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#798: The Problem with Singapore's Leaders & Why Scrapping The Gifted Program Was a Mistake

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Yah Lah But
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Apr 1, 2026
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Summary

We sit down with Crystal Lim-Lange - leadership consultant, ex-investment banker, former GEP kid, who shares with us her thoughts on how Singapore leaders can't apologize, why the Gifted Programme was special needs not elitism, and what our education system gets fundamentally wrong. ๐™Ž๐™ฅ๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™จ๐™ค๐™ง: ๐™‡๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™๐™ง๐™–๐™ฃ๐™จ๐™ฅ๐™ค๐™ง๐™ฉ ๐˜ผ๐™ช๐™ฉ๐™๐™ค๐™ง๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ฎ (๐™‡๐™๐˜ผ) ๐˜ž๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜‹๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜Š๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ˆ๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ด ๐˜๐˜ฆ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜“๐˜›๐˜ˆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜š๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆโ€™๐˜ด ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ด ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ข๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ด ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด! ๐˜“๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜Œ๐˜ฑ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ #790 | https://yahlahbut.short.gy/ep790 ๐˜ž๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ข ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ด ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ต๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ? ๐˜‹๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ญ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ˆ๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ด_๐˜๐˜ฆ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ@๐˜ญ๐˜ต๐˜ข.๐˜จ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท.๐˜ด๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜จ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ง๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ 25 ๐˜”๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ. ๐—–๐—ฟ๐˜†๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐—บ-๐—Ÿ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฒ'๐˜€ ๐—ช๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ The Official Website of Crystal Lim-Lange ๐—ข๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ฆ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ธ ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด Terence: undertone | Official Trailer Haresh: Rockets & Penises in the Persian Gulf | George Carlin Crystal: Theo of Golden by Allen Levi & Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir ๐—ช๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐˜‚๐˜€! Weโ€™re looking for people to join our team! Click on the links below to find out more about the roles. If youโ€™re interested, send your CV & cover letter to [email protected]! Creative Producer Folklory Growth Hacking Internship ๐—ฆ๐˜‚๐—ฏ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ธ๐—น๐˜† ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜„๐˜€๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ โ€“ "๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—•๐—ถ๐˜โ€ Get a roundup of our One Shiok Things & first dibs on our latest launches delivered straight to your inbox! Subscribe Here (00:00) On this episode... (01:57) Intro (03:05) What Crystal Teaches About Authentic Communication (04:18) Why SG Leaders Are Afraid to Have an Opinion (05:24) The Empathy & Congruence Problem (07:18) The 4 Components of a Proper Apology (09:04) Crystal's Real-Life Apology at a Biopharma Offsite (11:29) Growing Up in a Rental HDB Flat in Little India (13:07) Entering Investment Banking Without Connections (16:10) The Gifted Education Prograโ€ฆ