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Working together for a more beautiful Boracay

by OUTSIDE THE BOX By Doris Magsaysay Ho - January 2, 2006 - 12:00am

Boracay is one of the most beautiful beaches in the world. Over the last few years, an increasing number of people have built beautiful vacation homes there – so much so that Boracay’s Long Beach has become...

Working together for a more beautiful Boracay

by OUTSIDE THE BOX By Doris Magsaysay Ho - January 2, 2006 - 12:00am

The Christmas tree

by OUTSIDE THE BOX By Doris Magsaysay Ho - December 26, 2005 - 12:00am

I shall never forget the day I met Mang Serafin Aguilleras many years ago. He was a tall man with a shy demeanor selling these scrawny Christmas trees without a pine scent. The trees reminded me of my brother Robert....

Warm and loving Filipino service

by OUTSIDE THE BOX By Doris Magsaysay Ho - August 23, 2004 - 12:00am

Now that Angelo de la Cruz is safely home, there is again an ongoing dilemma about our men and women who work overseas as migrants or as contract workers. To some, the $8 billion earned and remitted annually overrides...

Guild is good

by OUTSIDE THE BOX By Doris Magsaysay Ho - July 19, 2004 - 12:00am

During the campaign period, a friend told me about a politician who promised that his first project would be to put a kisame (ceiling) on all public school houses. We all laughed at this ridiculous idea considering...

Let’s work together

by OUTSIDE THE BOX By Doris Magsaysay Ho - July 5, 2004 - 12:00am

I have always had the greatest admiration for F. Sionil Jose, so I was thrilled when he included me in a distinguished gathering to share ideas about "Our Nation and Our Future." Over the best pinakbet...

India as a benchmark of good business

by OUTSIDE THE BOX By Doris Magsaysay Ho - March 22, 2004 - 12:00am

I longed to return to India – truly a land of splendor and magnificence.

Keeping the V spirit

by OUTSIDE THE BOX By Doris Magsaysay Ho - January 5, 2004 - 12:00am

I had heard story of the wild geese migration before and perhaps so have you. But when my friend Anabel Alejandrino sent it to me, I was again reminded how much wisdom there is for us to learn from nature. Something...

‘Tis the season to be bold!

by OUTSIDE THE BOX By Doris Magsaysay Ho - December 29, 2003 - 12:00am

Ireally enjoy meeting up with a New York-based friend who is a very successful investor, because of his incessant curiosity about new technology. He once showed me a newly launched radiophone Internet service. "I...

From exporter of labor to exporter of service

by OUTSIDE THE BOX By Doris Magsaysay Ho - August 25, 2003 - 12:00am

After an absolutely beautiful, never to be forgotten inaugural ceremony of the splendid Costa Mediterranea, the newest cruise vessel of the Costa Crociere fleet, I rushed to the Naples airport only to discover that...

Please Ask Me What I Know

by OUTSIDE THE BOX By Doris Magsaysay Ho - August 13, 2003 - 12:00am

One of the great lessons my father gave me when I started working for the family business was to go around the office to visit and talk to the rank and file employees at their desks rather than calling them...

The business of asking what one must know

by OUTSIDE THE BOX By Doris Magsaysay Ho - August 12, 2003 - 12:00am

Please Ask Me What I Know

The business of asking what one must know

by OUTSIDE THE BOX By Doris Magsaysay Ho - August 11, 2003 - 12:00am

One of the great lessons my father taught me when I started working for the family business was to go around the office to visit and talk to the rank and file employees at their desks rather than call them up to...

The business of critical thinking

by OUTSIDE THE BOX By Doris Magsaysay Ho - July 21, 2003 - 12:00am

One of the most valuable lessons I learned in college in New York was how to give and, in turn, receive a critique of one’s work. After each long pose at figure drawing class, the teacher would ask all the students...

Looking out for the Philippines

by OUTSIDE THE BOX By Doris Magsaysay Ho - July 7, 2003 - 12:00am

My son Jesse was very excited when he got an A for a very challenging graduate level course he took during his last semester at Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut. The final paper he wrote was on "Direct...

Clear message, clear action

by OUTSIDE THE BOX by Doris Magsaysay Ho - June 16, 2003 - 12:00am

NEW YORK – While waiting for a workshop on the Philippines as a center for Business Process Outsourcing (BPO), I was touched by Secretary Mar Roxas’ description of the pride and emotion he felt when our...

The Tortoise and the Hare revisited

by OUTSIDE THE BOX by Doris Magsaysay Ho - June 2, 2003 - 12:00am

There is a story I received over the Internet that absolutely everyone must read. It encompasses a profound wisdom that can be applied to how we think, to the way we do business, and to discovering refreshing approaches...

Development with a plan

by OUTSIDE THE BOX by Doris Magsaysay Ho - May 19, 2003 - 12:00am

A very energetic friend of mine, Grace Eleazar, whose positivism is truly contagious, took me to see her latest project in Quezon City. It is a low to middle income residential community with a day care center, grocery,...

Copying from the past

by OUTSIDE THE BOX by Doris Magsaysay-Ho - April 7, 2003 - 12:00am

Working on an exhibition of 19th-century Philippine clothing in New York a few years ago, I wondered why designers today are not copying the design motifs perfected by the artisans of the past. This question came...

Development with trust

by OUTSIDE THE BOX by Doris Magsaysay Ho - March 17, 2003 - 12:00am

Returning from an unforgettable journey to Cambodia organized by Asia Society with the World’s President Organization, I feel a lingering affection for this beautiful kingdom. Aside from the awesome monumental...

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