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Aziph Mustapha

Head of Culture Transformation
Celcom Axiata Berhad
Country or state 
Malaysia
Available to 
Global
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Languages 
English
Volunteer
Yes

Personal Details

Bio

Aziph is an experienced international speaker, having presented keynotes, workshops and talks all around Malaysia and in Australia, Belgium, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Laos, Mozambique, Norway, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, Tajikistan, Thailand, United Arab Emirates, United States of America and Vietnam.

Aziph has a unique mix of corporate, start up and government leadership experience. His last post was as CEO of the Malaysian Innovation Foundation, a national level federal agency in charge of developing innovation among all levels of society in Malaysia. He reported directly to the Federal Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation.

Aziph is a regular face on Malaysian media, having been on all major TV networks as well as cable TV promoting various initiatives, or invited to give expert opinion on numerous topics. Needless to say, there are countless newspaper and magazine articles featuring him in the Malay, English and Chinese language newspapers and magazines.

He has been a Change Agent throughout his professional career (since 1992). He was an entrepreneur for 10 years, having started up and funded several companies. In 2005, he became an InTrepreneur... a salaried employee within a government agency charged with developing the national IT industry, but still pushing the limits as an entrepreneur would.

Aziph has recently started up a boutique consultancy specializing in Innovation, Creativity and Psychometric Testing Instruments. He has also been engaged by a state government to start up Malaysia's first week-long Festival of Ideas.

Specialties: Grassroots Innovation, Strategic planning, Community Engagement, New Service roll-out, Innovation Management, Project Management, Online Collaboration, International Collaboration.

Current position (2)

Head of Culture Transformation

Celcom Axiata Berhad

Director and Principle Consultant

Edumatic Sdn Bhd

Achievements (1)
Anugerah Tokoh ANSARA Award

National level merit award given for outstanding contribution in various fields. ANSARA conferred this award on Aziph for his contribution to Grassroots Innovation development for Malaysia.

Degrees (2)
Diploma In Investment Analysis
University Teknologi MARA Malaysia
1985 to 1987
B.SC Finance
Indiana State University
1988 to 1990

Presentations

Presentations (2)
Grassroots Innovation in Malaysia

The fascinating field of grassroots innovation, particularly how it was first developed in Malaysia with the introduction of the Jejak Inovasi or Innovation Walk programme. This covered the entire nation looking for and documenting innovations developed by the grassroots communities.

Organizations and even countries can learn how grassroot communities with very little in terms of resources and education, can come up with amazing innovations to improve the daily lives of their members.

What it takes to be innovative.

You CAN be INNOVATIVE! Lessons from the Grassroots.

Experts always talk about the need to be innovative, to think outside the box, and to find creative solutions. But how do you do it? How do you become INNOVATIVE?

This workshop will give hands on, valuable and more importantly actionable gems that the participants can take back and immediately use to become more innovative and creative.

Numerous case studies, particularly involving grassroots communities that no one thought could be innovative, will be presented to participants, to glean lessons learnt, as well as motivate them to become more innovative. After all if people with no resources and no education can come up with amazing innovations, then anyone can! These are NOT generic case studies taken from books, but actual cases that Aziph has personally worked on.

Past talks (18)
Moderated Panel Discussion on Food Tech with Nadia ElHadry
Girls in Tech Women Founders Night Panel Discussion
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
December 31, 2016
Innovating the Humanitarian Sector
Islamic Relief Malaysia Innovation Day
Kuala Lumpur Malaysia
December 31, 2016
Championing Grassroots Innovation
International Society for Professional Innovation Management Summit 2016
Kuala Lumpur
December 31, 2015
"Developing and nurturing Grassroots innovations throught Malaysia: Lessons learnt"
Asian Symposium on Creativity and Innovation Management
Bangkok, Thailand
December 31, 2015
Unlocking Innovation for Sustainable & Inclusive Development
Pangkor International Development Dialogue
Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia
December 31, 2015
POP Innovation - Anyone can innovate Workshop
PERDA Innovation Day
Alor Setar, Kedah, Malaysia
December 31, 2014
Inclusive Innovation - Lessons from Malaysia
ISPIM Summit Brisbane 2015
Brisbane, Australia
December 31, 2014
Inclusive Social Innovation and National Development
Malaysian Commercialisation Conference & Exhibition
Kuala Lumpur Malaysia
December 31, 2014
Inclusive Innovation in Malaysia
ASEAN-UNESCO Senior Officials Forum on Social Inclusiveness in Innovation for Sustainable Development
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
December 31, 2014
Keynote Address: You Can Innovate!
Penang State Level Innovation Day Celebrations
Geaorgetown, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia
December 31, 2014
Be Brave to Innovate!
National Culture and Arts Department Innovation Workshop for Arts Entrepreneurs
Kuala Lumpur Malaysia
December 31, 2014
Keynote: Social Innovation in Malaysia
Islamic Development Bank Social Innovation Forum Mozambique
Maputo, Mozambique
December 31, 2014
Pop Innovation Workshop for Youth.
Pangkor International Development Dialogue
Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia
December 31, 2014
Inclusively Innovating our Cities
Langkawi International Smart Green City Forum
Langkawi, Malaysia
December 31, 2014
Innovating Social Good: the Social Entreprise
Ministry of Higher Education Career and Entrepreneurship Carnival
Kuala Lumpur
December 31, 2014
Grassroots Innovation: The Malaysian Experience
Asian Productivity Organization Innovation Workshop Laos
Vientiane, Laos
December 31, 2013
Opening Remarks
SEACOOP Cooperation Forum - ICT for Tomorrow's Cities
Singapore
December 31, 2009
Innovation and Service Delivery - What you need to know
Kertih Terminal Annual Innovation and Service Day
Kerteh Terengganu, Malaysia
December 31, 2016
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Books & Articles (2)

Why I do What I Do - Innovation Competition Judging
The Tuxedo Rules. And One Exception.

Expertise (8)

Leadership
Business
Grassroots Innovation Non-profit Organization Management Community Engagement Innovation Management International Collaboration Customer Service

Clients

Intel
Federal Government of Malaysia
Islamic Development Bank
International Society for Professional Innovation Management

Awards & certifications (2)

Anugerah Tokoh ANSARA Award
ANSARA Malaysia
2016
Distinguished Scholar Award
Indiana State University

Reviews

Testimonials (2)
  • Aziph was a keynote speaker at our international innovation conference in Brisbane in December 2015 where he engaged the audience with stories about grassroots innovation in Malaysia. Aziph was one of the key reasons why we decided to bring the conference to Kuala Lumpur in December 2016. His knowledge and enthusiasm for innovation management is second to none.
    Iain Bitran
    Founder
    Thriving Talents
    Verified
  • I have known Mr. Aziph since 2010, and i have seen how he has grown in his professional executive years as a CEO of a leading public organisation in Malaysia, entrusted by the government to spur Innovation & Creative Thinking. Now that Aziph is a Speaker, i strongly Believe & Recommend him as the Subject Matter Expert in Grassroots Innovation, Creative Thinking & Entrepreneurship. He didn't start off as a 'Speaker.' Rather, he practiced it at the highest levels of leadership before.
    Michael Teoh
    Verified
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