The transition from the old corporate battlegrounds of Jakarta to the high-altitude reality of the Singapore regional headquarters did not happen in stages. It arrived all at once, a sudden, blinding shift in scale that hit Hana Wijaya the moment she stepped onto the 42nd floor of the Marina Bay Financial Centre.
If the Jakarta office was a heavy fortress of steel and traditional executive hierarchies, the Singapore regional hub was a hyper-modern cathedral of glass, light, and clinical automation. The open-plan floor was vast, bordered by curved floor-to-ceiling glass walls that offered an unhindered, staggering view of the glittering expanse of Marina Bay and the endless rows of cargo ships waiting in the Singapore Strait. The air inside smelled different—stripped of the rich, heavy not
