Helping leaders build better places
Strategy for Urban, Corporate,
Cultural & Inner Places.
Tempatico’s Anatomy of Hope
Our Services
What we do
What We Do
Like our name suggests ( a hybrid of Tempat which means place and Simpatico which means having an affinity with) our methodology helps fill delivery gaps or assists by helping our clients create programmes that strengthens their communities' affinity with the place.
Through deep listening, we work closely with local councils, CEOs, city managers, the placemakers, or place owners to create contextual solutions to turn around districts that are hollowing out or corporations that are at a tipping point of growth but cannot move forward.
Our Services
Our main area is that of Place (Tempat).
Because everything is connected, we look at a multi-web of relationships and their impact on the places around them.
These are the four Places that we serve:
Urban Place
Place Led Strategy, Placemaking, Place Branding and Urban Rejuvenation.
Corporate Place
Corporate Culture and Transformation, Customer Journey Mapping, Social Purpose, Corporate Narrative and Corporate Strategy.
Cultural Place
Creating and curating cultural 'product' and narratives that drive the Creative Economy, generating economic value and vitality for cities.
Inner Place
Coaching, Leadership Building, Individual Narrative & Learning.
Tempatico has created a new programme called Back To You, a series of Life-Affirming guided courses to help participants find their authenticity and purpose.
People - We see the possible in impossible.
Jia-Ping LEE
Yasmin Mokhtar
Yasmin Mokhtar
Founder & Principal
“Jia-Ping helps you envision a brighter future. She makes things happen.”
Jia Ping is passionate about places - cities, districts, towns and enclaves, and the people that inhabit them. In her quest to assist in their revitalisation, she strives to understand the unique interconnectedness at play, in creating socia
Founder & Principal
“Jia-Ping helps you envision a brighter future. She makes things happen.”
Jia Ping is passionate about places - cities, districts, towns and enclaves, and the people that inhabit them. In her quest to assist in their revitalisation, she strives to understand the unique interconnectedness at play, in creating social and economic vibrancy.
From 2015 to 2019, Jia Ping worked at Think City, a subsidiary of Khazanah Nasional on driving rejuvenation in the heritage core of Kuala Lumpur and building partnership with local, state and federal government as well as international organisations to push forward the Heritage and Placemaking agenda in Malaysia and the region.
She is great at building partnerships and new businesses, facilitation and the creation of cultural and community programmes by joining dots within multiple networks and stakeholders. In 2019, she led a team of dedicated urbanist at Think City to produce Placemaker Week ASEAN(PWA), the first placemaking event in the region, in collaboration with UN Habitat, STIPO, PPS and Placemakingx.
As Chairperson of Placemaking Malaysia (launched in 2021 under the auspices of Malaysian Institute of Planners), Jia Ping is leading a team of placemakers to advocate and create better places to live, work and play. In 2020, she was elected to the board of Placemakingx, a global placemaking network based in New York.
The genesis for urban regeneration began with her passion for Brand Culture, the Arts and Communities. She has worked in the theatres and productions in the UK and in KL, and as Guest Lecturer teaching a diploma course on Theatre Production Management at Sunway University's Department of Performance and Media. She believes that there is a huge gap socially and economically in these areas which can be addressed by local corporations as part of the Corporate Responsibility or their ESG commitment.
As a founder of The Listening Tree, a brand consultancy, Jia Ping previously helped companies build a strong organisation culture by creating a a brand strategy and roadmap that attracted the right talent and processes. You can download her podcasts on bfm89.9 (Business FM) coaching start ups on their brand for their programme "Up the Ante" in the Open for Business segment.
When she is not working, you can find her fighting for causes as Honorary Council Member of Badan Warisan Malaysia (Malaysian Heritage Trust) and as a member of the Rotary Club of Gombak.
fb & linkedin: Jia-Ping Lee
insta & twitter: jp_goes_places
Yasmin Mokhtar
Yasmin Mokhtar
Yasmin Mokhtar
Founder & Principal
“I love to unravel the ball of yarn, organise and move things along.”
Former advertising account management lead, Yasmin has worked with global communications agency networks for more than two decades. Her experience spans creative (Interpublic Group’s FCB and McCann Worldgroup; and Publicis Groupe’s Saatchi & Saatchi
Founder & Principal
“I love to unravel the ball of yarn, organise and move things along.”
Former advertising account management lead, Yasmin has worked with global communications agency networks for more than two decades. Her experience spans creative (Interpublic Group’s FCB and McCann Worldgroup; and Publicis Groupe’s Saatchi & Saatchi and Publicis Malaysia), media agencies (IPG Mediabrands) and brand consultants (Dentsu Aegis Network’s Merdeka LHS). She now brings her diverse experience covering multi-discipline communication and project management to the field of urban rejuvenation with Tempatico.
