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Applying Quantum Thinking in Leadership and Sustainability Management to Foster Change, Transformation, and Resilience

  • Innovation & Business Improvement
  • Leadership & Management
Next Intake: 30 Sep 2025 (Tue)
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  • SkillsFuture
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This programme is conducted on-campus.

Next course starts on
30 Sep 2025 (Tue) See Full Schedule
Fee
SGD2,180* (as low as SGD254 after maximum funding) Learn More
Duration

2 days
Day 1: 9am - 5pm
Day 2: 9am - 6pm

Level
Intermediate
Venue

Singapore Management University

Who Should Attend

  • Mid-to-senior Level Executives
  • Organisational Leaders
  • Management Consultants
  • Entrepreneurs
  • MBA students who are interested in exploring cutting-edge leadership theories and approaches

Overview

In an era of complexity and rapid change, traditional leadership models are struggling to navigate the convoluted dynamics of contemporary organisations. Quantum Leadership bridges quantum physics and leadership studies, offering a transformative view of how quantum principles can guide strategic leadership in today's intricate, dynamic, and often unpredictable business environments.

This programme delves into the foundational principles of quantum mechanics for real-world application, reshaping organisational relationships and highlighting the remarkable potential of entangled relationships in complex organisations. Learn to critique conventional leadership paradigms and juxtapose them with the innovative principles of quantum leadership.

Programme Partner

OCTAVE Institute was founded in 1995 by Chavalit Frederick Tsao, a fourth-generation steward of a family business that has flourished for over a century. The family owes its success to a set of principles and practices that Chavalit believes can contribute towards the shifting of consciousness for Humanity. OCTAVE Institute is the manifestation of those principles and what Chavalit envisions to be the School of Life for the New Era; one that embraces coherence, wholeness, sustainability, and the purpose-led leader.

Embedded in the Stewardship of Life Program are a series of experiential programs and modules designed to shift consciousness, build leadership and management skills for corporate executives and family business leaders, essential in a post AI world, to guide leaders towards discovering their purpose and true self.

OCTAVE Institute has also commissioned over 40 books and published numerous articles and research papers on well-being, sustainability, mindfulness and the shifting of consciousness.

Learning Objectives

At the end of the 2-day programme, participants will be able to:

  • Analyse the key principles of quantum mechanics and how they can be applied to leadership in complex, adaptive systems.
  • Evaluate the importance of entangled relationships in complex organisations and assess strategies for leveraging them to achieve desired outcomes.
  • Critique the traditional approach to leadership and compare it to the principles of quantum leadership.
  • Identify and evaluate the potential benefits of a quantum leadership approach in a rapidly changing business environment.
  • Apply the principles of quantum leadership to a specific organisational challenge, outlining the potential benefits and risks of the proposed approach.

Topic/Structure

  • Key principles of quantum mechanics
  • The higher order of consciousness within and beyond the organisation
  • Leadership approaches towards the flourishing of businesses
  • Entanglements and interconnections of relationships in complex organisations
  • The enablers in times of ambiguity and chaos
  • Systemic perspectives of a Quantum Leader
  • Traits of a Quantum Leader

Assessment

As part of the requirement for SkillsFuture Singapore, there will be an assessment conducted at the end of the course. The mode of assessment, which is up to the trainer’s discretion, may be an online quiz, a group/ individual presentation or based on classroom exercises.

Participants are required to attain a minimum of 75% attendance and pass the associated assessment in order to receive a digital Certificate of Completion issued by Singapore Management University.

Calculate Programme Fee

Click here for more information about SkillsFuture Credits (Not applicable for Company-sponsored participants)
For PSEA - Available only for Singapore Citizen below 31 (Not applicable for Company-sponsored participants)

Total Program Fee: SGD0.00

Fee Table

COMPANY-SPONSORED

PARTICIPANT PROFILE

SELF-SPONSORED

SME

NON-SME

Singapore Citizen < 40 years old

Permanent Resident

LTVP+

$654

(After SSG Funding 70%)

$254

(After SSG Funding 70%
+ ETSS Funding 20%)

$654

(After SSG Funding 70%)

Singapore Citizen ≥ 40 years old

$254

(After SSG Funding 70%
+ MCES Funding 20%)

$254

(After SSG Funding 70%
+ ETSS Funding 20%)

$254

(After SSG Funding 70%
+ MCES Funding 20%)

International Participant

$2,180

(No Funding)

$2,180

(No Funding)

$2,180

(No Funding)

All prices include 9% GST

Please note that the programme fees are subject to change without prior notice.

Post Secondary Education Account (PSEA)
PSEA can be utilised for subsidised programmes eligible for SkillsFuture Credit support. Click here to find out more.

