GUILD Brunei

Wishing all WISE professionals working on improving Wellbeing, Inclusion, Sustainability & Entrepreneurship a meaningful ASEAN Day 🕊️

تهنيئه، اشتون دان ابنور، اتس ڤنچالونن بارو اندا 💪🏽 اندا اداله اينسڤيرسي كڤد كامي سموا!

اي برمولا شوال 🌙 مڠوچڤكن سلامت هاري راي عيدالفطري بوات سموا 🕊️

🌙 𝑬𝒊𝒅 𝑴𝒖𝒃𝒂𝒓𝒂𝒌 𝒕𝒐 𝑴𝒖𝒔𝒍𝒊𝒎 𝑰𝒏𝒗𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑬𝒅𝒖𝒄𝒂𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒔

May this Eid celebration fill your home with love, your heart with kindness, and your life with endless blessings. Even in scarcity, we see abundance 🕊️

Salam Aidilfitri, Bayramınız Kutlu Olsun, ईद मुबारक, 开斋节快乐, រីករាយវិចិត្រ, イード ムバラク, 이드 무바라크, ஈத் முபாரக் from Team GUILD ❤️

This Eid, you're invited to join other Groundbreakers in our GUILD Plus chat 👍 t.me/groundupinnovation

At this end of Ramadan, we wish you Happy Iftar 🥙
دأخير رمضان، كامي مڠوچڤكن سلامت برأفطار 🌙

هاري اين اداله هاري تانه ڤاسير دنيا 🌳 ڤد هاري اين، كامي ايڠين بركوڠسي باڬايمانا ڤموكيمن تربسر د دنيا د اتس ڤاڬر تله هيدوڤ هرموني دڠن هوتن باكاو د سكيترڽ سلاما لبيه 600 تاهون. كامي سيڠڬه كمڤوڠ ايير د بروني 💧

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Today is World Wetlands Day 🌳 On this day, we would like to share how the world's largest human settlement on stilts have lived harmoniously with its surrounding mangroves for over 600 years. We visited Kampong Ayer in Brunei 💧

سلامت مڽمبوت هاري تناڬ برسيه انتارابڠسا ⚡

كامي تله ملنچركن ڤڠالمن ڤنراڤن ڤمبوات 'تناڬ برسيه' كامي Maker Immersive Experience (MIX) د 2 سكوله، دان كامي ايڠين اندا مڽرتاي كامي دالم مڠمبڠكن ڬرقن كلستارين اين د سلوروه اسيا. كامي برڬمبيرا دڠن معلوم بالس دان ڤمبلاجرن درڤد ڬورو دان ڤلاجر تله ساڠت باءيق ❤️

جك اندا برمينت اونتوق ممباوا مودول ڤركتيكل يڠ اونيك اين ك دالم كوريكولوم كلستارين اندا، كامي ڬمبيرا اونتوق ممبنتو اندا.

سيلا هوبوڠي كامي ملالوءي ميسيج ڤريبادي اتاو [email protected]

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Happy International Day of Clean Energy ⚡

We have launched our 'Clean Energy' Maker Immersive Experience (MIX) in 2 schools, and we would like you to join us in growing this sustainability movement across Asia. We are heartened the feedback and learnings from both teachers and students have been great ❤️

If you're keen to bring this unique hands-on module into your sustainability curriculum, we are happy to help you.

Kindly connect with us via private message or [email protected]

It's International Day of Clean Energy! We have launched our 'Clean Energy' Maker Immersive Experience (MIX) in 2 schools, and we would like you to join us in growing this sustainability movement across Asia. We are heartened the feedback and learnings from both teachers and students have been great ❤️ If you're keen to bring this unique hands-on real-world module into your sustainability curriculum, we are happy to help you. Simply connect with us via DM or [email protected] #SDG7 #cleanenergy #UN #SDGs #unitednations #cleanenergyday #sustainability #InventForImpact

