Leadership Awareness Program: An Exclusive 3-Day Workshop by Aspire

This exclusive, invitation-only 3-day Leadership Growth Experience is designed for 20 senior HR leaders. Through experiential learning and guided reflection, participants will strengthen self-awareness, uncover blind spots, and develop the clarity and confidence to lead with greater impact.
Fixing the workplace, not just the symptoms: Inside HSBC Singapore’s structural shift to employee wellbeing

Head of People Mukul Anand discusses moving beyond traditional coping mechanisms to embed genuine psychological safety and inclusive design into everyday operations.
AI harmony is a design problem, not a technology one

Worawat Suvagondha, PMAT President and Chief People Officer of Siam Commercial Bank, on redesigning work around people – and the one capability he tells his own HR team never to lose.
AI made work faster. It didn’t make it better.

Accenture’s global talent lead argues that most organisations have mistaken deploying AI for transforming with it – and a small group of “Talent Reinventors” is pulling away.
The skills that built engineering careers won’t build its future leaders

AtkinsRéalis Cindy Chiu on the qualities reshaping engineering leadership, and what will separate organisations that build a future-ready workforce from those that struggle to compete for talent.
Most leaders agree sustainability matters. Far fewer know what to do with it.

In the latest episode of AsiaHRM’s Sustainability for Business Series, Riverwood Climate Solutions’ Spencer Liu made the case that sustainability has moved out of the ESG report and into core business decisions – and that governance, not ambition, is where most organisations stall.
Your job is changing – even if you never change jobs

In an interview with HRM Asia, LinkedIn’s Aneesh Raman explains why AI is rewriting work at every level, and what it signals for how employers hire, develop and structure talent.
More women are being recruited into engineering. So why is progress still slow?

Cindy Chiu, Human Resources Director, Asia at AtkinsRéalis, on why attracting more women into engineering has not closed the gap – and what redesigning careers and workplaces would take.
Deliberate, not delayed: Why Gen Zs and millennials in Singapore are rewriting the rules of career success

Singapore’s younger workforce is redefining ambition, and Deloitte’s Mark Nicholas Teoh says employers must adapt to their changing expectations.
Four ways CHROs must redefine HR’s value as AI redefines work

Organisations need HR to help determine what work humans should do in the age of AI; here are four ways HR leaders can help define that work.
Inside Agoda’s strategic push to reclaim workplace chemistry and human judgment from the digital void

The mechanics of work may soon be unrecognisable, but for Agoda’s Paolo Inga, the fundamentals of leadership, trust, and culture remain as important as ever.
How the search for purpose is rewriting the social contract between employer and employee

Purpose, empathy, and adaptability are emerging as critical drivers of talent attraction, engagement, and retention in an AI-powered future.
When success turns hollow: Why HR must pay attention to leaders’ internal alignment

Nancy Ho warns that beyond burnout, a subtler leadership crisis is emerging—successful executives feeling internally disconnected despite results.
Beyond the buzzword: What inclusive leadership actually looks like in practice

Diverse teams, safe spaces, and the grace to get it wrong – lessons from leaders building genuinely inclusive workplaces.
CHRO Series Malaysia 2026: VIP Lunch Workshop

This VIP Lunch Workshop: From Communication to Commercial Impact is an exclusive, invitation-only session designed for 20 senior HR leaders to move beyond the strategic argument and into the practical and financial case for action.
Men can earn bonuses for trying. Women have to deliver.

A newly identified “gender criteria gap means female leaders are held to a stricter standard than their male peers.
The new rules of high performers: Skills, trust, and the end of the linear career

As AI and demographic shifts reshape Singapore’s workforce, Cohesity’s Chief People Officer Rebecca Adams argues that the organisations built to last are those rethinking everything – from how talent flows to how experience is valued.
CEO appointments in Asia-Pacific hit five-year high as boards double down on experience

Boards across the Asia-Pacific region are rethinking succession strategies, favouring seasoned insiders over outside bets as global uncertainty reshapes leadership priorities.
AI adoption is a people problem, not a technology one

Leading voices from Maybank, Bank Danamon, Samsung Indonesia and Coursera for Business gathered to unpack what it really takes to build an AI-ready workforce across the region.
Singapore unveils refreshed economic strategy with workforce transformation at its core

From bold bets to career bridges – Singapore charts a new economic course with workers at its centre.
Made for all, hired from all: The philosophy driving UNIQLO’s HR strategy

In an industry plagued by high turnover and disengaged employees, the Japanese retail giant is betting on a cradle-to-career talent strategy – and the numbers suggest it is paying off.
Day 2 of HR Tech Asia 2026: Purpose, people data, and the human side of AI transformation

HR Tech Asia 2026 pushed beyond AI hype on Day Two, confronting the cultural, ethical, and leadership realities of workplace transformation.
CHRO Malaysia 2026: Elevating the HR function to the heart of business strategy

CHRO Malaysia 2026 sets its sights on the skills economy, ethical AI, and the evolving mandate of the modern CHRO.
As organisations use AI to justify layoffs, Josh Bersin says HR is solving the wrong problem

The industry analyst challenged HR leaders in Amsterdam to stop asking how many people AI can replace and start asking what those people could accomplish if AI were actually working.
Marriott CHROs answer seven questions every HR leader is asking

From self-service ROI to job displacement fears, Marriott’s CHRO addresses seven burning HR AI questions at HR Tech Europe.
Day 1 of HR Tech Asia 2026: Workforce transformation takes centre stage in Singapore

Against the backdrop of accelerating AI change, HR Tech Asia 2026 opens in Singapore, drawing leaders to tackle the future of work.
Change management is getting more sophisticated. So, why does it feel less human?

The lived experience described by those on the receiving end of change management is remarkably consistent: cold, transactional and sometimes calculated.
The future of digital work takes shape at HR Tech Asia 2026

The Worktech & AI track at HR Tech Asia 2026 moves past the promises of AI to examine the harder questions – how to deploy it responsibly, design for trust, and ensure it serves people rather than supplants them.
The broken rung: Why Thailand’s boardrooms are missing half their talent

As women exit the leadership pipeline at the mid-career stage, Kearney’s IGNITE initiative is betting that structured, cross-industry mentorship can fix what decades of traditional diversity programmes could not.
HR Tech Asia 2026 redesigns work from the inside out

The Workforce Transformation track at HR Tech Asia 2026 brings together practitioners wrestling with the hardest questions in people strategy – from AI integration and reskilling to organisational agility and the politics of change.