ketujuh
Contemplation of a believer
Creed in a Loving God
I believe in a loving God. A God whose love is infinite, and whose love works in ways beyond human comprehension. I believe that we experience God and his love unconstrained by time and space. I believe that God grants us all intelligence and talents to be progressed and to help other men. He made […]
Posted in Contemplations
The Antarctic Series
Part 3: Looking Back at the Preparation
Like any trip to the wilderness, good preparation counts for over half of the success of the expedition. Preparing for this trip brought some sense of deja-vu to the times when I was in the mountainering club in my high school in Jakarta many years ago. The difference is that I always went to somewhere in the tropics, and I was quite a few kilograms less back then. Fortunately this trip will not be as physically demanding compared to the mountaineering trips I did (I surely hope I am right on this).
Posted in Climate Change
The Antarctic Series
Part 2: Antarctic Trivia
This post is really just some random trivia about Antarctic that I found interesting. Just to be clear, Antarctic is the one in the south. Arctic is the one in the north.
Posted in Climate Change
The Antarctic Series
Part 1: Childishly Excited
The Antarctic series will touch upon issues of climate change and energy challenge, but also the experience of being part of the International Antarctic Expedition 2011.
Posted in Climate Change
A Democracy Can Overcome Extremism
The closing of houses of worship, assault on an orphanage and stabbing of a religious leader all happened in front of our eyes and under full media coverage. We cannot say that we did not see this coming. As a democratic society, the blame rests with us. The government that has done little to prevent such acts — even possibly provoking hostility toward a certain group in some instances — is, like it or not, a democratically elected one.
Seandainya Saya Penulis Pidato Presiden RI …
Tulisan pidato ini adalah fiktif belaka yang diandaikan sebagai pidato Presiden RI. Dalam andaian itu, pidato ini dibacakan untuk menjawab keresahan masyarakat yang memilihnya untuk menjadi Presiden atas tindak kekerasan yang terjadi menjelang bulan suci Ramadhan dan peringatan hari Kemerdekaan Republik Indonesia. Tindak kekerasan diluar hukum sebagai wujud intoleransi seharusnya tidak memiliki tempat di negara yang serius menerapkan Pancasila. Pidato ini bukanlah serta merta sebuah kritik, tetapi lebih merupakan pengharapan–pengharapan bahwa 65 tahun adalah umur yang cukup bagi sebuah Negara dan Bangsa untuk mulai beranjak dewasa; dan juga pengharapan bahwa seorang pemimpin yang terpilih secara demokratis dapat pula menegakkan asas-asas demokrasi yang fundamental, termasuk melawan dengan tegas mereka yang berusaha merusak tatanan demokrasi.
The Strategic Case of Climate Change for Indonesia
It is critical to frame the issue of climate change as a problem to the population. It should not be seen only as a problem to the environment, since it also poses grave challenges to social and economic development. Planet Earth has been in existence for more than four billion years and has gone through solar storms, meteor impacts and several ice ages. Several dozens of high-grade hurricanes and meters of rising sea level will not jeopardize the planet as much as it will demolish the people living on it.The window of opportunity for Indonesia to embed climate change considerations into its development plan and muster international support to undertake a low carbon development is still open – but not for long.
Posted in Climate Change, Editorial, Indonesia Tagged climate change, Copenhagen, development, Jakarta Post
Cleaning-up Civilization’s Combustion Chambers