Talk About Sustainability at Most Valued Business Indonesia
I am surrounded by experts. So many people I meet are start-ups, entrepreneurs, go-getters, amazing achievers, dedicated, visionary, brilliant, community-oriented and environmentally focussed. Everyone knows everything about sustainability, responsibility, CSR, recycling, repurposing, re-everything. There are more experts online, in consulting groups, in advisory companies, in multi-national’s, in CSR departments, HR departments, PR departments. It’s a
Inside Comedy: A Person, Another Person, and a Third Person Walk into a Bar
Political correctness has become part of all our lives over the last couple of decades. Everyone now needs to be very careful not to offend anyone by anything they say or do, and this is becoming a real issue for people making a living in the very subjective comedy industry. Is everything “fair game” for
The Champion of Multimedia Theatrical Storytelling
When Brigitte Schär takes to the stage, she owns it. As soon as she steps into the limelight, she is a writer, a singer and a performer all at once. The 59-year-old started her career as a storyteller in 1988 in Switzerland and has been performing worldwide since. On her way to this year’s Ubud Writers and
The Wisdom To Know The Difference
It was on my mind to write about our new Governor and Vice Governor and look at their campaign promises and get myself all worked up about “how would it be possible to fulfill them” and get you all worked up about how we are constantly deceived, diverted and ultimately disappointed by politicians and government
An Interview with H.E. Vegard Kaale, Ambassador of Norway to Indonesia
H.E. Vegard Kaale, who arrived in Jakarta in early September, is the new Ambassador of Norway to Indonesia and looks forward to further strengthen the good relations between the two countries. His career at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has already led him to, among others, The Hague and Dublin. The Ambassador recently spoke to
BritCham with Dharnesh Gordhon, President Director of PT Nestlé Indonesia
Monday, 25 September 2017 Dharnesh Gamunlal Gordhon President Director of PT Nestlé Indonesia Since its initiation, BritCham CEO Series has sought to deliver the best value by presenting prominent speakers from a wide variety of business sectors throughout all of our sessions. In September, we got the chance to have a brief discussion with yet
An Interview with H.E. Päivi Hiltunen-Toivio, Ambassador of Finland to Indonesia
H.E. Päivi Hiltunen-Toivio has been the Ambassador of Finland to Indonesia for the past three years. In an interview with NOW! Jakarta, she spoke about the fields of cooperation between the two countries, development policies and sustainability and shared tips for Indonesians who are planning to travel to Finland. The Finnish Minister of Economic Affairs
An Interview with H.E. Johanna Brismar-Skoog, Ambassador of Sweden to Indonesia
H.E. Johanna Brismar-Skoog spoke to NOW! Jakarta about the strengthening ties between Sweden and Indonesia, their various fields of cooperation and her plans for the near future. A year ago there seemed to be a chance you would be heading for New York, but you are still here! Please bring us up to date with
Nordic Forum: Stronger Together
In the Nordic Forum, the Scandinavian embassies and business chambers work together to further build on the synergies and similarities. It comprises of DANCHAM, the Swedish Business Association and Indonesia Norway Business Council. While there is no Finnish chamber of commerce in Indonesia, the embassy houses Team Finland. The Danish-Indonesian Business Chamber DANCHAM aims to
Honesty is The Best Policy
The British Fire Service uses an excellent and unique shift system to provide the British public with emergency cover 24 hours a day. Each of four watches, always code-named Red, Blue, Green and White, works two nine-hour days followed by two 15-hour nights. The day shift starts at 9 AM and finishes at 6 PM,
The Final Chapter of Jakarta Traffic
One of the most annoying things about life in Jakarta is the traffic. There can surely be no more mind-numbing, frustrating feeling than that feeling of total powerlessness in a line of dead stopped cars. “Oh“, you say, “what the []$#% is going on?” Well it’s simple, as was revealed last week, the contractors for
Readership Survey – NOW! Jakarta
Dear Readers, The incredible development of the digital media scene has changed our whole way of getting information. Partly for the good, partly for, to be honest, really bad and dangerous reasons, since much of what we see now is either unnecessary, irrelevant or sadly completely untrue. We at NOW! JAKARTA have always striven to
The Generation Game
My maternal grandparents were a product of the 1920s and 30s, and from as early as I can remember, I absolutely adored them. My grandfather unfortunately passed away peacefully at the age of 84 after a fascinating life, and my dear old Nan joined him when she was 97. Until two weeks before her death
