Archives: Authors

Kate Hancock (Author) is a self-made serial entrepreneur, investor, and keynote speaker. She is recognized as one of the Top 100 Women of the Future and dubbed as a trailblazer of tech by Forbes Magazine in their “Trailblazers of Tech: 6 Women Leaders Shaping the Future.” Kate started with just $20 and scaled her first company to over a million dollars in revenue within its first year—reaching $20 million after a few years. As a Harvard Business School speaker and advisory board member for tech projects, she is a true pioneer in entrepreneurship. Kate is also the founder of the Global AI Council and the proud mom of two amazing boys.

Daniel Robbins (co-author) is the founder of IBH Media and the host of the top 10 business podcast ‘Founder’s Story,’ where he’s interviewed influential figures in business such as Gary V, will.i.am, Ryan Serhant, Codie Sanchez, Doctor Ramani, Nir Eyal, and many more. His media company has secured over 500 client placements and produced 350 TV segments globally. He was the producer and co-creator of a top show on CNN in the Philippines. Daniel has worked with high-profile clients like American Express, Mercedes, and Sony. He, sharing his entrepreneurial journey alongside his wife, Kate Hancock, to inspire readers with stories of resilience and success.

Judy Liu’s purpose is to help people live courageously as their weird and wonderful selves. For a time, she lived out of a suitcase while being the Head of Learning & Development for a UK listed company – bouncing between hotels, bunkbeds, airport lounges, and couches. She is deeply curious about what happens when people shed themselves of expectations and confront uncomfortable truths. Now, running her own leadership consultancy – The Outlier Mind – she helps leaders bravely connect with their inner knowing. A self-leadership coach and organizational psychologist, but most importantly, a believer that we were born knowing who we are, but we spend our lives forgetting.

Born in Taiwan, brought up in Thailand and Australia and spending most of her career in Singapore, the belonging she struggled with as a kid became her greatest strength. Without being defined by a single culture, she discovered that the boundaries we accept are often illusions, and the discomfort of not belonging is an invitation to uncover a greater freedom. When her role was made redundant in June 2024 after 10 years of service, her most memorable farewell message from a senior leader was “I’m really going to miss your outspokenness” for she always stood for what people felt, but didn’t dare say.

As you step into the realm of Beyond Belonging, she invites you to reimagine your life from the inside out.

Anwar Ibrahim is the Prime Minister of Malaysia, a founder of the People’s Justice Party (PKR), and a public intellectual. In his struggle for justice and reform, against corruption in Malaysia, he has served over a decade collectively in prison. Ibrahim has also held teaching positions at Oxford University, Johns Hopkins University, and Georgetown University.

Anwar Ibrahim is the author of The Asian Renaissance along with numerous articles published in reputable academic journals and op-eds for a variety of news publications.

Cheo Ming Shen @ Tong Ming Shen, or Ming, has 2 decades of experience as a serial Entrepreneur and Investor in South East Asia, and in 2006, co-founded the Netccentric Group and its well-known subsidiary, Nuffnang.

The Netccentric group, Nuffnang and its 21 regional subsidiaries, pioneered the concept of advertising on blogs and social media influencers pages, introducing a new marketing channel for brands, and professional career opportunities for bloggers and social media influencers.

In 2013, Ming conceived and launched the popular mobile blogging platform and community, Dayre.
In 2015, he successfully led Netccentric Ltd as CEO, through an Initial Public Offering on the Australia Stock Exchange.

He exited Netccentric successfully in 2020, and in 2021 was appointed as CEO of one of his investee companies, the Vemimo Group, which owns popular fashion and lifestyle label, Our Second Nature and sustainable label, Atlas Kind.

Ming is also an Angel Investor in several startups and SMEs, actively advising them in an official and unofficial capacity.

Ming was recognized by Businessweek as one of Asia’s Top 25 Young Entrepreneurs. In 2015, he was awarded the Spirit of Enterprise (Singapore) Award. Ming graduated with a Bachelor’s of Science (Honours) in Government and Economics from the London School of Economics.

An avid collector of timepieces and contemporary art, and a lover of food and travel, Ming is happily married to his Thai entrepreneur wife Patty with whom he shares a long awaited daughter, Mila.

