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Our insights and resources are rooted in honest inquiry—a candid approach to pursuing genuine understanding, characterised by curiosity, intellectual integrity, and a commitment to finding well-founded, reasoned answers to complex questions.

Frontline Insights

Nuanced insights and fresh perspectives on today’s most pressing issues and forces shaping our world.

  • Global Shifts

| China

Is China a destabilising rival or a balancer in a fractured world?

As global dynamics evolve, old assumptions about leadership and cooperation are being tested. How China responds could reshape the future.

Investing in culture can drive Southeast Asia’s growth

4 most overlooked factors when pursuing growth in new markets

Carbon bootprints: How war is fuelling climate catastrophe
  • Global Shifts

| China-India

China & India: A partnership to shape the 21st century

After years of intermittent tensions at their shared border, China and India’s bilateral relations are experiencing an exciting thaw.
  • Technology

| AI

Is AI reprogramming our philosophical foundations?

While the world debates over AI, automation, job loss, and the technological rise, the real upheaval is happening deep beneath, rewriting how we understand reality, truth, and value.
  • Leadership

| Learning & Development

Beyond playing safe: Measuring the returns on leadership development investment

Is your investment in leadership development truly delivering and how? Too often this question is left to chance or to big names, and rarely measured with rigour.
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Ideas for Change

Co-created with leaders across the world through field projects and a multi-stakeholder approach to deliver context-driven solutions to business and development challenges.

  • Rural Development

Scaling Rural Returns: A Tech-Driven Solution to Unlock SME Potential

Transforming rural SMEs into engines of prosperity requires integrated, scalable solutions that combine commercial viability with social impact.
  • Agriculture

Advancing Malaysia Through High-Quality Development

Malaysia’s growth under the Madani Framework sparks a rethink of success—beyond GDP—towards bold solutions for malnutrition, digital education, climate resilience, and biodiversity.
  • Healthcare

Tradition Meets Innovation: Advancing Regional Healthcare Access Through Traditional and Complementary Medicine

Asia’s rich tradition of T&CM remains underused—now there’s a bold vision for a Regional Hub to scale it, boost collaboration, and make healthcare more affordable and inclusive.
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Publications

Our publications offer critical perspectives, bold ideas, and practical strategies to shape better systems for organisations and societies.

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Understanding China – Governance, Socio-Economics, Global Influence

This timely and thought-provoking book offers a long-overdue, balanced perspective on China’s remarkable transformation, from a constrained economy in the late 1970s to a global powerhouse by 2024. Through a deep dive into the reforms of Deng Xiaoping, the principles of Chinese governance, and the socio-economic forces driving its ascent, the authors provide a nuanced understanding of China’s evolving role on the world stage.
  • Book

Consumptionomics: Asia’s Role in Reshaping Capitalism and Saving the Planet

Consumption has been for many years the fuel that drives the engine of global capitalism. The recent financial crisis has seen the West's leading economists and policy makers urging Asia to make a conscious effort to consume more and thereby help save the global economy. This is a view shaped by conventional wisdom which conveniently refuses to acknowledge both the undesirable effects of consumption and the limits to growth.
The Sustainable State by GIFT
  • Book

The Sustainable State: The Future of Government, Economy, and Society

The free-market, limited-government development model has been an ecological and social disaster for the developing world. Sustainable and equitable development is only possible with the active involvement of a strong central state that can guide the economy, protect the environment, and prioritise meeting people’s basic needs.
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Leadership Tools

From insight to action, our proprietary leadership tools support critical reflection, growth, and impact. 

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PRISM Tool

GIFT’s PRISM tool is designed to spark honest reflection, fast diagnostics, and meaningful action. It helps teams see where they stand and where they can go, together.
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Personal Engagement Quotient (PEQ)

A self-assessment tool designed to help individuals understand how they engage across knowledge, communication, and empathy. It offers a personalised score and recommendations to support more intentional, purpose-driven leadership.
PASSION toolkit by GIFT
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PASSION Scorecard

GIFT’s PASSION tool is a simple yet effective scorecard that provides real-time feedback, helping guide discussions, keep focus, and achieve meaningful outcomes.
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