Launching 1Academy: Connecting Knowledge – Bridging Success
The opening ceremony of 1Academy featured insights from 1Office CEO Le Viet Thang and guest speaker Hoang Nam Tien (Vice Chairman of the Board of FPT University) on the topic of “Agile management”.
1Academy – A Partner for Successful Digital Transformation
After years of planning, 1Academy officially launched at G2, Five Star Building, Thanh Xuan, Hanoi. The grand event took place on August 24th with the participation of 100 guest CEOs and the entire 1Office team.
Converging the elements of “right time, right place, and right people” in early 2023, 1Office seized the “opportune moment” by securing a multi-million dollar investment from the Japanese corporation Mynavi, chose an “advantageous location” in a central area right next to the 1Office headquarters, and brought together a team of leading personnel and experts in the field of management for 1Academy. The “housewarming” ceremony for 1Academy garnered attention and congratulations from the national business community.
1Academy was created with the mission to provide in-depth management knowledge, disseminate expertise, and help businesses develop suitable digital transformation roadmaps and optimize their use of the 1Office platform. In addition to providing an advanced technology platform, the team of experts at 1Academy continuously enriches a vast system of template resources and consistently offers high-quality training courses for current and future users of the 1Office software.
Classroom space at 1Academy
Flexible Leadership – Adapting in an Ever-Changing World
Adhering to the goal of sharing knowledge and updating in-depth management expertise, the handpicked guest speaker for this important event was Mr. Hoang Nam Tien (Vice Chairman of the Board of FPT University). Here, Mr. Tien offered multi-faceted perspectives, practical lessons, and pointed out a method for success in today’s “on-off” economic climate: Agile management.
Mr. Hoang Nam Tien speaking at the event
Looking back in history, this management theory is rooted in President Ho Chi Minh’s philosophy of “Using the unchangeable to respond to the ever-changing.” In modern business management, only the organization’s goal or DNA is “unchangeable.” But to achieve and maintain that unchangeable core, a CEO must be both a strategist and a hands-on leader, capable of adapting to the “ever-changing” with the market’s many constantly shifting parameters.
“An Agile mindset will be a necessary quality and capability for future leaders,” Mr. Hoang Nam Tien affirmed. A testament to the peak effectiveness of agile management is the leap in growth of the Grab application. Starting as a service connecting users with passenger vehicles, Grab has now become a super-app for daily life in Southeast Asia with 32.6 million customers, ranking as the number one transportation platform and the leading fintech platform. This is all thanks to its “Customer-centric” motto (customer satisfaction is the guiding principle for all business activities), and its “lightning-fast” expansion and adaptation of business methods according to user needs.
CEO Le Viet Thang speaking at the launch event
Mr. Le Viet Thang stated, “1Office is an example of Agile Management.” This is clearly demonstrated in 1Office’s operations since its inception; any ticket related to software updates goes directly to the highest-level leader.
Drawing from the hard-won experience of nearly a decade building 1Office into a leading comprehensive business management platform, Mr. Le Viet Thang remarked: “Poverty is also a kind of strength. Having no choice is a greater strength than having many choices.” Despite having overcome the initial difficult days, with the company now valued at tens of millions of dollars, the leader still clearly remembers his starting point and points out that agile management through “frugality” has been the key to sustenance and development until now. The 1Office CEO looked back on the journey and concluded: “The philosophy of Agile Management is in the leader’s blood and is deeply ingrained in 1Office.”
1Academy opens up a journey of continued learning
Accompanying the event, Mr. Hoang Nam Tien shared, “When a company decides to establish its own academy, it’s a wonderful thing because that company wants to do more than just business for profit. They decide to work for a better society, for a better country.”
At 1Academy, businesses are equipped with the necessary knowledge for their personnel to pursue sustainable career development in a fiercely competitive and volatile environment. With the goal of becoming the leading academy in Vietnam and the region for providing, disseminating, connecting, and sponsoring business management knowledge and resources, 1Academy continuously optimizes the learning experience and enhances knowledge for digital transformation, all with the support of 1Office.
Source: CAFE F
