Global Alliance Consultancy Group

An analytically grounded firm advancing organisational effectiveness through governance and people.

GACG Insights

Current thinking for governance, people and analytics.

GACG Insights translates research, professional experience and organisational questions into practical perspectives for leaders and practitioners.

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People

Learning Impact: Beyond Training Hours

Measuring learning impact remains a persistent challenge for organisations, particularly where success is reported through participation, completion and training hours. This article examines learning effectiveness through organisational purpose, learning transfer and shared accountability, arguing that learning’s value should be assessed through what employees subsequently apply, improve and contribute. It explores how leaders, people managers, HR and employees can translate learning into capability, and proposes a Learning Effectiveness Report to document that contribution. Such reporting can bring together evidence of changes in workplace practice, service, innovation and productivity, while recognising that learning is one of several influences on organisational and community outcomes.

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Governance

Organisational Sediment: Why Organisations Become Harder to Change

This commentary explores organisational sediment: the gradual accumulation of policies, processes and structures that remain after the circumstances that created them have changed. While each layer may be introduced with good intentions, their cumulative effect can slow decision-making, obscure accountability and make it harder for organisations to adapt. The article explores why organisational sediment forms and proposes that effective change management may also require leaders to consider subtraction.

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People

When AI Feels Like a Threat: Job Insecurity in Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia

Across Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia, many workers expect artificial intelligence to eliminate jobs—yet many also expect it to create new ones. This student research translation examines how uncertainty can become job insecurity and what employers can do to make technological change clearer, fairer and more supportive.

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Analytics

Before Improving What Works, Make Sure You Are Measuring What Matters

You cannot improve what you are not measuring well. This article explores why workplace measurement must be treated critically, especially when organisations use surveys, dashboards, proprietary tools, or performance indicators to make decisions about people, productivity, culture, and management effectiveness.

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People

Nice Is Not Always Kind: Reflections from a Growth Leadership Workshop

This reflection explores the distinction between niceness and kindness in leadership, drawing from insights shared during a Growth Leadership workshop conducted by Dr Jace Tan. While niceness often avoids discomfort in order to preserve harmony, kindness combines empathy with honesty, accountability, and clear expectations. The article considers how leaders can build healthier teams and relationships by choosing kindness over people-pleasing.

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About GACG

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Better organisations start with a connected view of how they work.

We bring governance, people and analytics together to help leaders see the whole system, make evidence-informed decisions and turn insight into practical action.

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Governance, law, financial oversight, professional education, organisational development and leadership. Meet our Advisory Board

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Location: Singapore-based, supporting selected regional and international engagements.

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Michele Kythe Lim

Governance, Legal & Compliance

Michele Kythe Lim

Advisory Board Member

Michele Kythe Lim is a corporate-governance and legal leader with more than 30 years of experience advising boards, regulators and senior management. She is a Partner at RDS Partnership, an award-winning full-service commercial law firm, where she leads the Corporate Governance & Compliance Practice and advises on board effectiveness, directors' duties, succession, regulatory compliance, sustainability and governance for listed, IPO-bound and complex organisations.

Michele was the founding President & CEO of the Institute of Corporate Directors Malaysia (ICDM) from 2018 to 2025, and held senior leadership roles at IHH Healthcare and Proton Holdings. She holds an LLB (Hons) from the University of Wales, Aberystwyth, is a Barrister-at-Law of Middle Temple and an Advocate and Solicitor of the High Court of Malaya, and completed Harvard Business School's Senior Management Development Programme.

Selected profile
  • Partner, Corporate Governance & Compliance, RDS Partnership
  • Founding President & CEO, Institute of Corporate Directors Malaysia (2018–2025)
  • More than 30 years across governance, law, compliance, risk and sustainability
GACG focusGovernanceLegal & complianceBoard effectiveness

Profiles reflect each member's confirmed role and contribution to GACG.

Lawrence Chen

Audit, Accounting & Financial Governance

Lawrence Chen

Advisory Board Member

Lawrence Chen is Managing Partner of Prime Accountants LLP and a Chartered Accountant of Singapore, Fellow of ACCA and Senior Accredited Director of the Singapore Institute of Directors. His experience spans statutory audit, assurance, financial reporting, internal controls, risk management, corporate governance and transaction support across SMEs, multinational groups and listed-company environments.

He has served in senior finance and independent-director roles, including audit committee leadership, and advises GACG on audit, accounting and financial-governance matters.

Selected profile
  • Managing Partner, Prime Accountants LLP
  • Chartered Accountant of Singapore and Fellow of ACCA
  • Senior Accredited Director, Singapore Institute of Directors
GACG focusAudit & assuranceFinancial governanceInternal controls

Profiles reflect each member's confirmed role and contribution to GACG.

Dr Nitin Deckha

Professional & Higher Education

Dr Nitin Deckha

Advisory Board Member

Dr Nitin Deckha is Principal of Enliven Learning, a Certified Training and Development Professional, and an educator and learning designer with more than 15 years of experience in adult, executive and postsecondary learning. He holds a PhD in Anthropology from Rice University and a Master's Certificate in Adult Training and Development from Schulich Executive Education.

His work focuses on leadership development, intercultural competence, inclusive practice and the future of work, including human–AI integration. Based in Toronto, he teaches in Canada and Germany and serves as Director of Programming for the emerging Canadian chapter of the Society for Intercultural Education, Training, and Research.

Selected profile
  • Principal, Enliven Learning
  • More than 15 years in adult, executive and postsecondary learning
  • Certified Training and Development Professional
GACG focusProfessional learningIntercultural competenceFuture of work

Profiles reflect each member's confirmed role and contribution to GACG.

Evonne Fouesnant

Organisational Development, Leadership and Consultancy

Evonne Fouesnant

Advisory Board Member

Evonne Fouesnant is Founder of ENNOVE Consultancy, specialising in organisational capability, culture and leadership across the Pharmaceutical, MedTech and Healthcare sectors. With over 23 years of experience across Asia-Pacific, Evonne has partnered with multinational Pharma and MedTech organisations, spanning Sales Force Effectiveness, Medical Affairs, organisational development, leadership and capability strategy. She also advises MedTech and DeepTech start-ups navigating the intersection of clinical potential, commercial realities and organisational growth.

Her perspective combines industry experience with qualifications in Organisational Psychology, Positive Psychology and psychometric assessment, alongside evidence-informed coaching and her Certified Chair™ qualification for advisory boards. She brings both a people-development and strategic-advisory lens to complex organisational challenges, connecting the development of individuals and leaders with the cultures and systems in which they operate.

Selected profile
  • Founder, ENNOVE Consultancy
  • Over 23 years of experience across Asia-Pacific
  • Certified Chair™ for advisory boards
GACG focusOrganisational developmentLeadership & capabilityStrategic advisory

Profiles reflect each member's confirmed role and contribution to GACG.