In a panel discussion at the Behavioural Sciences Institute (BSI) Conference 2017, SMU BSI Director Professor David Chan commented that the tendency for people not speaking up is partly due to their fear of looking bad and failing. He joined fellow panellists Professor Tommy Koh, Professor Kishore Mahbubani, Professor Chan Heng Chee and Mr Han Fook Kwang in a discussion on unintended consequences in Singapore where they discussed why Singapore needs more people to speak up and challenge authority.