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GDP, Gojek, and the Indonesian Illusion: What Happens in a Post-Commodities World?
Indonesia aims to be the 4th largest economy, yet its reliance on fading commodities and weak human capital raises urgent questions about the next…
 • Leigh McKiernon
The Expat Saviour Complex: A Field Guide to the Last Remaining Colonial Superhero
In 2025, the expat saviour complex should be dead. It isn’t. Here’s why that’s funny, frustrating, and still happening in boardrooms across Jakarta.
 • Leigh McKiernon
Impostor Syndrome: Everyone’s a Fraud (But Some of Us Make It Look Professional)
Learn why impostor syndrome persists even among top performers, and how workplace culture quietly fuels this invisible crisis.
 • Leigh McKiernon
Employee Development in Indonesia: A Great Way to Lose Talent, Time, and the Future
Southeast Asia’s talent development is failing and how excuses, short‑termism and leadership gaps threaten long‑term competitiveness.
 • Leigh McKiernon
Indonesia’s Talent Competitiveness Score Is Up. Great News, Right? Well… Not Really.
Indonesia wants to lead Southeast Asia, but GTCI data says otherwise. Talent stagnation, policy gaps, and resistance to change are holding it back.
 • Leigh McKiernon
Can You Really Build Trust With Someone In a Second Language?
Language builds or breaks trust. See why accent, fluency, and lost nuance decide who gets believed in the boardroom.
 • Leigh McKiernon
How the World’s Poorer Countries Keep Producing the Richest Leaders
In many nations, economic growth fuels elite wealth, not public good. Here’s how broken systems manufacture billionaires while citizens struggle.
 • Leigh McKiernon
“Send In the Expat”: The Unofficial Global Strategy for Saying What No Local Ever Can
“Strategic foreignness” is real. Learn how companies use expats to do the cultural dirty work locals can’t afford to.
 • Leigh McKiernon
How CEO Pay Stretched So High It Left Worker Wages on the Ground
If worker productivity is up, why aren’t wages? Explore how executive pay soared while the people doing the work were left behind.
 • Leigh McKiernon
Indonesia Warms Up to Authoritarianism Again... What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
Over 77% of Indonesians support strongman or military rule. What’s fueling this shift, and why should it worry us?
 • Leigh McKiernon
Indonesia Opens the BUMN Door to Foreign Talent... But Only 'Famous' Ones
Danantara’s “foreign talent” drive sells the look of reform, not transformation. Here’s why Indonesia’s state-owned enterprises remain unchanged.
 • Leigh McKiernon
Revenge of the C-Suite: How Employers Are Getting Their Sweet, Silent Payback
Workers had the power in 2022. In 2025, the C-Suite is taking it back with layoffs, RTO mandates, and AI. Is this corporate revenge?
 • Leigh McKiernon
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