Dr Yeoh Teng Kwong is a retired Associate Professor from the Department of the Built Environment, College of Design and Engineering, National University of Singapore. He possesses a Doctorate degree in Chemistry. Prior to joining academia, he spent 32 years in the corporate sector holding various management positions in the air travel and hotel industries. Although retired, he continues to teach in NUS on a part-time basis, sharing his practitioner’s perspective with students who are studying management modules. He is a keen writer of opinion pieces, mostly on management and social issues.