The Wisdom Archiver

Sri Indrastuti Hadiputranto: The Evolving Definition of Success

The most inspiring woman in Indonesia by Forbes in 2015, Ibu Tuti Hadiputranto shares her life story and her wisdom. She grew up during the war in Indonesia, became an activist. In this episode, we talked about * Her childhood during the war in a very strict military-style family values * Her activist days against Sukarno government in 1965 - braving themselves against military people * Her dreams when she was young and how they changed over time * Being the first Indonesian corporate lawyer who is a female * Her work experiences including the iconic Telkom IPO * Setting up partnership structure for her own law firm in Indonesia * What is the meaning of work-life balance? > “Success used to mean closing successful deals with clients, big deals, something that was so cutting edge, I felt so successful. But to me now, success means to continue working but also more sharing. Success means the balance of life is achieved now. I don’t lead deals now but involve in all cases, I can travel when I want." Ibu Hadiputranto is a well-respected Indonesian lawyer who has been working for 40 years with primary focuses on capital market/securities, corporate finance & restructuring work and in the Indonesian government’s recapitalization program for Indonesia banks. She graduated from the University of Indonesia’s Faculty of Law and Social Sciences in 1970 and continued with a Master of Law from the University of Washington, USA (LLM) in 1981. Currently, she serves as Senior Advisor of the Gajah Tunggal Group, the largest integrated tire manufacturer in Southeast Asia; Senior Advisor for Investment Banking company, Morgan Stanley Indonesia; Independent Commissioner of PT Astra International Tbk. and Members of the Risk Monitoring Committee of PT CIMB Niaga Tbk. She is the founder and senior partner of Hadiputranto, Hadinoto, & Partners, notable as one of the largest Law Firms in Indonesia and affiliated with Global Law Firm, Baker & McKenzie. Tuti Hadiputranto also became an International Partner of Baker & McKenzie from 1989 to 2016 (retired). Tuti Hadiputranto also served as Member of the Disciplinary Committee, the Indonesia Stock Exchange (2009-2013) and as a Member of the Board of Commissioners of the Indonesia Stock Exchange (2001-2004). Ms. Hadiputranto was the first lawyer to be licensed with Bapepam (now the Financial Services Authority (OJK)) to do capital market work in Indonesia, as well as represented the first Indonesian company to undertake an international offering and listing of its American depository receipts on the New York stock exchange. With all her dedicated work, in 2009 she was named as one of Indonesia’s 99 Most Powerful Women by Globe Asia Magazines and in 2015, she became the most inspiring woman in Indonesia from Forbes Indonesia. Wisdoms Takeaway * Success meaning changes over time, life is not black or white. * People weren’t used to seeing women in corporate law then, but having a good mentor goes a long way. * In order to achieve equality, be confident, do a lot of work, and show results. * The younger generation needs to learn patience - the digital era gives instant satisfaction, which is not something common in everyday life. * Don’t need to follow the norm - if you want to have only 1 kid and work full time, do that * Give kids background in order to be able to analyze anything - see things not as linear, not from one point of view but from many. Otherwise, things move too fast for them, and will miss a lot of good points

Mark Winkel: Lessons from Three Decades in Indonesia

Mark has spent his entire career in communications and has worked in Indonesia since 1992. Mostly involved in strategic communications, stakeholder engagement and reputation management, Mark helps companies and organizations tell their stories. Mark has been elected three times to the Board of Governors of AmCham. He is a trained barista (who sometimes pulls shots at Rul’s Coffee Gallery), a former climber of volcanos, and now an avid road cyclist around the capital and the Indonesian archipelago, which he first visited in 1985 while traveling around the world. In this episode, we talked about: * Understanding each other's strengths and weaknesses to compliment each other as a couple. * Travel to open up yourself to get exposed to opportunities * Digital revolution is a game changer and leadership in organizations > “If you don't know how to tell your story...why what you are doing are important...then you will struggle with your company.” Mark is a graduate of Haverford, the oldest Quaker college in the US, with a BA in Political Science, and of the International School of Geneva, where his basketball team won the Swiss National Championship. In addition to Bahasa Indonesia, he also speaks French and German and a smattering of other languages from three decades in Asia. Some of his signature projects include an IPO on the NYSE, the re-organization of Pertamina’s corporate communications, the world’s first @america public diplomacy center, the BalinaleX film industry forum, and the initial planning for the Indonesia Pavilions at the Astana World Expo in Kazakhstan and the Expo 2020 Dubai. Mark has also mentored digital start-ups in Indonesia for Plug and Play and other accelerator programs (including BCA and BEKRAF, the government body overseeing the creative economy) and provided communications coaching to KEMLU and private companies. Wisdoms Takeaway * Communications are important in every aspect of your life to be successful. * Compartmentalization, know when to disconnect when at home. * Travel and understand other cultures to open yourself to other opportunities.

