Strategy and execution finesse have to work hand in hand to achieve our desired outcomes

WHEN I was approached to join the Committee on the Future Economy (CFE) back in 2015, I felt that I could relate to an urgency to adapt to a digital economy and world. As CEO of Group Enterprise at Singtel, I (and my colleagues) have been grappling with similar challenges of how to stay relevant in the new digital economy, swamped as it is by the relentless currents of technological disruptions. We all live in an increasingly volatile, uncertain and complex world which needs bolder and more sophisticated responses if we want to maintain the economic and business foothold that we have gained.

Singtel is no stranger to these rapid technological disruptions and industry challenges. Being the incumbent telco in Singapore, we have been subjected to competition and disruptions since the 1990s when we were first corporatised and the local market subsequently opened up for greater competition. While we are growing the Singapore market as a leader here, we have als…