Stability and Risk Avoidance. Singapore was ranked lowest on the uncertainty avoidance index (UAI). This could suggest a host of possibilities; Singaporeans are relatively at ease towards ambiguity and uncertainty, tolerant towards ethnic and religious diversity and respectful of the systems.27 While a more detailed study may be required in this regard, in Singapore where the pragmatism of economic survival is often intertwined with the constant warning of vulnerability28, it tends to suggest that Singapore's low UAI score is more as a result of the latter as opposed to the former. At the organisational level, this has manifested itself in SAF's, a multi-ethnic organisation built on a foundation of meritocracy, disciplined time-management philosophy29 and demand for meticulous work to avoid uncertainties, which in turn have contributed to its "highly professional reputation".30 These inclinations towards stability and risk avoidance can inhibit the very aim of change which is to adapt to an increasingly uncertain global disposition; economically, socially or security-wise. In this regard, there is a need for SAF to rationalise its high risk averseness and monochronic time culture with the need to be dynamic and flexible in the current state of flux in order to maintain its operational edge.