Treesia Kan: The Method toward Self Actualization

In this episode we are co-hosted by Daniel Kan, a co-founder at Cruise Automation self driving auto in the US. A mother of 3 highly successful silicon valley sons -- Justin Kan, Daniel Kan and Damien Kan -- Auntie Treesia is an amazingly inspiring person you’d love to hear from. In this episode, we talked about: * Her struggles early on as an Indonesian Immigrant in China in the 1960s, an immigrant in Malaysia, and later the US. * How she views goals vs milestones - of not selling yourself short and break down big problems into small problems * How her view changed over time and found the right way to live * Her parenting philosophy - life is all about having fun! Responsibilities vs privileges > “If you can love yourself, your true self, not the one in a suit or dress, whoever you are, if we can embrace and love that person, then out of that, will come everything else. Because if you can love yourself, you can love other people. If you can love other people, you can share good things with them.” Treesia Kan went to University of Washington, where she graduated with a BS in physics and got a master’s in computer science." Treesia would go on to get a job at Digital Equipment Corporation and later start her own real estate business as a real estate professional. Wisdoms Takeaway * Life is a continuum of polishing, polishing and adding on until you self-actualize. * We live as a balance, we have responsibilities and privileges. If you have more responsibilities, you have more privileges. * Break stuff into small problems, so can achieve the goals/milestones * Success and failure doesn’t mean anything to me, reward is a bonus but if you aim for experience, you get all those * Keep your eye on the ball, keep moving * Whatever your heart desires, if you truly live out of your heart, you will receive it. * If you love what you do, just do it. I don’t see that it’s work at all if you have fun. * Don’t forget to be a citizen of the world as well * One thing I wish for the younger generation is patience.

Hentley Liem: Why Family is Important in Life

In this episode, we are co-Hosted by Justin Kan. The founder of Twitch.tv and Atrium. Growing up as a foreigner since he was little - as a Chinese in Malaysia and in Seattle - Uncle Hentley has built an extremely positive attitude towards life. In this episode, we talked about: * How he became one of the early computer scientists and aerospace engineer in the 1970s * His positive attitude towards everything in life - how it helped shape him * Traditional and old computer systems at Boeing in the 1970s * His near-death experience and how that changed him * Importance of people around him “People around you really make a difference in your life, they can help you out, they can discourage you. Different people impact you differently.” Hentley Liem was born in Hong Kong, moved to Malaysia at age 6, then migrated to America at age 15. He finished High School in Seattle, then went to the University of Washington. He graduated from the School of Engineering with a Computer Science degree in the '70s. Then went to work for Boeing Company as an Aerospace Engineer. Helped design the Boeing 757, 767 and the 777, by designing several computer systems. Retired from Boeing 19 years later. Hentley values Good Health, People he spends time with, and TIME above everything else. He loves to play sports, most sport, especially Badminton. Also loves to travel. Hentley is married to Alice, and lives happily ever after! Wisdoms Takeaway * If you start something, finish it. * Positivity - try to make the best out of every situation, no matter how bad it is. It gives you a lot more opportunities in life. * See your situation as an advantage rather than a disadvantage - as a foreigner, I am special, not different. * Living life to the fullest is a good thing - 1.) health - be as healthy as you can be 2.) people around you - get along as much as you can with people around you 3.) time - treasure your time * Find things that you are passionate about and do them well. But enjoy your time while at it.

Yuli Ismartono: You've Got to Chase What you Want Persistently

Bu Yuli is so full of passion with a strong sense of mission of sharing accurate information to the world. Her intellectual curiosity drives her to work albeit immense challenges, physically and emotionally. In this episode, we talked about * Her challenges as a journalist - from physical violence to personal trauma * Civil war in Srilanka experience - her most difficult fieldwork going through land mines * Breaking the barriers of culture - being a woman in a religious country * The role of social media in journalism - how it should change to incorporate more accountability of misinformation, defamation, etc. and what is she currently doing to solve this * Her advice to young people > “Looking forward we will live in a more globalized world, no longer the mentality of a village or kumpung or even a nation. We are globalizing, there will be no more borders. The fact that we can travel easily, communicate in seconds with somebody on the other side of the world.” Yuli Ismartono is a journalist from Indonesia. She has been in media and communications for three decades.  She worked for Tempo,the largest news weekly magazine in Indonesia since 1983 as a foreign correspondent covering Southeast Asia based in Bangkok, Thailand, until the magazine was banned by the New Order regime in 1994.  Her assignments included covering conflicts and interviewing leaders in the region. During Tempo’s ban, Ismartono worked for the Jakarta-based TV company SCTV and did consulting work for a number of companies in the field of communications strategy. She rejoined Tempo magazine in 2001 when it started re-publishing following the start of Indonesia’s reform era.  Her new job was chief editor of Tempo English, a unit of the newly-formed TEMPO Media Group. In May 2015, she became publisher of Tempo English, in charge of its overall management and operations.  She retired in June 2017 and is now the co-founder and managing editor of AsiaViews, an online weekly regional magazine covering Southeast Asia. Ismartono sits on the board of a number of institutions, such as the Bali-based Coral Triangle Center, Prestasi Junior Indonesia (PJI), Natural Resources Governance Institute (NRGI), and Switzerland-based Medicines for Malaria Venture (MMV). She is also involved in Altsean-Burma, an NGO working to advocate democratic values and principles in Myanmar. Ms Ismartono received her undergraduate studies in political science in New Delhi, India and her graduate studies in journalism at Syracuse, New York, USA. She is a member of AJI (Alliance of Independence Journalists), the Jakarta Editors Club, the Foreign Correspondents Club of Thailand and the Jakarta Foreign Correspondents Club. Wisdoms Takeaway * If you want to be a journalist, you need to expect some violence. * To cope with mental stress, you would need a really strong support group. Whether it’s your family or friends. * Luck, perseverance and careful planning allow her to become successful * You can do whatever you want to do at any age * What do you want to do, go get it. * Find yourself in this world, if you don’t know what you want, you will go left and right missing all the great opportunities.