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Frontline Insights

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

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  • Business

| License to Operate

A new script for Asia

As large global corporations, almost exclusively Western, abandon their environmental and social commitments, Asia must forge a new path.

SMEs can drive sustainable growth and uncover global opportunities

Integrating Jugaad and Kaizen for effective Indian-Japanese cross-cultural collaboration

Indonesia’s floating hospitals: A tool for nation building
  • Leadership

| Sustainable Innovation

Is ‘progress’ failing us? Time to relearn the old ways

As modern technology advances, we risk losing valuable traditional practices that offer sustainable solutions for today's challenges.
  • Governance & Society

| Systemic Challenges

The suspension of Hong Kong’s waste scheme: Insights into the role of the State

Hong Kong's waste charging scheme faltered due to weak governance and lack of infrastructure, highlighting the critical role of the state in driving meaningful policy change.
  • Technology

| Shared Prosperity

The AI that Silicon Valley fears: How DeepSeek democratised innovation

The Chinese company’s open-source model proves that innovation thrives on sharing—not on monopolies.
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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

As Malaysia continues its growth under the Madani Framework, there’s a growing need to rethink the way we measure success. This report challenges the traditional focus on GDP and infrastructure, advocating for high-quality development that creates real impact. Tackling issues like child malnutrition, digital age education, climate resilience, and biodiversity, the report presents recommendations and fresh insights for more sustainable and inclusive future for Malaysia.
  • Healthcare

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

Asia’s deep-rooted practice of traditional and complementary medicine (T&CM) is widely practiced, yet remains under-leveraged in formal healthcare systems. This report lays out a bold plan to establish a Regional T&CM Hub — a first-of-its-kind Centre of Excellence to scale T&CM, foster regional collaboration, and improve access to more affordable, inclusive healthcare.
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Publications

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

  • 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.
  • Book

Global White Privilege: Equity for a Post-Western World

White privilege damages and distorts societies around the world, not just in the United States. This book exposes its pervasive global reach and creates a new space for discourse on worldwide racial equality.
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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.
  • Assessment

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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