From 2017-2018, Yasmin was Managing Partner at Merdeka LHS where she oversaw the launch of Astro’s 2018 FIFA World Cup Campaign – Born to Love Football; launched Mid Valley South Key in Johor Bahru; created new brands with clients such as Fi Life https://fi.life/ and halal cosmetic brand Binti’s https://www.facebook.com/bintisbeauty/
In 2019, she moved to Publicis Malaysia where she assisted in managing the Nestlé business – integrating teams and internal processes, team evaluation and revenue projection and negotiation.
At Saatchi & Saatchi, Yasmin managed regional FMCG clients Danone (Snacks & Biscuits) and P&G (Head & Shoulders). Apart from brand and communication strategy, she developed ideas such as making Head and Shoulders ‘sexy’ and managed the process of conceptualising brand mascots (Cheezels, Chickadees) and kids’ game shows (for Danone’s Tiger Biskuat and Chipsmore).
At McCann WorldGroup Malaysia, she was Brand Director of L’Oréal (L’Oréal Paris and Maybelline), Hawley & Hazel and Nestle Milks businesses. Later, as Client Service Director she managed the efficiencies of agency operations, talent programmes, social events and represented the agency at the Association of Accredited Advertising Agents Malaysia. She is especially proud of McCann’s Silver Award at the 2012 Campaign Asia Agency of the Year Awards; and the Gold Award for A&M Magazine’s 2013 Creative Agency of the Year Award.
Initiating a digital transformation for herself, in 2014 Yasmin joined IPG Mediabrands to manage the Malaysia Airlines business after the twin tragedies of MH370 and MH17. As the brand underwent restructuring in 2015, Yasmin worked closely with client and agency teams to review and implement new communication processes and reviewing job descriptions to help create a new team.
The Work that our founders have led
Corporate Place: Corporate Narrative
Cultural Place: Curation, Culture & Placemaking Work
Inner Place: Visioning and Coaching
As a consultant for IPG Mediabrand, Tempatico has been working with a large government corporation undergoing change, on developing a strategy for their corporate communications division as well as building a brand personality for their C-suites.
The corporate strategy work entails creating a programme that empowers the division with the tools to align and deliver their objectives in alignment with the overarching corporate vision and mission.
The programme enables the teams to developing critical thinking skills needed to meet their internal and external customers' needs, and prioritise their delivery. The finale stage of this programme will see teams set their 2021 team and individual KPIs in order to meet the corporation's goals and objectives.
Inner Place: Visioning and Coaching
Cultural Place: Curation, Culture & Placemaking Work
Inner Place: Visioning and Coaching
In our work with both corporations, NGOs, social enterprise and governments, we see a pattern of talented people with immense potential working in a places or positions that are not aligned with their north star. When this happens, dissatisfaction and unhappiness ensues potentially creating toxicity in work places.
Leaders that work in toxic places do not deliver their best and this impacts everything - whether it be city design and management, or corporate performance.
Tempatico developed Back to You a self-empowerment programme in collaboration with Scaling People Asia, to provide guidance for individuals and corporations seeking to align with their true north.
Cultural Place: Curation, Culture & Placemaking Work
Cultural Place: Curation, Culture & Placemaking Work
Cultural Place: Curation, Culture & Placemaking Work
As the founder of The Listening Tree and Tabs Creative Projects, Jia Ping has designed and curated multiple programmes such as Listen to the Voice Within an award winning Arts in Education Programme for PS The Children to teach children how to protect themselves from sexual predators.
She has also conceptualised and implemented several Arts for Health programmes with Selayang & KL Hospitals working with doctors and nursing staff as well as the patients of children's wards. She also produced an Arts in Education programme with funding from The British Council called Gorgeous by Anna Furse tackling eating disorders.
In 2017 Jia-Ping, as Programme Director of Think City for Kuala Lumpur, conceptualised and co- curated with Susie Kukathas, Arts on the Move (AOTM), Malaysia's longest running arts programme in a transit hub in Masjid Jamek LRT station. She also led the creation of the WUF9 village comprising, pop up parks, micro housing installations, pop up retail and interactive experience.
Urban Place: Place Branding George Town, Penang
Urban & Corporate Place: See Hoy Chan & Damansara Uptown
Cultural Place: Curation, Culture & Placemaking Work
In 2008 Khazanah Nasional’s Korridor Utara (KKU) Division approached The Listening Tree (headed by Jia-Ping Lee) to address the challenge of a rapidly declining George Town on the eve of it being awarded a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
KKU had assembled a team of local and international experts comprising master planners, heritage and conservation experts, architects, economists and traffic experts to create a compelling case for the rejuvenation of George Town. That strategy called The George Town Transformation Programme (GTTP) was to guide the growth of George Town’s heritage core for the next 10 years. The team however lacked an agreed narrative for George Town.