Coach Jenny is a life coach focused on helping people achieve well-being and fulfillment in life. She is a BPO industry veteran and a Gallup Certified Global Strengths Coach and Course Leader (GCGSC); an Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Practitioner (ACT); and a Neuro-Linguistic Programming Certified Coach (NLP).

With a degree in Psychology and decades of hands-on experience leading teams for some of the world’s most renowned organizations in Finance, IT, BPO and CX spaces, she has raised employees’ engagement at work and has motivated them to achieve success both in and out of the workplace through her own brand of strengths-based leadership and empathic candor.

She is a well-being advocate and believes that the best antidote for our global mental health crisis today is to ensure that happy people stay happy. Through practical tools backed by scientific studies and simple everyday strategies, she will show you how to tap into talents and strengths that come most naturally to you – because it’s in what we naturally do best that we can achieve exponential success! It is also her belief that lasting happiness and true fulfillment in life does not come from what we get, it comes from who we become , and what we are able to give because we become more!

David Guerrero is a Manila-based writer who loves both the Beatles and the Philippines. In researching the story he wrote and presented the BBC World Service Documentary “When the Beatles Didn’t Meet Imelda”. The book was further developed as part of his Masters degree at Harvard University’s Extension School. He was recently honored with a National Book Award in the Philippines for his for a book on generating creative ideas. As a celebrated advertising creative director he devised the long-running tourism campaign line ‘It’s more fun in the Philippines’ and has won major international advertising awards for clients of the agency he founded, BBDO Guerrero. David was born in London to a Filipino father and English mother—and is married to Angel, a magazine publisher. Together they have raised two children and are now mainly responsible for a dog and two cats.

Akihiro Hasegawa is a Professor of Clinical Psychology at Teikyo University, Japan.

Through his academic career, which began in 1997, he has primarily focused on Ikigai, which was also the topic of his PhD thesis. His clinical expertise includes brief psychotherapy, especially brief therapy, couple therapy, family therapy, clinical dohsa-hou (motor-action therapy), as well as hypnosis.

As an active member of several academic societies, Prof. Hasegawa has held several roles, including serving as the chief editor for the Japanese Society of Hypnosis. Additionally, he has contributed to the Japanese Association of Brief Psychotherapy and the Japanese Society for Psychotherapy Integration, where he has been involved in public relations, training, and editorial committees.

Shivendu Nadkarni is a successful business leader-turned-human capital catalyst. After twenty-five years of ‘first career’ with renowned Fortune500 MNCs across Asia-Pacific, Middle East, and Africa, he is now well into his ‘second career’ as an educator, mentor, and advisor – along with being a researcher and practitioner of Ikigai.

Shiv serves as an adjunct associate professor at NUS Business School in Singapore, where he supports students & executives on their learning journeys in 3 key areas: strategy, innovation, and internationalization.

Shiv has settled for in Singapore after living & working in very diverse global environments – growing up in multiple regions of India before working a decade in Japan. Shiv enjoys travelling in nature and exploring the history & origins of ‘everything’. His perspectives on all things human, societal, and business evolves everyday as he observes life stories and learns from interactions with many different people from all corners of the world and various walks of life.

Shiv’s mission on Ikigai365 is to help every human keep (re)discovering their own personal sources of ‘feeling alive & fulfilled’. He believes that everyone can shape their own life journeys every day and leave impactful legacies for future generations.

Rajiv Bajaj is the Chairman of Bajaj Capital, one of India’s most trusted financial planning institutions serving families across generations.

Despite his success in finance, Rajiv felt an inner void — a yearning to pursue something deeper and more fulfilling. This search led him to explore the science of longevity and well-being. His journey took him to the world’s “Blue Zones”, including Loma Linda and Okinawa, where he met vibrant centenarians and discovered their shared secret — a profound sense of purpose, or Ikigai.

Rajiv is deeply passionate about bringing an authentic understanding of Ikigai to the world. He integrates insights from his travels, studies, and personal reflections into his talks and workshops, inspiring others to live with greater meaning and harmony.

He has shared his perspectives on Ikigai, purpose, and longevity through several TEDx talks, and continues to speak on living a life that feels truly alive. A lifelong learner, he also trained in Qi Gong under a Shaolin Monk in China in 2017 and 2025.