News and insights from Asean
Safe Surgery 2020 Brings Modern Surgical Care to Remote and In-Need Communities Across Cambodia
Close to 300 Cambodian doctors, nurses, and midwives have gained critical new surgical and anesthesia skills, under the Safe Surgery 2020 initiative launched in Cambodia two years ago. Critical equipment for surgical procedures has also been provided to various hospitals and health facilities as part of the program, and these measures together, have significantly improved surgical care for patients in need.
Built on Open Culture and Dialogue, Lean is a game changer for GE
Lean management is more than a buzzword for GE managers and employees worldwide – its concepts, which focus on respect for people and continuous improvement, significantly shape how GE teams think and develop new ways to advance in critical areas such as safety, quality, efficiency and customer service.
Thailand
Bidding Farewell to GE Ratchaburi Power Plant: Spurring Excellence for 20 Years
Philippines
Bring It On: High Winds, A Volcano And A Pandemic Didn’t Stop These Engineers From Getting The Job Done
The three GE engineers were all worrying about the same thing: Would the crane and the generator arrive at the same time? Ganesh Potharaju, Guy Stoeckel and Charlie Clement had spent months planning, down to the minute, how to swap out a 30-year-old steam-powered generator for a brand-new one at the Calaca power station on Luzon, the largest and most populous island in the Philippines.
GE Myanmar
The Value of Leadership: The Story of Maung Muang Naing
Myanmar represents the second largest country in the Southeast Asian region by sheer land size and has the fifth highest population numbers among the region’s various countries. Equipped with a growing economy, projected to grow at 7.4% over the next 5 years[i], Myanmar poses vastly untapped potential across sectors, particularly in its healthcare industry.
Resilience in Leadership: George Qiu on a GE Career of 20 Years
As John Maxwell so eloquently say, “The pessimist complains about the wind. The optimist expects it to change. The leader adjusts the sails.”, this phrase in leadership rings true for a natural-born leader like George Qiu. With a challenging but rewarding career of over 20 years in Service Supply Chain, GE Gas Power Asia, he is no stranger to the life of discipline, hard work and dedication to perfecting his job responsibilities – even sacrificing at the expense of himself.
Leadership in Times of Crisis: Three Traits to Guide Teams to the End of the Tunnel
Contributed by Camille Levy, CEO Steam Power Asia Pacific and China. This article first appeared on Linkedin.
Sustainability and Security at the Heart of the Philippines’ Energy Transition
The Philippines is a country which has enjoyed rapid economic development in recent years. Annual GDP growth has hovered around 7% in the last decade, underlined by a landscape which has seen the value of national GDP double in the decade between 2007 and 2017.
GE Indonesia Team Connecting and Powering Java-Bali Grid
The Java-Bali grid is the backbone of Indonesia’s electricity supply, providing power to more than half the nation’s citizens. It connects the major population centres and power production facilities of Java right through to the four million citizens of Bali. That’s why modern grid infrastructure in the Java-Bali grid is so essential to ensure sustainable electricity supply to the people of Indonesia.
GE
Service in the Time of a Global Pandemic
As the COVID-19 virus makes its way around the world, its impact on businesses and employees is multi-fold. While local governments and policymakers implement measures across countries around the world to contain the virus and mitigate its effects, keeping spirits high and remaining positive is even more vital than ever before.