Articles, essays, and talks of Rey Lugtu

The Green Valley College Foundation, Inc., is one the fastest growing educational and training institution based in the City of Koronadal, South Cotabato. One of our major milestones for this year is to bring to our region the 1st Mindanao Technology Summit 2009. The summit will be a gathering of students, instructors/professors, IT professionals and businessmen with interests in the field of IT and IT enabled services. It will be held at the South Cotabato Gymnasium and Cultural Center, City of Koronadal, South Cotabato on November 21, 2009. Organized by our institution in partnership with a multinational company, International Business Machine (IBM), it shall center on the theme “ICT and Beyond.” The radical developments in the field of ICT opened up emerging business and career opportunities for Filipinos. Awareness of these opportunities will make us more responsive to the challenging times. Keynote speaker is Mr. Reynaldo Lugtu Jr, who will speak on the future of IT and II career

(Published in Manila Standard Today under the Greenlight column, November 2, 2009) As I write this, I am in a classroom in INSEAD Singapore, attending a two-week executive education on business and management. Coincidentally, it’s also my birthday today, October 29, and I’m away from my family. My teenage daughters, Frances and Renee, had asked why I would sacrifice a birthday celebration with them, and instead go back to school. In an apologetic way, my cursory answer was that the schedule was fixed beforehand; but what I told them with great pride was that it’s an invaluable opportunity to learn from the fourth-ranking business school in the world. I went on in saying that the most important personal asset in your life is your education; that you should never stop learning. As a Chinese proverb goes, “learning is a treasure that will follow its owner everywhere.” Indeed, as an adult learner, I am one of those business executives who are sent by their companies to business school and