Corporate culture

THE BOTTOM LINE

The solution to employee disengagement is human

Employees may grumble about long hours, difficult clients or demanding deadlines, but often the biggest push factor is how they are treated.
THINKING ALOUD

What makes a good job? Feeling that you matter

Google CEO Sundar Pichai needs to have a broader, fundamental rethink of the sprawling company’s incentive and management structures.

Google’s power struggles are killing its AI mojo

AI is not making intelligence obsolete. It is making the traditional signals of proficiency unreliable.
THE BROAD VIEW

AI is making talent invisible – that is a problem for organisations

Gallup’s research suggests managers have a substantial influence on workforce engagement.

Singapore’s disengagement crisis costs the economy US$73 billion a year

BT

Not everyone is hungry for the corner office

Optimists are more likely to rise up organisational ladders, with one study finding that entrepreneurs and managers are more upbeat than employees.

The benefits – and dangers – of optimism

Generation X and mature millennial executives who spent 20 to 30 years building real capability are now approaching a crossroads.
SWITCHING LANES

Fractional is the future of work

SGX RegCo CEO Tan Boon Gin last week unveiled proposals for new disclosure rules on executive remuneration, dividend policies and investor relations.
HOCK LOCK SIEW

More disclosures tied to value creation could be just the ‘culture shock’ the market needs

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