Kriston Yeo's Blog

According to a blog post titled, “Smart Road Technology: Digital Highways of The Future” (2020), roads are usually neglected in discussions about the digital transformation of transportation. Safety, efficiency and sustainability can be improved by upgrading roads with Smart Road Technology (SRT). SRT enhances visibility, generates energy and allows communication between vehicles, improving driver’s experience on roads. The blog post also describes innovations such as Solar Powered Roadways, Weather and Traffic Detection help to boost safety and road efficiency. Glow in the Dark Roads and Interactive Lights will aid in visibility while supporting sustainability. Smart Roads and Electric Priority Lanes allow electric vehicle charging on the road and vehicle communication. The blog post includes that governments and transport authorities understand the importance of adopting SRT. While the development of these innovations at scale can be expensive, leaders can initiate smaller scale proj...

According to “Smart Road Technology: Digital Highways of The Future”, roads are usually neglected in discussions about the digital transformation of transportation. Safety, efficiency and sustainability can be improved by upgrading roads with Smart Road Technology (SRT). SRT enhances visibility, generates energy and allows communication between vehicles. Hence, improving driver’s experience on roads.   Innovations such as “Solar Powered Roadways", “Weather and Traffic Detection” help to boost safety and road efficiency. “Glow in the Dark Roads” and “Interactive Lights” will aid in visibility while supporting sustainability. “Smart Roads” and “Electric Priority Lanes” allow electric vehicle charging on the road and vehicle communication.   Today, government and transport authorities understand the importance of adopting SRT. While the development of these innovations at scale can be expensive, leaders can initiate smaller scale projects before spearheading large-scale e...

Dear Professor Brad, My name is Kriston Yeo Hiong Tee from your effective communication class. My purpose of writing this letter is for you to know a little more about myself. It has been almost 2 years since I have graduated from my polytechnic as I had to serve my national service. I graduated from Temasek Polytechnic with a diploma in green building and sustainability in 2019. The reason why I chose sustainable infrastructure engineering (Building Services) in SIT was because of the passion I had for engineering during my time in my polytechnic course. I have always had the interest in engineering and knew that I wanted to become an engineer as my career. When I was younger, I was always fascinated by how things worked in this world and soon, I realized that everything in this world is produced by successful engineering solutions. A communication strength that I possess would be the ability to speak with volume and clarity. During my time in national service, I took on leadershi...

Critical thinking is the intellectually disciplined process of actively and skillfully conceptualizing, applying, analyzing and evaluating information gathered from, or generated by, observation, experience, reflection, reasoning, or communication, as a guide to belief an action. Critical Thinking is the driver of effective communication. I feel that there are great benefits and positive impacts that communication and critical thinking can have on a leadership role at a workplace. By being a critical thinker, we are able to have better communication between our colleagues at work, especially when needing to lead a team. Critical thinking enables us to understand the impact of our every decision made and ensures that the decisions we make are logical and aligns with the organizational goals and accountability for results. Therefore, being able to think critically before every decision we make is crucial in impacting the workplace as a leader.

"Employers identify communication as one of the basic competencies every graduate should have, asserting that the ability to communicate is valuable for obtaining employment and maintaining successful job performance."           Sherwyn Morreale, Michael Osborn & Judy Pearson                                                                                            Professors of Communication (2000) I think this means that having good communication skills as a graduate is essential and critical to employers when it comes to applying for a job. Having the ability to communicate well will benefit graduates during a job interview as they are able to present themselves to the employers during...