Transformative Purpose with Aaron Pang

Founder and CEO of The Mekong Club, Matthew Friedman is a global expert on modern slavery and human trafficking. An award-winning filmmaker, author and philanthropist, Matthew regularly advises heads of governments and intelligence agencies. Matthew is considered the leading catalyst of the anti-slavery movement in Asia’s business sector by captains of industry. What you'll learn from this epi...

Nathan Cornfield was born in Stockton-on-Tees in June 1989, where he still lives today. After leaving school at fourteen, he studied a variety of different subjects including ICT, drama and teaching, but his first love has always been writing. He has written consistently since his first short stories appeared in his school work and specialises in a number of areas including fiction, copywriting, c...

Joy Pamnani is Hong Kong’s Youngest Public Speaking Champion. Joy has coached over 7,000 students and launched a Speaking course on Skillshare in 2018. Joy is an Award-winning Public Speaker. She has represented her school, university and Hong Kong in several competitions including In-Person and Virtual Speech Contests. Key questions asked: 0:00 Highlights 4:42 Introduction  7:15 What got you into...

To raise emotionally resilient children, we need to nurture their intellect, emotional and social development. Golddy Kaur has more than three decades of MedTech experience and held many positions including executive leadership roles. She has experience across general business management, strategy development, commercial functions, operations, engineering, quality, regulatory & clinical resear...

In 2022 Veronica reinvented herself: She left 18 years of senior roles in corporate to venture into the freelance world. She built a personal brand going from zero to over 1 million views on LinkedIn in less than 5 months. She built a digital audience of over 7,000 followers. She became a DEI consultant, a public speaker and a writer, and she's just getting started!

Emily Hu is a Clinical Operations expert and biomedical engineer with over 15 years of working in medical device clinical development. Emily has conducted human subject research in the health, fitness, and nutraceutical space. Her journey into fitness began at age 30, after experiencing the detrimental effects of sitting at a desk all day. To this date, she’s broken 3 all time world records with h...

Michael comes from a humbling background, one of the most down-to-earth colleagues I have met at #Microsoft. In this conversation, Michael and I talk about adoption, how we should look at work, and the importance of using our privileges to give back to the community.

Sylvia Yu Friedman is an award-winning filmmaker, Penguin author, TV host, serial entrepreneur, and philanthropy consultant. She is the author of three books, A Long Road to Justice: Stories from the Frontlines in Asia (Penguin Random House, September 2021); Silenced No More: Voices of Comfort Women, the only journalistic account of historical Japanese military slavery during WWII, and Heart and S...

Mark is the founder of Phanta Media, podcast host of the popular show We Do Hard Things. He has interviewed thousands of people over almost 2 decades and hosted many live events. Key Questions Asked: 0:00 Introduction 2:14 My Journey 6:31 Be Patient to Find Your North Star 10:33 The Numbers Game 13:27 How Being an Imposter Can Help Us 19:41 Anxiety Helped Me Become a Better Person 28:39 Getting Ma...

Dr. Steven Segal was a popular lecturer at Macquarie Graduate School of Management (MGSM) where he taught postgraduate MBA students for more than 20 years. His classes were highly sought after and I was fortunate to attend one of them.  Steven and I talk about the ancient history of purpose discovery, how an increasingly individualistic world affects our mental health and relationships, the relati...

Partner of First Page Digital, Sarah Vee is the Founder of Women of Hong Kong and has built one of the biggest communities in Hong Kong to provide a safe space for women to grow and collaborate. Outline:  0:00 – Introduction 1:40 – My story 4:22 – Chasing the ‘success’ rat race 9:40 – My parenting experience as a single mom 12:28 – The feedback loop from my son 16:45 – Picture with Barack Obama 19...

Ali is a professional wedding, celebrity and VIP photographer living in Hong Kong. His romance with photography began in 1989 when his uncle gave him a 35mm camera as a birthday present. At the age of 16, he  began documenting one of the modern world’s most important events: The fall of the Berlin Wall. Witnessing this unique event filled with emotions, colors and cultural diversity shaped his pho...

Gary is the Managing Director and Principal Instructor of Glo Consulting. He is a TEDx Speaker and seasoned trainer with extensive corporate experience. He spent most of his career working at some of the most admired Fortune 500 companies including LVMH, Apple Inc., Unilever, GlaxoSmithKline and Nestle, with a scope covering the Greater China & APAC region. He was the former Head of Marketing...

