Teaching & Case Writing
Educating the next generation of innovators and leaders.
Courses spanning entrepreneurship, sustainable business, family enterprise, and organisational behaviour. Case writing that bridges academic rigour and practical consequence.
Suggested: Photo teaching in an MBA or undergraduate class, facilitating a case discussion, or working with students
Suggested: Executive programme facilitation, panel discussion, or workshop with senior participants
Philosophy
Teaching philosophy
Case-Based Learning
Real decisions made by real people in real contexts. Cases create the conditions for genuine deliberation and the development of practical judgement.
Theory Meets Practice
Rigorous conceptual frameworks are only valuable if they illuminate practice. Every theoretical construct must earn its place by helping students think more clearly about real problems.
Ecosystem Thinking
No venture, policy, or institution operates in isolation. Students learn to map the broader ecosystem — the actors, relationships, and dynamics — that shape any given situation.
Evidence and Argument
Good decisions require good evidence and clear reasoning. Students are trained to distinguish between assertion and argument, and between correlation and causation.
Courses
Teaching portfolio
SMU
MBA
2023–present
MBA – Business Families
Explores the unique dynamics of family-owned and family-controlled enterprises, covering governance, succession, philanthropy, and the intersection of family and business systems.
SMU
Undergraduate
Fall 2017–present
Sustainable Entrepreneurship
Formerly 'Social Entrepreneurship'. Examines how ventures can create economic value while addressing social and environmental challenges. Combines case-based learning with live project work.
SMU
Undergraduate
Fall 2020–present
Sustainable Entrepreneurship Practicum
Applied practicum component of the Sustainable Entrepreneurship programme, where students work directly with social enterprises and impact ventures.
SMU
Undergraduate
Spring 2020–present
Study Mission: Strategic Practices in Sustainable Agriculture
An immersive study mission examining sustainable agriculture practices, food systems, and the strategic challenges facing agri-food enterprises.
SMU
Undergraduate
Fall 2017–2019
Entrepreneurship & Business Creation
Foundational course covering opportunity recognition, business model design, and the entrepreneurial process. Combines case-based learning with live venture projects.
Ivey Business School
Undergraduate
Spring 2014–2016
Interpersonal Negotiations
Develops negotiation skills through simulation-based learning, covering distributive and integrative bargaining, multi-party negotiations, and cross-cultural dynamics.
Ivey Business School
Core (Undergraduate)
Fall 2014–2016
Leading People in Organizations
Core course in organisational behaviour covering motivation, leadership, team dynamics, and organisational design.
Carnegie Mellon University
Undergraduate (Instructor)
Summer 2009
Organizational Behavior I
Introductory course in organisational behaviour, covering individual and group dynamics, motivation, and leadership.
Executive Education
Selected executive programmes
Executive workshop on family governance for private bank clients
Program Director, Business Families Institute, Family Entrepreneurship Programme
Stewardship Masterclass – Advancing Family Businesses of Tomorrow (Stewardship Asia Centre & Business Families Institute, SMU)
Strategy workshop for a leading Indonesian family-owned firm in the personal care product industry
Bangkok Bank: Big Blue Ocean for Next-Gen Leaders
HP Thailand Next-Gen Leadership Symposium: Next-Gen Leadership in Family Business
UOB Private Bank Next-Gen Programme: Module on Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Impact
SMU Executive Programme in Digital Leadership — Faculty lead on 'Digital Strategy' and 'Digital Organization and Change Management' modules (2 cohorts)
Lead Faculty, SMU-MINDEF Management Science programme — 'Leading and Managing through People Analytics'
Program Director, Singapore Centre for Social Enterprise, raiSE — SE.LE.CT Programme
Frankfurt School of Finance and Management — Facing the unexpected (Executive programme for senior healthcare professionals)
Case Writing
Teaching cases
Kenneth writes teaching cases that place students in the decision-making seat of real leaders navigating complex, ambiguous situations. Cases are published through SMU and Ivey Publishing, and distributed through international case repositories.
2025
SMU
SMU-24-0014
Heritage and innovation: Leveraging family legacy in Ipse Ipsa Ipsum
With Ang, Jovina
2024
SMU
SMU-23-0023
Usertip: Early-stage financing considerations
With Ang, Jolyn; Chan, C. W.
2023
SMU
SMU-23-0004
An uncommon alliance: Unilever's 'The Vegetarian Butcher' meets Singapore's 'The Social Kitchen'
With Mittal, S.; Mack, D. Z.
2022
SMU
SMU-22-0027
The other WTO: Using toilet humour to facilitate global access to toilets
With Lim, T.
2022
SMU
SMU-22-0023
Shenzhen Power Solutions: Energising Africa's Base of the Pyramid
With Xu, J.; Chan, C.W.
2021
SMU
SMU-21-0029
Duolingo: Play, Not Pay, to learn languages
With Cheah, S. M.
2021
SMU
SMU-21-0015
Federated Hermes: Improving ESG through active engagement with portfolio companies
With Ang, J.
2021
SMU
SMU-20-0037
Shining a ray of hope through COVID-19
With Ang, J.
2020
SMU
SMU-20-0028
Innovate or Dye: How Matex International innovates for sustainability
With Lim, T.
2020
SMU
SMU-20-0012
Vodien internet solutions: From building websites to powering the digital back-end of business
With Dula, C.
2019
SMU
SMU-19-0033
In the race for AI: Twitter's acquisition of Magic Pony Technology
With Chilarska, P.; Cheah, S. M.
2019
SMU
SMU-19-0005
The founding of Flipz: Living the entrepreneurship dream?
With Cheah, S. M.
2019
SMU
SMU-18-0037
Agoda – Perpetual disruption and post-acquisition challenges
With Bhattacharya, L.; Allen, P.
2019
SMU
SMU-18-0030
The Thought Collective: Challenges in balancing social and financial goals (A & B)
With Seah, W. Z.; Chan, C. W.
2017
Ivey Publishing
9B17C033
Canaan Group: Reshaping the ECS Division
With Mark, K.
2017
Ivey Publishing
9B17C024
Agoda: People analytics and business culture (A)
★ Ivey Publishing Best Seller (2019)
With Mark, K.
2017
Ivey Publishing
9B17C025
Agoda: People analytics and business culture (B)
With Mark, K.
2015
Ivey Publishing
9B15C016
McKinsey & Company: Talent management and knowledge creation
With Konrad, A. M.; Peng, A. C.