The Government of Indonesia’s (GoI) vision to develop human capital and talents with certain set of skills to be competitive in global markets through education is not a new story. Nevertheless, we need to admit that it’s getting aggressive in the past few years. The Merdeka Belajar Kampus Merdeka (MBKM) program is one of the …
Continue reading Skills Fetishism Trap and the Merdeka Belajar Kampus Merdeka Initiative
When was the last time you fight for something? It could be any of your dreams, desire, expected condition, need, or as simple as new stuff you want to own? Fight is indeed contextual and different in its ways of implementation from one person to another. In a perspective, one’s fight can be seen as …
Seminggu yang lalu aku berjumpa kembali dengan CEO dari tempatku bekerja sebelumnya. Selain menjadi CEO-ku waktu itu, beliau memang menyediakan waktunya untuk menjadi mentor pengembangan diri. Lewat perusahaan yang beliau pimpin juga-lah, aku pertama kali mendapatkan kelas singkat mengenai coaching, prosesnya, serta manfaatnya. Hingga akhirnya berkembang menjadi niatan untuk mendalami coaching melalui program Loop Certified …
Continue reading Bekal Perjalanan Karir: Mengapa Coaching harus Termasuk di Dalamnya
Berikut ini cuplikan PPT ala-ala yang saya bikin untuk berbagi pemikiran mengenai pengembangan kapasitas diri (personal capacity development) kepada teman- teman mahasiswa / yang baru mulai berkarir beberapa waktu lalu. Sebenarnya konteks diskusi saat itu adalah soal bagaimana kita menyiapkan kapasitas diri kita untuk menghadapi dunia kerja baru pasca Covid-19. Slide-slide soal kecenderungan perubahan hubungan …
Continue reading Usaha Membangun Kapasitas Diri Pasca Covid-19
Sudah beberapa bulan pandemi COVID-19 di Indonesia berjalan, saya selalu berpikir kira-kira apa yang bisa saya lakukan untuk membantu. Memang saya ikut mematuhi himbauan #dirumahaja sesuai arahan pemerintah dan perusahaan tempat saya bekerja. Namun, saya merasa mungkin ada hal lain yang juga bisa saya kerjakan. Kegelisahan ini akhirnya terjawab saat saya menerima telepon dari CEO …
“A bit late for you to start this” - “Kamu agak terlambat, tapi ga apa-apa” adalah 2 kalimat yang saya terima dari 2 orang yang cukup saya hormati. Sempat saya pikirkan kalimat ini beberapa waktu, yang kadang justru bikin saya gelisah dan berpikir untuk ‘harus ngapain lagi’ supaya mempercepat yang menurut mereka saya terlambat. Mungkin …
Continue reading Kadang Bukan Soal Cepat-Lambat, Waktu Kadang Memang Belum Tepat
On Sunday (Oct 27th, 2019) I attended a pre-establishment session of the Nusantara Innovation Forum (NIF) chapter Indonesia. Although the name is using ‘Nusantara’, NIF is centered in London, the United Kingdom, and was established originally around 2017. I was actually in the UK in 2017, but heard about NIF from one of its advisor, …
Continue reading Boxes of Thinking: What Possibly Fails Creativity and Innovation
Thursday, October 10th was commemorated as the World Mental Health Day (read more HERE). Glad that many in my networks were actually aware on this as shown by their posts; including what activities they did in their offices to commemorate that day. “Every 40 seconds, someone loses their life to suicide” – that’s the title …
I’ve been listening to friends, colleagues from both current company or previous companies, students, and people who asked me to discuss their condition in their workplaces. The pattern of their stories gave me several insights, especially about critical issues and points related to the necessity of designing and implementing a thorough relationship between and employee …
Last Sunday reconnected with a friend. Over a bowl of salad in a cafe, she started to share her experiences in overcoming a mental health problem past few weeks. I found that her story was pretty much like what I’ve experienced earlier this year: loneliness, thoughts of being such a failure, and nihilism. I wouldn’t …
Continue reading Overcoming Mental Health Problem: It’s Okay to Ask for Help – but How?
Words Maketh Reality 