“The greatest barrier to innovation is not technology. It is fragmentation. In this fast-charging AI era, large companies can no longer afford the luxury of innovation theater. The optics without architecture.”
Dr. Ying-Wei Liew
Senior Director of Physical AI
Software Engineering
Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), China
“Innovation stalls less from budgets and more from fear of the unknown. Leadership can shape whether change grows of fades.”
Jessica Swafford
Head of Ventures Pilots and Partnerships
Healthliant Ventures, USA
“By understanding the real needs of the users and the larger system around it can help the corporation to achieve better impact.”
Dr. Mari Suoheimo
Associate Professor
The Oslo School of Architecture and Design Oslo (AHO), Norway
Our Mandates
Two streams. One Direction.
Insights
Where IDEAS take SHAPE.
Upstream engagement with local and global ecosystems.
Bold conversations. New models.
IMPACT
Where IDEAS become REAL.
Programs. Projects. Partnership. Policy.
Turning insights into outcomes that benefit Johor’s ecosystem.