Had a great profit quarter? Let's fu pan it!

CHESS, like any age-old strategy board game, may seem like a relic from the past - and a little out of place in today's app-filled world. But did you know that this humble game of strategy has helped build and grow large, successful enterprises that we love today?

The concept of fu pan, or replaying the chessboard, is a powerful, yet amazingly simple concept: it means to do more of what works and less of what does not. The beauty of it is that fu pan is applicable to anything, from campaign strategies to one's personal life.

It may sound like a typical post-mortem debrief - the word 'post-mortem' itself implies that the issue is dead - but fu pan digs deeper than that. It is a holistic reflection process, placing emphasis on both successes and failures unlike debriefs, which usually focus on what can be improved. In fact, applying fu pan on successes may even be more valuable, because it helps pinpoint the reasons that drive success and we can then replicate it for future scenarios.