Jia Ping led the team towards a brand strategy that created a cohesive narrative that united members of the team towards a singular goal of George Town reclaiming its glory as the ‘Jewel of the East’- a brand that would pivot the city from an industrial base to the next stage, one that attracts new businesses and talent alike.
The next stage of the branding was to create, design and produce a high level presentation comprising video and document to the Prime Minister of Malaysia.
The results: GTTP led to the creation of the urban rejuvenation outfit called Think City. The subsequent Think City Grants Programme together with a host of state and local government interventions have catalysed the rejuvenation of George Town garnering international titles as -Top 10 Best Cities to visit by the Lonely Planet (2016) and CNN in 2019 declared it the 13 Most picturesque towns.
Urban & Corporate Place: See Hoy Chan & Damansara Uptown
Urban & Corporate Place: See Hoy Chan & Damansara Uptown
Urban & Corporate Place: See Hoy Chan & Damansara Uptown
In their effort to expand Damanasara Uptown and transition into the retail market with the development of The Starling mall and the adjacent condominium, Jia-Ping was commissioned by See Hoy Chan to rejuvenate the brand in order to attract younger talent.
The project comprised brand strategy development inclusive of an employee brand proposition and customer experience mapping.
This brand strategy became the blueprint for their HR with regards to their talent and led the organisation down a LEAN path to address issues of delivery gaps, environment sustainability and place management. The strategy also supported the design briefs for both the mall as well as the condominium.
Damanasara Uptown and the Starling is now a thriving community thanks to the enlightened leadership of See Hoy Chan.
Pic source : www.thestarling.com.my
The Tempatico collective
Working with our associates creates a strong multi-disciplinary team
At Tempatico, we believe that our clients should work with senior level consulting teams. We seek out partners that are leaders in their field to ensure we deliver the best work.
Stipo
Stipo offers a window to a better city. Their values lie in long lasting quality, a strong public realm, soul of the city, and ownership. The Stipo team is an interdisciplinary team, approaching urban development as economic, social, cultural and spatial. We work in co-creation with users, investors and partners. We are open source.
H&C Heritage Services Sdn. Bhd.
Ar Dr Helena Aman Hashim with Elizabeth Cardosa recently formed H&C Heritage Services Sdn Bhd to provide advisory and consultancy services on conservation and preservation of heritage buildings, structures and historic areas. H&C Heritage Services is committed to balancing the conservation of our heritage with the social, cultural, ecological and economic imperatives of today. Having established a reputation for high quality work with Badan Warisan Malaysia where Helena and Elizabeth were key members of the technical team since 2000, they have worked on several highly regarded conservation and restoration projects, heritage management studies, development plans and impact assessments, as well as educational and training projects promoting heritage awareness for youth and professionals alike.
Awards:
2019 PAM Gold Medal Award for Excellence in Architecture (Category: Conservation); Restoration of Masjid Diraja Sultan Suleiman
2018 Malaysian Institute of Planners Excellence Award GOLD; Iskandar Area Character Statement, Johor
2017 PAM Merit Award for Excellence in Architecture (Category: Conservation); Refurbishment of Bangunan Suleiman
2010 Award of Excellence, UNESCO Asia-Pacific Heritage Award for Cultural Heritage Conservation; Restoration of Stadium Merdeka
Scaling People Asia.
Scaling People Asia are our collaborators in Back to You, an empowerment programme for corporations and individuals that is designed to uncover one's true north.
They are specialist in moving people forward by having strategic conversations, whether for teams or for individuals through coaching and facilitation services.
Having the right conversations allow us to scale people and companies in order to move forward in alignment. Key services are: Growth Strategy Facilitation, People Strategy Design and Leadership Mindset Change.
Kai Assets
The success of a development project lies not only in its outstanding design, but a design that works for your business goals and gets delivered on time with no mistakes.
Kai Assets we endeavors to ensure that your projects receive the best out of design teams and your investments see maximum returns. In short, we are design-led yet business-minded.
Our strengths are three-pronged.
- We provide BUSINESS ADVISORY, where we study the feasibility of your great ideas, help identify opportunities, project return on investment, advise implementation strategies and track project performance at every level.
- We provide INVESTMENT ADVISORY, where we will craft your investment strategy based on your goals and needs, market your project to potential investors and manage investor relations.
- Finally, we are DEVELOPMENT MANAGERS, where we cover end-to-end of a development project realization process, from design strategy and management through to project delivery and Placemaking, ensuring every step aligns with your business plan and market needs.
KAI ASSETS would be the to-go-to entity if you have land but are at a loss as to what to build on it; if you have assets that require ‘turning around’; if you have a dull space that needs to be transformed into a meaningful place; if you have a Vision and require funding to turn it into a reality; if you require a funding structure and business model options or if you require a connection to the right network for your developments.
Visit us at KaiAssets.com