Desk notes
by: Maggie Muñoz Shih
Synergy and People
Welcome to the new
! We are taking the
publication from being a chronicle of past events to
being a vehicle towards understanding the
company’s business thrusts, the issues and
challenges the industry faces, how they affect us,
and the changes and improvements Philex is gearing
up for. As we say in Corporate Affairs: Communicate
to unify!
Dictionary.com has a beautiful definition of the
word SYNERGY. It is the ‘interaction of elements that
when combined produce a total effect that is
greater than the sum of the individual elements,
contributions, etc...’ Simply put, when people work
together towards a common goal - putting their
hearts and minds together - the results are beyond
what would have been if they had worked alone.
Two heads are better than one!
This issue of
is truly a result of synergy.
I would like to thank the many people who have
made it possible for us to come up with this issue:
Engr. Manny Agcaoili, who took precious time out
from his extremely busy schedule to sit with us for an
interview; Engr. Jun Leon Monterola for his valuable
input for the article on Safety; Kyril Lapitan for his
thoughts on Change Management; the Change
Architects both in Pasig and Padcal who were so
generous with their thoughts on Change; Gloria
Batac of the Philex Foundation for her contribution,
Butch Franco for sharing his stories, and Atty. Francis
Ballesteros who agreed to being a regular
columnist. A shout-out also goes to the Internal
Communications Team who have painstakingly
worked on putting the magazine together: Marc,
Mark Anthony and Princess – Good job!
is the story of every Philex employee.
Each article in this issue demonstrates how
intertwined we all are – whether we are in Pasig,
Padcal or in the other sites. We’re all in the same
boat and have to paddle in the same direction,
in sync. The promotion of safety, the advocacy of
change in the organization, the improvement of skills
or in the insurance that someone will take over when
we’ve all moved on, when we band together for a
show of force in an athletic event or continue to help
improve the lot of our communities through our
corporate social responsibility programs – We are
One!
Editorial Board
Maggie Muñoz Shih
Editor-in-Chief
Mark Anthony Bautista
Artist | Photographer
Marc Ayende
Managing Editor
Atty. Mike Toledo
Executive Adviser
Princess Gresola
Writer
Atty. Francis Ballesteros
Gloria Batac
Butch Franco
Contributors
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is published by the Internal Communications
Department under Corporate Affairs of Philex Mining
Corporation (PMC). This publication is for distribution only
within PMC and its subsidiaries. Reproduction in any manner
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Communications is prohibited.
Vol. 2 • Issue 1 • 2014
5/8/14 9:46 AM