“What’s the ‘one thing’ that moves you to excel in your daily vocation?” This is the one question I often ask my colleagues without wanting the answer – simply because it’s something that’s extremely personal to individuals. The objective is to make them think, for them to realize what their ‘one thing’ is, for only in doing so would these individuals collectively come together as a collective team that’s charged and purposeful.

I believe the notion that both people and ‘the people’ (the latter standing for a collective voice) want their views heard is nothing new. The Internet explosion which began a decade ago offered people this avenue for a good number of years. Then came the blog.

The start of a new year is always a great time to sit and take stock of how we want that year to shape out. I reflect on 2005 as having been a good year for the industry, mainly so since there were a number of developments that were initiated ought to bear fruit in 2006.