Keppel Corporation's HR Leader, Meng Hin on ‘Adaptable HR'

Meng Hin Yeo, Director - Group Human Resources, Keppel Corporation shares that technology and a greater focus on analytics will be a key to turn around the game of HR Adaptability

A crisis can be a huge motivator to change your life: Dmitriy Akilov

In an exclusive interaction with People Matters, Dmitriy Akulov, tech innovator and entrepreneur, shares some of his learnings from living through a crisis, how he managed to keep the passion for his work alive even during the time of war, and gives suggestions on how business leaders can persevere through hard times

Why the AI reality is falling short of expectations

The actual state of AI progression toward taking control of the entire humanity is far from the truth. It has fallen far behind the technological fairy tales we’ve been led to believe. And if we don’t treat AI with a more potent dose of realism and skepticism, the field may soon be stuck in a black hole, forever

‘Digital transformation is the harbinger of a new paradigm of work'

Christopher Tay, Group Chief Admin Officer & Member Board of Directors, Menarini Asia Pacific Holdings, talks about the silver lining of COVID-19 crisis, in an interview with People Matters

The New Workplace

COVID-19 has changed the world including the very DNA of our workplace

5 Survival Skills For Future HR Leaders

In a constantly changing world, let’s explore what’s key to surviving the disruption and making it to the future as an HR leader

Covid-19: What's Keeping HR Heads Awake At Night?

All CHROs are on the speed dial of their CEOs nowadays because managing people is not AI’s job

The New Hybrid Workplace

Leaders would now have to focus on creating a safe working environment that gives people the confidence to return to work premises and to adjust to the new virtual/physical hybrid way of working, according to a study by Accenture

When ‘business as usual' is not an option, We need to focus on helping each other: VMWare's betsy sutter

As we Navigate the paNdemiC aNd this ChalleNgiNg time, there is a paradox at play. with roughly half the gloBal populatioN uNder some Form oF loCkdowN, we’re experieNCiNg a deeper sense oF uNity aNd shared respoNsiBly iN our CommuNities, says BETSY SUTTER, Corporate seNior viCe presideNt aNd ChieF people oFFiCer at VMware

The biggest result of COVID-19 is ‘change': Dr. Niranjan Hiranandani

In an exclusive interaction with People Matters, ‘builder extraordinaire’ Dr. Niranjan Hiranandani – Founder & MD - Hiranandani Group and President – Assocham & NAREDCO shares his views on what is keeping him awake at night as a business leader, what the workplace would be like post COVID-19 and how leaders can manage business continuity and people strategy simultaneously in these tough times

There will be significant focus on reskilling and upskilling: India Skill Development Minister

Skill development and new models of learning will be central to the recovery post-COVID-19, according to Minister for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship of India Mahendra Nath Pandey

Rethinking Employee Experience: Breaking isolation, not silos

Silos isn't the enemy, it’s the isolation that breeds as an outcome of silos. It’s time to rethink employee experience and recognize where to dissolve the silos and encourage cross-functional conversations

Preparing your business for the future

The companies of today must become the social enterprises of tomorrow, finds Deloitte’s Human Capital Trends Report 2020

Designing the post-pandemic workplace

Mass quarantines and complete lockdowns, the epidemic has re-ignited and amplified the debate over the future of work

Keeping Cost In Check And Employees On The Payroll Amid Covid-19

To enable their employees to sail through the tough times brought about by COVID-19, companies across the globe have come up with a slew of measures to keep costs in check and employees on the payroll

Battling Corona Crisis Warrants Effective Communication Across Levels

The leaders of today need empathy and agility to guide their organizations through a crisis, says leadership development expert Suresh Nathan, the managing director of DDI Singapore. And moving into the future, they must accept the concept of collective leadership and creating new commonalities

Leading Through The Covid-19 Crisis

The leadership moment of one of the worst crises of our times

Respond quickly and keep adapting amid COVID-19: Amy C. Edmondson

The Novartis Professor of Leadership and Management at the Harvard Business School amy c. Edmondson talks about how businesses should adapt through this crisis, in an interaction with People Matters

It's your leadership moment

Ample research shows that leadership makes the greatest difference when the world around us is uncertain, and we are unsure about what lies ahead

Organizations must take conscious steps for inclusive leadership: UN Women's Naciri

We are not living up to our own commitments to promote women's rights, and we are also harming the prospects for sustainable, inclusive, economic growth that research shows is within reach if we succeed in creating a more gender equal economy and society, says Mohammad Naciri

Leadership in the time of pandemic

Asking for help is a powerful interpersonal tool that leaders and individuals can use effectively, leveraging on existing inter-personal equations

It's time for governments, businesses to work together: WEF's Adrian Monck

Battling the Covid-19 crisis necessitates public-private cooperation more than ever, says Adrian Monck of World Economic Forum, in an exclusive interaction with People Matters

Finding simplicity in chaos: Beyond VUCA

The concept of VUCA (Volatile, Uncertain, Complex, Ambiguous) is no longer adequate as a framework for evaluating the world: perhaps it never was. Let us instead set it aside, and look at a more constructive, useful alternative: human systems dynamics

COVID-19 is also an opportunity to transform the workforce: EY's Samir Bedi

Leaders should look at the situation as an opportunity to transform the workforce by teaching new skills and transforming the workplace through meaningful digital experiences, says Samir Bedi, People Advisory Services Partner, Ernst & Young Advisory Pte. Ltd., Singapore and EY Asean Workforce Advisory Leader

The Coronavirus Contagion

The virus has shown that it can slow down businesses worldwide –and right now it seems to be winning.

Q & A To drive the D&I agenda, leaders need to be ‘fearless': Intel India's Head HR

In an exclusive interaction, Anjali Rao, Director of HR, Intel India shares her views on how for organizations of today, diversity goes beyond gender and how inclusion is becoming a critical element of the D&I picture in the evolving world of work

‘Organizations should take tangible measures to implement D&I'

Vasudha Agarwal, the Regional Inclusion & Diversity Recruiting Lead, Asia-Pacific, McKinsey & Company, in an interaction with People Matters, shares her take on how diversity and inclusion can enhance financial performance for businesses, while talking about the larger D&I landscape, inclusive leadership, and more

‘Organizations should have Chief Diversity Officers at board level'

Vikki Leach, the Global Head, Inclusion and Diversity at Kantar, shares intriguing insights on the larger picture of D&I, the business case, and instilling inclusion into organizational strategy, in an interaction with People Matters

Winning in the age of hyper-competition

Today, the competitors to a bank are not just the other banks but also Apple Pay, Google Wallet, Paytm, Alibaba, and even the post offices

Q & A To have diversity, there must first be a strategic imperative

In an exclusive interaction with People Matters, Deloitte Asia Pacific’s Chief Talent Officer, Elizabeth Faber, talks about moving the needle on diversity in a large, region-spanning organization.