The more efficient we get, the more there is to do
There is a lot of talk about AI eliminating work. An emerging risk is that it will multiply it.
Career switch into AI and data: What employers should look for
Employers building AI capability are increasingly hiring from outside the technical pipeline. Joycelyn Woo, who moved from real estate marketing to Synapxe’s Data, AI and Innovation team, on what made her transition work and what the people doing the hiring tend to miss.
Employees in Australia back corporate climate action but few trust their employer’s progress
Nearly all employees in Australia expect employers to act on climate change, but a new Curtin University study finds few believe their own company is delivering, and most will only trust climate claims that are independently verified.
Why return-to-work for women starts before she resigns
Career breaks are often the end point of months of unmet requests, new research by the Singapore Council of Women’s Organisations (SCWO) finds. Its CEO, Koh Yan Ping, on what employers miss while a woman is still in the job.
Technically strong, globally stalled: The communication gap in cross-border teams
Strong technical skills are not always enough when talent has to perform across markets. Speakers from Pearson, ELSA and regional HR teams will unpack the issue at a webinar on 17 November.
Experiment first, strategy later: How AI is entering the workplace
Three waves of University of Konstanz research show AI use at work rising slowly and often arriving without the employer’s involvement. Study head Florian Kunze explains why the divides are widening as it spreads.
How CHAGEE rebuilt a tea store to run on sight instead of sound
When CHAGEE opened Singapore’s first Signing Store, staffed by deaf and hard-of-hearing baristas, it arrived as a milestone in workplace inclusion. More than a year on, chief executive Lawrence Wen and barista Victor Teo suggest its success is better measured by how ordinary it has come to feel.
From Learning Outcomes to Business Outcomes: How AI Is Transforming Enterprise Learning
This exclusive, invitation-only executive roundtable brings together 15 senior HR, Learning & Development and Talent leaders to explore how AI can transform enterprise learning, strengthen workforce capabilities and drive measurable business outcomes.
CHRO Singapore 2026: Time saved, skills at risk, trust on the line
From productivity gains to disappearing entry-level work and the gap between what leaders and employees sees, the conversation at CHRO Series Singapore 2026 kept returning to what AI changes for people.
The new AI skills gap isn’t technical. It’s human
As AI accelerates work, organisations must strengthen employees’ critical thinking, communication, and judgement so faster outputs translate into better decisions.
A new way to measure digital wellbeing, and a warning about measuring it alone
New research shifts the digital wellbeing question from how much technology employees use to how they use it – while cautioning that training alone leaves the demands untouched.
Mental health at work: When well-meaning caution narrows a career
Employers have expanded mental wellness provisions considerably. Andrea Chan of TOUCH Community Services explains why the harder test comes after an employee speaks up.
Most employees in Singapore now use AI at work, but fewer than four in 10 have been trained in it
AI is now part of the working week for most employees in Singapore, but employers say nearly half of their workforce is still using it only for general tasks.
Overqualification can strain family life, or free it up
Being overqualified leaves some employees anxious and drained at home, and gives others more time for family. What sets them apart is which of the two they value more.
Why redesigning a job takes more than the equipment that prompted it
With Singapore’s workforce no longer growing and a larger foreign workforce off the table, facilities management is reshaping its frontline roles. ICFM’s Lynn Lim on multi-skilled teams, an ageing workforce, and why a robot on its own changes nothing.
Full training attendance, clean audit, and still exposed
Most organisations have the policies. Speakers at AsiaHRM’s latest LinkedIn Live session discussed what happens when nobody checks that those policies are followed, and when people who raise concerns go unheard.
Your untouchable leaders are costing more than you think
Whether the leader is intimidating or micromanaging, it is time to get them to look in the mirror.
Your frontline workers see problems before you do
The employees closest to your customers can see what leadership cannot. The CHROs who build systems to hear them and act on their feedback build the most resilient organisations.
Own data, not benchmarks: What holds up in a board conversation on wellbeing
Employers overwhelmingly say workplace wellbeing matters. AIA Singapore’s Kenneth Tan tells HRM Asia why that agreement rarely survives contact with a board, and what evidence does.
The apprentice and the veteran: How expertise survives automation
A business support veteran of 27 years and a work-study engineer who went from server checks to building AI agents – two NCS employees on what it takes to work with AI and what it cannot replace.
Workplace wellbeing: The awareness gap has closed. The execution gap persists
Although the data shows that workplace wellbeing has become an accepted business priority, organisations struggle to translate it into measurable outcomes.
What raising a child taught a CEO about leading
Being physically present with his newborn son did not make Dr Xander Ong a more confident father—taking sole responsibility did. The Centre for Fathering CEO on why that shift from helping to owning shapes stronger leaders, and why parental leave belongs in the conversation about talent.
The 15-year hire: What Abbott’s STEM pipeline tells HR about closing the gender gap
Singapore wants more women in STEM. One organisation’s talent strategy suggests the fix starts a decade before the job interview – and it is a lesson in early-talent thinking that any HR leader can borrow.
When AI recommends, who stays accountable?
As AI takes on a growing share of hiring, performance, and promotion decisions, Rita Tsui, Founder of AsiaHRM, argues that the harder governance questions are not about policy at all, but about judgement, accountability, and the behaviour of the people making the call.
Three days, two workshops, one question: Who runs the next phase of Vietnam’s growth
CHRO Series Vietnam runs 9-11 September at Rex Hotel Saigon, with sessions on blue-collar retention, executive localisation, skills-first hiring and the green talent shortage – plus a data protection law that has been live since January.
“You cannot sue an AI”: Why adoption comes down to people, not platforms
Deploying AI is the part most organisations have mastered. Jun Tay, who works for a major bank in Asia, explains what happens after, and why the human shift, not the technology, decides whether adoption sticks.
The workforce risk that doesn’t show up in your engagement survey
Recent data show a shift in the dominant workforce health risk and a more complicated picture of disengagement than the numbers suggest.
Tourism offers jobs, not careers. Mandai Wildlife Group is trying to prove otherwise
Mandai Wildlife Group has put competency-based pay and structured pathways behind frontline roles. Two long-serving employees describe what that has looked like in practice.
Employees are navigating AI disruption in the dark
While organisations are diving in full on to adopt AI, employees are a bit slower in taking up the cause, and the result will be telling.
What workplace support for marrow donation looks like in practice
Nearly half of Singaporeans say workplace support shapes whether they would register as a marrow donor. What that support looks like in practice is still being worked out.