Cedric Chin

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Cedric Chin

Word slinger, bug fixer, and operator.

Outcome Orientation as a Cure for Information Overload

A simple, effective — though not easy! — technique for solving information overload. Written from practice.

The Story of Samsung

How Samsung became the largest chaebol in South Korea, and gained so much power over the country’s economy.

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The Study of Asian Tycoons

What can we learn from the study of Asian conglomerates, and the small group of tycoons that control them?

The Gambling King

The start of the Asian Conglomerates Series: we open with a look at the life of Stanley Ho, gambling king of Macau.

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Lia DiBello and Neil Sahota on Human-AI Symbiosis

Lia DiBello and Neil Sahota join Cedric Chin to talk about a human-first, expertise-oriented approach to AI in real world domains.

The 2024 Commoncog Recap

Everything that we covered in 2024, and what to expect in the coming year.

Power and Asian Business

The culmination of the Power in Business mini series. What it’s like doing business without the Rule of Law.

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How to Use Power

How do you gain power, use power, and identify those who have power, so that you may protect yourself against them? Part two of three in a series on power in business.

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What is Power?

Understanding how power works in business is necessary to understanding business in developing markets. A members-only mini series.

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Stan Slap on the Art of Building Effective Employee Cultures

Cedric talks to Stan Slap, international consultant to the Fortune 500, on a powerful, coherent model for shaping employee culture.