Walk towards the challenge.
Wake up to possibility.
A challenge reveals our habits. Take one real problem each day, ask another “why”, and try another approach. Greater awareness of life begins with that step.
SOPHIA TEY · FOUNDER / COACH / LIFELONG LEARNER
Growth takesdaily practice
Keep exploring. Never give up. Keep challenging yourself.
Grow through effort. Realise your aspirations through adversity.
In a fast-moving world, Sophia embodies an increasingly rare spirit of determination.
Move forward with her. Become salt and light.
daily practiceAWAKEN THROUGH CHALLENGEFLOURISH BY HELPING OTHERSNEVER WALK ALONE
MEET SOPHIA · ALWAYS PRACTISING
Stay with the question.
Put in the work.
Sophia does not give up easily, and she rarely settles for “good enough”. From running a business to developing teams, from the speaking stage to the classroom, she has worked with people across industries and walks of life. Her question is practical: how do we turn what we understand into something we can actually do?
Her approach is distinctive: she pursues difficult questions and uses humour to open up the conversation. That combination of challenge and laughter has drawn both praise and criticism. Those responses, alongside her own ambitions and transformations, are part of the real Sophia.
Today, she brings coaching, team development and AI-assisted thinking together. Questions change. Tools change. The work continues: understand the problem, take action, and learn again from the result.
22+years of experience
1,000+training and learning sessions
100+companies served
14speech championships
CORE BELIEF · DAILY PRACTICE
Put in the work. Every day.
Think a little deeper about a problem. Follow through on one task. Share something you have learned. Day by day, those concrete actions build capability.
Walk towards the challenge.
Help others flourish.
Find fulfilment yourself.
When you learn something, make it useful to someone else. Explain what you know. Help a colleague past a sticking point. One person’s growth can become another person’s starting point.
Walk together.
Keep practising.
We all have blind spots and moments when our energy dips. A companion brings another reminder, another perspective and another chance to follow through. Never walking alone is her choice for growth.
FROM LEARNING TO WORK · PUT IT INTO PRACTICE
What you have learned—
where can you use it today?
Through the CST AI Initiative and Ka-Ku Society, that question meets real situations. How do teams communicate? How do we make sound judgements? How can AI become a thinking partner? Learning gains direction when it starts with the work in front of us.
Clarify the question first
Add context, recognise constraints, and separate facts from assumptions. AI Prompt Thinking helps turn a vague concern into a question you can explore.
Try it. Examine the result.
Choose a step you can take in today’s work. A conversation, a decision or a delivery can become an opportunity to test an idea.
Share what you learn
At Ka-Ku, bring the work you have done, the problems you have encountered and the approaches you have tried. Your experience may help someone finding their way.
THE ROAD SO FAR · THE WORK CONTINUES
A record of achievement.
A next step in learning.
Forty speech competitions. Fourteen championships. More than 22 years of practice make up a professional record. New questions keep emerging, and she keeps returning to learning.
2012
Asia Pacific Super Team Award
2013
Toastmasters District 51 Table Topics — Runner-up
2016
DSAM Outstanding Entrepreneur Award; Puchong Table Topics Champion
2017
Malaysia Open Motivational Speech Champion; Area R Table Topics Champion
2019
Nottingham Open Speech Contest — Champion
Today
Coaching, team development, AI Prompt Thinking and Ka-Ku community building
An experienced educator. Still a student.
Sophia is currently pursuing master’s studies in AI at HELP University, deepening her understanding of the field. She holds a BBA with honours from Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman (UTAR), and qualifications as a Certified Professional Trainer and an International Speakers Association (ISA) Certified Speaker.
TODAY, START WITH ONE QUESTION
Bring your questions.Let’s do the work together.
Does your team need a new way to learn? Is there a problem that keeps holding your work back? Start with what you are facing, and let’s find a practical next step.
