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We’re a motley crew of folks who have more than a few “screws loose” between us. That’s what we appear to most people. Deep in the dank recesses of our labs however, our superhero alter egos take over, and we become a brilliant group of super cross-discipinary designers and facilitators with esoteric interests.
We have to date conducted more than 100 programmes for over 5,000 staff in private and public organizations, including CapitaLand Ltd, Sun Microsystems, Singapore Pools, MICA, DSTA, PUB, SingTel and for all the staff of SNEC.
(for a complete list of our clients, click here > Clients)
We have also facilitated in events such as the Ministry of Education’s E-One Forum in 2007, 2nd Networked Government Forum, the 3rd Public Service Innovation Summit, PS21 ExCEL convention 2002, Civil Service College’s 2004 Innovation Expedition Conference and 2004 International Association of Facilitators’ Asia Conference.
Our very own home grown Ask Stupid QuestionsTM (ASQ) and Aspiration Pathfinder (AsPITM) methodologies were used in the MICA Innovation Fiesta 2002-2005, as well as library developmental projects and strategic planning sessions for NLB, a Singapore Innovation Award and Singapore Quality Award (SQA) winner.
And seriously, we’re just a bunch of regular folks who happen to be brilliant super cross- disciplinary designers and facilitators with experience in areas including Creativity and Innovation, Customer Service, Business Process Re-engineering, Quality Management, Change Management, Organisational Development and Open Space Technology.
To boot, we’ve a Singapore Innovation-Class assessor and Singapore Innovation Award assessor hidden amongst us (somewhere).
Profiles of INVENT Facilitators
· Ms Soh Lin Li
· Mr Prabhjit Singh
· Mr Mohamad Hazriq Idrus
Manager, INVENT
National Library Board (NLB), Singapore
Wee Pin is the Manager of the INVENT team in NLB, which develops and deliver programmes to promote the resources and services of the National Library of Singapore. He was the Project Manager for the Aspiration Pathfinder (AsPITM) programme, having been involved in the development and growth of AsPITM since its inception and acceptance by The Enterprise Challenge (TEC). He is the Principal Agent for the Ask Stupid QuestionsTM (ASQ) workshops, and a member of INVENT’s Product/ Content Development team. Wee Pin recently won funding for four projects to develop creativity in the community from the Creative Community Singapore panel.
As a facilitator, Wee Pin has conducted numerous workshops and experiences as part of the AsPITM & ASQ programmes through a variety of channels including:
- conferences e.g. Ministry of Education Teacher’s Conference 2004 and the Innovation Expedition 2003 & 2004. The latter was co-organised by the Civil Service College and NLB.
- events e.g. International Association of Facilitators Conference 2004 and the Ministry of Information, Communications and the Arts Innovation Fiesta 2002-2004
- corporate training programmes and retreats for over 20 client organizations
- public runs of AsPITM programmes targeted at individual professionals from diverse organizations
- community programmes for NLB, schools and the underprivileged.
Wee Pin graduated with an Honours degree in Philosophy from the National University of Singapore and has recently completed his Master’s Degree in International Studies. In his previous incarnation, he was a sports broadcast journalist with Mediacorp’s News Radio 93.8, and had interviewed numerous sports celebrities such as soccer legend Pele, Australian swimming champion Ian Thorpe and local sporting heroes like Fandi Ahmad, Ang Peng Siong and Jing Jun Hong. He is currently looking into creating a creativity database through interviews with prominent gurus and personalities.
Ms Soh Lin Li
Manager, INVENT
National Library Board, Singapore
Lin Li manages the National Library Office division in NLB. She also works with various partners, ranging from local organisations and publishers to international counterparts, on a variety of collaborations and national campaigns to brand and market the role of the National Library.
She was previously from the Singapore Press Holdings, handling relationship with international press groups and had organised international seminars in ASEAN countries. She used to work on strategies and blue plan for the Foreign Workers in Singapore.
Lin Li graduated with a degree in Science, major in Mathematics, from the National University of Singapore and is currently persuing her Masters in Information Studies.
Mr Prabhjit Singh
Assistant Manager, INVENT
National Library Board, Singapore
Prabhjit is part of INVENT’s team of facilitators, and is a Principal facilitator for the Ask Stupid Questions and TEAMS workshops. Prior to joining INVENT, he was in charge of overseeing and managing quality and customer services for NLB. He implemented several initiatives to smoothen the customer service and relationship process in NLB, and played a key role in developing frontline staff’s customer service skills. In addition, he also managed the NLB’s Contact Centre, playing a key role in its set-up, management and staff training.
Prabhjit’s background is in the communications field, having handled a variety of portfolios in the private and public sectors in the field of public relations, marketing, customer service, promotions and publicity, and in conferences and seminars production.
Apart from being a facilitator, he handles the marketing and business development functions for INVENT’s range or creativity workshops and customizes them to suit client needs.
Prabhjit is a Bachelor of Arts graduate from the National University of Singapore, with majors in Political Science and Mass Communications. He enjoys organizing and participating in social and community programmes for the development of youths.
Mr Mohamad Hazriq Idrus
Associate 1, INVENT
National Library Board, Singapore
Hazriq is a member of INVENT’s team of facilitators; facilitating the Ask Stupid QuestionsTM (ASQTM) and Aspiration PathfinderTM (AsPITM) programmes; and has conducted numerous workshops and experiences through various channels such as corporate training programmes, public runs of ASQTM and AsPITM programmes and conferences e.g. MOE E-One Learning Forum 2007, Special Library Conference 2008 in KLCC, Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia).
Besides facilitating, his events management portfolio includes serving as Project Manager for the Ask Stupid Questions Movement 2008; and as Assistant Project Manager for the Interlending & Document Supply (ILDS) and IFLA Newspaper conferences. He has also managed the Malay public library programmes under the programming channel, “Arena: bahasa.budaya”.
Hazriq holds a Bachelor of Arts (Communications and Media Management) from the University of South Australia. Prior to joining INVENT, he was with library@esplanade providing customer service, handling the library’s theatre collections and its events and programmes. As a theatre-enthusiast, Hazriq has been heavily involved in theatre and television productions and has conducted and facilitated in several Theatre-In-Education programmes for schools and associations.
If you would like to find out more about our corporate programmes, just send an email or call:
Grace Chan
Programmes & Exhibitions Division
National Library Board
Tel: (65) 6333 7991
Email: Grace_Chan@nlb.gov.sg