Self Sponsored

SkillsFuture Credit

Singapore Citizens aged 25 and above may use their SkillsFuture Credits to pay for the course fees. The credits may be used on top of existing course fee funding.

This is only applicable to self-sponsored participants. Application to utilise SkillsFuture Credits can be submitted when making payment for the course via the SMU Academy TMS Portal, and can only be made within 60 days of course start date.

Please click here for more information on the SkillsFuture Credit. For help in submitting an SFC claim, you may wish to refer to our step-by-step guide on claiming SkillsFuture Credits (Individual).

Workfare Skills Support Scheme

From 1 July 2023, the Workfare Skills Support (WSS) scheme has been enhanced. Please click here for more details.

Company Sponsored

Enhanced Training Support for SMEs (ETSS)

  • Organisation must be registered or incorporated in Singapore
  • Employment size of not more than 200 or with annual sales turnover of not more than $100 million
  • Trainees must be hired in accordance with the Employment Act and fully sponsored by their employers for the course
  • Trainees must be Singapore Citizens or Singapore Permanent Residents
  • Trainees must not be a full-time national serviceman
  • Trainees are eligible for ETSS funding only if their company's SME status is approved prior to the course commencement date. To verify your SME's status, please click here. 

Please click here for more information on ETSS.

Absentee Payroll

Companies who sponsor their employees for the course may apply for Absentee Payroll here. For more information, please refer to:

AP Guide (Non-SME Companies)
Declaration Guide (SME Companies)

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Trainers

Dr Kenneth Tan
Dr Kenneth Tan

Dr Tan held senior leadership roles including Dean of OCTAVE Institute, Dean of Certis Corporate University, Director at SMU, and GM at Legacy Foundation Consultancy. With over 20 years of corporate experience, he specialises in Leadership, Curriculum and Organisational Development. His expertise includes culture transformation projects with notable companies like Standard Chartered Bank Singapore and Wunderman. He is also a Certified Gallup and Association of Talent Development Coach, an Agile-methodology certified SCRUM Master, an MIT-SLOAN certified AI Business Strategist, and a Harvard certified Design Thinking practitioner. He has published articles on topics including Psychological Safety and Leadership Development and is also a senior reviewer for IAFOR Asia and UK conferences and has presented research in countries like Hong Kong, Edinburgh, Singapore and the United States.

Dr Bernard Lim
Dr Bernard Lim

Dr Lim is a leadership and organisational development practitioner, with background in Organisational Psychology, Learning and Development. He has been with the public, healthcare and private sectors, employing organisational psychology and applied behavioural sciences to enable leadership and organisational change. He has also on the leadership teams of the Singapore Psychological Society and volunteered on the advisory committees of various educational institutions.

Joanne Teh
Joanne Teh

Joanne, a seasoned executive coach, is one of the first seven ICF-Master Certified Coaches (MCC) in Singapore, with 3,500 coaching hours under her belt. With over a decade of experience in finance and government leadership, Joanne focuses on helping leaders manage large-scale change, build stakeholder alignment, and bridge generational cultures. Her coaching expertise has benefited executives across diverse industries, ranging from MNCs, to government and startups. Joanne is passionate about driving impactful change and empowering people to achieve breakthroughs in life. As the Head of Coaching Practice for OCTAVE Institute, Joanne has been instrumental in establishing the coaching department within TPC Group, and leads her team in creating an integrated ecosystem that encompasses coaching, healing, and learning for the holistic development of leaders on a global scale. Leveraging on her previous experiences, Joanne equips leaders with a powerful coaching toolkit for creating thriving cultures and empowers leaders to embrace the quantum mindset — a transformative approach transcending conventional leadership paradigms.

Tai Sook Yee
Tai Sook Yee

Sook Yee, a Certified Public Accountant (Malaysia), has accumulated nearly 40 years of experience in various areas, including governance, corporate affairs, investments, strategies, and business leadership. Her career has taken her from family businesses to multinational companies, with bases in Malaysia, the USA, the United Kingdom, Mexico, Singapore, and China. She has also served as a board member, audit/ risk, and nomination/ remuneration committee member of listed entities in Australia and Malaysia. Since 2007, she has held various leadership positions at TPC (formerly IMCPAA Group), including Group Managing Director of its industrial unit and Chief Operating Officer of OCTAVE, its lifestyle unit. However, her journey has been dynamic. She has transitioned from these executive roles to focus on quantum leadership work, providing training, mentoring, coaching, and advice to leaders, and serving as a Non-Executive Independent Director for two listed entities in Malaysia and on the Advisory Board of OCTAVE Institute.

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