Elaine Chung is a director at HKICPA, bestselling author, award-winning speaker and performance Coach. Sook Hyung Paek is a bilingual (Korean and English) author and executive coach who offers individual and group coaching to leaders. With over 30 years of business experience, her coaching philosophy emphasizes the importance of self-awareness and aligning with "Forces for Good." KEY QUE...

Cristiane is a savvy customer/guest focused leader with 20+ years of global experience (Brazil, USA, Asia Pacific and Europe). KEY QUESTIONS ASKED: 0:00 - Introduction 1:58 - Why I don't have TV 6:17 - How I shaped my job 17:45 - Look for the good 23:20 - Perfectionism 26:30 - What to tell my younger self and older self 30:54 - Live your own life 32:00 - How to be vulnerable 34:45 - Three ques...

Hannah is a communication coach and works with companies and individuals to maximize the efficacy of their communications. She helps HR Managers make an impact and excel in their careers by demonstrating their expertise and value in meetings so they can earn respect, build strong relationships and move up in their careers at multinational companies. KEY QUESTIONS ASKED: 0:00 - Introduction 1:58 -...

Angel Wong Hiu Ying is a Hong Kong gymnast. She competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics. KEY QUESTIONS ASKED: 0:00 - Introduction 4:06 - How I found my passion 8:18 - The athlete mindset 13:25 - How I set goals 16:18 - Getting injured and the down moments 25:45 - Gymnastics 101 29:15 - How did I overcome my fear, do I persevere or pivot 35:24 - People who inspire me versus my own unique self 40:00 -...

The term Great Resignation or Great Re-Evaluation has been popping up, with good reason. What does a Chief Purpose Officer do? Karen Seymour, Chief Purpose Officer at human at work joins us to discuss the role of chief purpose officer, the issues with burnout, how to find one's purpose (our north star), and what we can do when there's a misalignment between our company's purpose and ou...

Kevin has faced many business and personal crises in life. He managed to pull himself up every time. The mounting debt from his family in his 20s, the failed IPO of his company, an unexpected fire which took two lives and the recent stock market crash. To overcome life's challenges, he always breaks down big challenges into bitesize milestones and celebrate small wins to stay motivated.  His n...

In the second part of the interview,  Dr. Gordon Chiu returns with make-believe examples and chats with Aaron about t op ten lessons to make a difference with our life, future of AI and why kindness and positive sum-game are important for humanity. Dr. Gordon Chiu's daughters changed his life - and motivated the noted inventor and researcher to turn from solving complex technical and scientifi...

Dr. Gordon Chiu joins with Aaron to talk about we sometimes need to be a little crazy and drop our ego to find happiness in life. Dr. Gordon Chiu's daughters changed his life - and motivated the noted inventor and researcher to turn from solving complex technical and scientific challenges to analyzing those elements of daily life which deliver true happiness. In 2017, Gordon made a conscious decis...

Julien and Aaron used to be peers back in 2015 when Julien was the Regional Marketing Leader and Aaron was the General Manager for Lalamove. In this chat, Julien joins with Aaron to chat about how we should rethink about customer service and people at work. Julien stresses the importance to look at employees and customers as humans instead of some numbers hidden behind spreadsheets.    Julien is a...

Emery Fung joins with Aaron Pang to explore how people should think about the role of career, how it serves our life rather than just a stable paycheck. We chat about the life lessons he learned over the years and his personal transformation journey which he has embarked on.  Emery shares failing is one of the biggest things which can help us grow and learn how to deal with adverse situations. Eme...

Ray Liew joins with Aaron Pang to chat about his perspective on life, common surprises for teens and young adults when transitioning to adulthood. Ray is the co-host for Talk Lah podcast. He is a technology strategist at Microsoft and is passionate about fitness.

Mahesh Pamnani joins with Aaron Pang to chat about the art and science behind happiness and positive psychology.  Mahesh is a 2-time TEDx, laughter yoga instructor and Chief Happiness Officer at Inspire2Aspire Consulting. He helps employers and employees to achieve optimum health, wellness, happiness and success in their career, relationships and daily lives.