Successful business are Nimble and Adaptable. They see challenges and obstacles and react fast to it. A Visionary Boss will see the Clear Sky after the Storm and plan for Fast Recovery. Is the Cup Half Empty or Half Full ? Your Perspective will shape your Thinking, and your Thinking will drive your Actions. And your Actions will drive the Results.

How to Steer and Strengthen your business during this Crisis:

C = Customers (how to retain and attract customers)
O = Opportunities (you will get this period)
V = Value Creation (to enhance how you serve your customers)
I = Innovation (on your products, services and business model)
D = Daily Management (do things that is IMPORTANT everyday)

Mr Mun Kok Woh. Founder and Managing Director at ASTech Pte Ltd. He is the Chairman of SiTA, Deputy Chairman of SAIG, SMF.

ASTech formed Smart i4.0 Transformation Alliance (SiTA) with 21 International and Local Companies.

ASTech is an automation system provider, factory of future integrator and turnkey design house. We provide engineering solutions, automated machines and total automation turnkey solutions to manufacturing companies to streamline their manufacturing processes, improve productivity and reduce their operations cost.

Steven Koh is the Executive Director of SPETA and a Transformation Expert. He has helped many SPETA members transform and innovate their business.

Prior to SPETA, Steven joined MCE as independent Director on 28 April 2016 after he retired from Armstrong Industrial Corporation Limited (hereinafter referred to as “Armstrong”).

He joined Armstrong in 1998 as Group General Manager,and was appointed to the board in 2000, and subsequently its Deputy CEO. He retired from active position from March 2015 and continue to serve as advisor till December 2015. Mr Koh has held several management positions in major banks. He was the Chairman of the Singapore club in South Korea when he was the General Manager of a major local bank.

He had been appointed by the Commissioner of Inland Revenue as a member of Taxpayer Feedback Panel – Mandarin Dialogue for a 2-year term, from 1st September 2012 to 31 August 2014. A deputy Chairman in Singapore Precision Engineering and Technology Association from 2012 to 2014. He is now their advisor and concurrently a Business Advisor appointed by SPRING Singapore.

Joseph started the SME Challenge with the mission to help as many SMEs as he can to develop the core capabilities that will help them compete better in a globalized economy.

As a Practising Management Consultant, Joseph has been helping SMEs grow their business through a Consulting Project approach. He realizes that many SMEs just could not afford the consultancy fees to help them transform their business and remains stuck or stay at Status Quo.

He has designed a Roadmap to help SMEs transform their business and improve their performance with the SME Challenge STAR SME Methodology.

Joseph will share about the SME Challenge, the STAR SME Framework and how SMEs can leverage on it to grow their business. He will also kick off the SME Challenge @ SMU Program.