سلامت مڽمبوت هاري ڤنديديقن انتارابڠسا 🌱

ڤد تاهون اين، كامي ايڠين ممبريكن ترڠ تنتڠ AI، ڤمندو اوتام يڠ بوليه مڠوبه چارا كامي مڠاجر دان چارا كامي بلاجر. كامي مڠاجر AI دان كامي مڠمالكن AI. دڠن AI، كيت كيني بوليه مڠهيدوڤكن ميسي منتور كيت يڠ تله منيڠڬل دنيا، تاي لاي هوك، دان مڠحرمتي واريثنڽ 🌻

كامي جوڬ ايڠين مڠوچڤكن ريبوان تريما كاسيه كڤد اندا، ڬورو، ڤنديديق دان جورولاتيه كامي، يڠ تله بكرجاسام برسام كامي سجق ڤرمولأن GUILD 🙏

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Happy International Day of Education 🌱

This year, we would like to shed light on AI, a major driver that could change the way we teach and the way we learn. We teach AI and we practise AI. With AI, we can now keep alive the mission of our late mentor, Tay Lai Hock, and honour his legacy 🌻

We also would like to thank you, our teachers, educators and trainers, who have worked alongside us since the beginning of GUILD 🙏

Education isn’t just about textbooks and classrooms; it’s about community and connection. This International Day of Education, we’re exploring how AI can enhance, not replace, these vital human elements. As we move forward, we need a 21st-century kampung culture where people have an open heart and are open to constant unlearning and relearning. This video is made entirely by A.I, and we would like to use this opportunity to honour one of our late mentors, Tay Lai Hock. #genai #guildasia #storytelling #giveandbuild #generativeai #ai

Happy 2025 🎉 After 8 years of highs and lows, which is still less than half of our 'First 23-Year Vision' (if we ever make it that far.. haha), we have achieved much, yet we have so much more to do.

With only 17% of SDG targets on track and 17% getting worse with less than 5 years left to the 2030 deadline, as a civilization, we now have an 'F' grade.

𝐎𝐔𝐑 𝐌𝐈𝐒𝐒𝐈𝐎𝐍
Failure to double on our Mission in 'Growing Grounded Innovators through Nature, Tech and Community' as a larger ecosystem across humanity could mean that our wicked problems remain unresolved and our best talents unmotivated to solve them preferring to pursue pure profits for only shareholders, instead of community stakeholders. Ironically, we would fail our children and our grandchildren, while we insist they score A+ in their exams. How we perform on Earth is the real exam.

𝐎𝐔𝐑 𝐕𝐈𝐒𝐈𝐎𝐍
What did the world achieve 23 years after Google was founded in 1998? Significantly much. Could GUILD last long enough to achieve our 'First 23-Year Vision' given that 90% of startups fail? We don't know as there are 'black swans' like COVID-19 on the horizon among many other reasons that could make us fail including ourselves. Having said that, our sincere hope is to see more CHI: Communities at the Heart of Innovation. If it comes with a SOUL like a Sustainable Open University of Life, why not.. it would be a cool bonus! Living in a world where citizens like you and I can GIVE and BUILD freely would be awesome too!

𝐎𝐔𝐑 𝐆𝐑𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐃𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐕𝐀𝐋𝐔𝐄𝐒
Whether we achieve our 'First 23-Year Vision' or not is secondary. Our late mentor Lai Hock reminded us that it is more key to be Grounded in our everyday lives like a Thinker, a Warrior and a Farmer. Having walked this Path, it is not easy as we struggle with our imperfections, but we persevere because such a vision demands the best of us.

Will we fail? Of course, we will. Almost all important experiments experience failure when breaking new grounds. We'll learn and continue to iterate again like a Groundbreaker would because we can. To more failures and successes in our remaining 15 years to our 'First 23-Year Vision' deadline!

But first, let's all work hard for the next 5 years to at least score a 'B+' for our 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) so that we don't literally burn, drown or starve ourselves on Earth.

Gotta get back to work, y'all! Wishing you a fruitful and purposeful year ahead 🌳 Semangat 💪

The outer walkways of Kampong Ayer are popular with travellers as they offer a great view of the city and the famous Omar 'Ali Saifuddien Mosque,Brunei 🇧🇳