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Back to Episodes#798: The Problem with Singapore's Leaders & Why Scrapping The Gifted Program Was a Mistake
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We sit down with Crystal Lim-Lange - leadership consultant, ex-investment banker, former GEP kid, who shares with us her thoughts on how Singapore leaders can't apologize, why the Gifted Programme was special needs not elitism, and what our education system gets fundamentally wrong.
๐๐ฅ๐ค๐ฃ๐จ๐ค๐ง: ๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ง๐๐ฃ๐จ๐ฅ๐ค๐ง๐ฉ ๐ผ๐ช๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ง๐๐ฉ๐ฎ (๐๐๐ผ)
๐๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ช๐ณ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐๐ถ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ด ๐๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ช๐ค๐ญ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข๐ต ๐๐๐ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆโ๐ด ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ด ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ข๐ถ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ด ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ช๐ค๐ญ๐ฆ๐ด!
๐๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ถ๐ญ๐ญ ๐๐ฑ๐ช๐ด๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ฆ #790 |ย https://yahlahbut.short.gy/ep790
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(00:00) On this episode...
(01:57) Intro
(03:05) What Crystal Teaches About Authentic Communication
(04:18) Why SG Leaders Are Afraid to Have an Opinion
(05:24) The Empathy & Congruence Problem
(07:18) The 4 Components of a Proper Apology
(09:04) Crystal's Real-Life Apology at a Biopharma Offsite
(11:29) Growing Up in a Rental HDB Flat in Little India
(13:07) Entering Investment Banking Without Connections
(16:10) The Gifted Education Programme & Her Best Friend from ACS
(17:17) Why the GEP Is Special Needs, Not Elitism
(19:49) The Stigma of Being Gifted & "You Don't Talk About GEP"
(22:55) Is "Gifted" a Problematic Label?
(24:30) Singapore's Scarcity Mindset & Where It Comes From
(25:28) A Generation at the Cognitive Brink
(27:33) The GEP Bubble Debate: Safe Space vs Stratification
(30:40) How the Gifted Classroom Simulated Real Workplace Dynamics
(32:31) "I Was an Absolute Nightmare Before GEP"
(35:26) IQ, Grades & Getting Nearly Expelled from RGS
(38:02) Was the GEP More Meritocratic Than Raffles?
(41:08) The Missing Fire in Singapore's Leaders
(41:48) What Is Psychological Safety?
(43:41) Artificial Harmony in the Public Service
(46:15) Does SG's "Smartest People Lead" Belief Make Us Compliant?
(46:57) Diversity With