Department of Startup: Why Every Fortune 500 Should Have One

Department of Startup: Why Every Fortune 500 Should Have One aims to help CEOs, presidents, and human resource practitioners on how they can transform their large corporation to thrive in a fast, social media conscious, and unforgiving market a la startup.

The ascent of startups on the Fortune 500 ranking, displacing some of the more notable companies, raised not only attention but also questions. Fundamentally, startups are built on a very different organizational culture as compared to a traditional Fortune 500. Could these cultural differences be the reason startups are in the forefront of technology innovation, disrupting industries dominated by more established competitors and thriving in today’s volatile business environment?

Department of Startup: Why Every Fortune 500 Should Have One aims to help CEOs, presidents, and human resource practitioners on how they can transform their large corporation to thrive in a fast, social media conscious, and unforgiving market a la startup.

Ivan Yong Wei Kit is an organizational psychologist, engineer, entrepreneur and a startup angel investor based in Hong Kong. He had been instrumental in strategizing and executing Fortune 500 and startup human capital strategy in a diverse cultural setting of Asia. He firmly believes that "right talent and culture" brings about exponential organizational performances. He is also the founding member of the European Mentoring and Coaching Council, APAC and the co-founder of GENUS and Nanyang Angelz Ivan holds a bachelor of engineering (mechanical and production) with honors from Nanyang Technological University, a MSc in organizational psychology from the University of London and a diploma in child psychology.

Sam Lee is a career human resources professional and an entrepreneur since 1997. He co-founded Nanyang Angelz, focusing on impact investment in start-ups. Sam is also the co-founder of GENUS, a social enterprise that supports underprivileged children in Asia to learn English. Sam edits and publishes the Hong Kong Society of Economists Magazine and is also a member of the Departmental Advisory Committee of the Department of Linguistic and Translation, City University of Hong Kong. Sam is an avid photographer and, together with his wife Josephine started HISCafe - a baking ministry in the church.