Boese: 4 questions for business agility
Steve Boese explores business/HR agility by suggesting four questions you can ask of your HR function to seek more agile approaches to your work.
COVID-19 highlights role of wearables in the workplace
Will the appeal of wearables grow as social distancing measures need to be adhered to as companies return to the workplace?
Google steps up recovery efforts in Asia
The tech giant is helping COVID-19 recovery efforts in Asia-Pacific, including expanding direct support for small businesses.
It is time to reset your employee experience strategy
In a new world of work, the employee experience is key to attracting, developing, engaging and retaining talent.
Redefining productivity in a pandemic
Ensuring employee productivity requires focusing on keeping things efficient, stripping out non-essentials and finding ways to streamline processes.
Asia-Pacific businesses kickstart COVID-19 recovery
10 million small businesses across Asia-Pacific will participate in Visa’s global programme designed to meet demand for cashless payments.
Put your people first in rethinking the post COVID-19 workplace
DBS Bank offers some insights into how organisations can redesign the workplace to improve employee engagement and collaboration.
Maintaining organisational agility in the face of disruption
EXCLUSIVE: Swift and decisive action, aided by the adoption of technology and a people-first approach, can help organisations adapt to business disruptions, shares Workday.
COVID-19 pushes businesses to change IT priorities
Businesses in South-east Asia, Australia and Newland are prioritising improving ICT and security resilience for business continuity plans.
Averbook: Survey shows COVID-19 accelerated digital transformation
The latest LeapPulse survey showed 83% of the respondents said their organisation had become more focused on digital during COVID-19.
Digital upskilling tops training agenda for Singapore companies
In the NTUC LearningHub Employer Skills Survey report, 2 In 3 employers identified upskilling in digital competencies as a business imperative.
How HR and HP became strategic business partners
EXCLUSIVE: Much of HP’s digital transformation and growth is down to the strategic partnership its HR has with the management.
Malaysian workforce calls for WFH to continue
A new KPMG survey indicates that 69% of workers in Malaysia want to continue working from home post MCO.
Grab provides agility for driver-partners to grow career paths
Among a lineup of new training and career support initiatives is a new training programme developed in collaboration with Ngee Ann Polytechnic.
Bloomberg’s 3-pillar strategy: You, Team & Community
EXCLUSIVE: Melanie Coate, Bloomberg’s APAC Head of HR, explained the key components behind Bloomberg’s employee communications strategy
Zoom CEO: You can hire global talent without an office
Zoom CEO Eric Yuan said he will not have a single office if he starts his company today as he can hire talent from all over the world.
HRM Asia Readers’ Choice Awards: Nominations now open!
Organisations and businesses are welcome to nominate themselves and anyone else worthy of this ultimate prize of dedicated HR service provider.
4 questions for business agility
In the first of a 2-part article, Steve Boese, president and co-founder of H3 HR Advisors, suggests four questions to ask of your HR function in order to seek more agile approaches to your work.
Gojek receives investment boost from Facebook and PayPal
Investment will help grow South-east Asia’s digital economy and accelerate digital payments adoptions among small businesses.
Overcoming the Big-T challenge
Sunil Puri, Head of Asia-Pacific Research, Center for Creative Leadership, explains why and how boards in Asia can ramp up their tech-savvy quotient.
COVID-19: A catalyst for a Redesign of Work
A new research by ADP reveals that workplace trends that were five years in the making, have arrived ahead of time.
Bridging the existing data literacy gap in Southeast Asia
EXCLUSIVE: We spoke to Samir Bedi, Partner, People Advisory Services, EY, on what it takes to build a data-literate workforce.
HR managers in India identify remote working as long-term goal
63% of HR managers in India said their organisations will continue to work virtually even when COVID-19 lockdown is lifted in the country.
Microsoft and Workday accelerate planning in changing world
A new strategic partnership sees Workday customers able to run Workday Adaptive Planning on the Microsoft Azure cloud.
Cultivating a culture of experimentation and innovation
AIA Singapore and Hyper Island have collaborated to launch Digital Ei8ht, a programme that redefines learning as companies undergo digital transformation.
Citi Singapore offers 6 principles for the return to workplace
The majority of Citi Singapore employees will continue to work from home until July, even as Singapore eases ‘circuit breaker’ measures on June 2.
Smart WFM expands into Asia with new Singapore office
The expansion follows considerable demand in Asia for workforce management (WFM) and HR services and software, said Smart WFM.
Singapore’s COVID-19 support measures rise to nearly S$100 billion
The $33 billion Fortitude Budget is the fourth budget introduced this year by the Singapore Government, and will be focused on jobs.
5 key areas HR needs to focus on during COVID-19
HR policies and practices are constantly being reviewed and reshaped, as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to change the way we work.
Talent Experience is the strategic priority in a world of remote work
To survive and thrive in the new world of work, organisations will need more agile processes, workflows and people.