Human capital

THE BROAD VIEW

Partner or perish: the board and C-suite must embrace AI – fast

Leaders must design intentional human-artificial intelligence partnerships instead of deploying the technology as a cost-cutting tool

In the AI era, agency matters more than ownership.
PERSPECTIVE

Small states, big choices: Singapore’s approach to sovereignty in the age of AI

The nation preserves agency by adopting a spectrum of strategic postures across different layers of the AI stack

Manpower Minister Tan See Leng says the index  shines a light on how organisations create opportunities for their workers, showing how employers shape outcomes through everyday human capital decisions.

Singapore unveils inaugural list of 300 employers recognised for career, wage progression

The Singapore Opportunity Index assesses employers across key workforce outcomes such as hiring, retention and gender parity

Workers at companies in the top 20% of the Singapore Opportunity Index are 2.2 times more likely to stay past their first year and earn 3.4 times more than their counterparts in the bottom 20%.

New MOM index finds top employers across all sectors and sizes

What they have in common are ‘good human capital practices’, such as fair pay, employee retention

At last count, Meta is said to have recruited more than 50 people to turbocharge its AI ambitions, at least 21 of which were from rival firm OpenAI.
THINKING ALOUD

Meta has an algorithm problem – just not the one it thinks it has

The tech giant, in its quest to solve cutting-edge problems, has aroused primal instincts

To HR professionals: Embrace AI boldly but hold fast to the human qualities that make our work indispensable. Lead the redesign of jobs, the reskilling of workers, and the governance of AI with confidence and courage. 

Is AI making humans less relevant in HR?

The true risk is that that leaders, chasing efficiency alone, will hollow out the human core of the profession

To succeed, the onus is on companies to bring employees along on the transformation journey to ensure that they are equipped with the necessary skills to keep pace with digitalisation and automation, or risk losing out.

Invest in human capital for successful business transformation 

PLACING people at the heart of operations is key to business transformation. A business is only able to grow if we put our employees first by growing a pool of highly engaged and skilled talents. This...

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THRIVE NEWSLETTER

👋 Return of the boomerang employee

So maybe the grass looks greener back at your old workplace once you’ve been out the door for a while. But was that always the case? 

Prior experience in sustainability or in operations and strategy appear to be equally common among the chief sustainability officers of Singapore’s largest listed companies.
ESG INSIGHTS

Issue 44: Shopping for organic CSOs; insurance rewards ESG performance

In this issue: Companies may find it harder to get away with the DIY chief sustainability officer, while insurers reward directors for ESG performance

Although many chief sustainability officers among Singapore's largest companies did not have prior experience in the role, it's worth asking whether outcomes could be better with more qualified candidates.
HOCK LOCK SIEW

Rising demands make it harder to lean on learn-on-the-go sustainability chiefs

IF you’re looking to hire a chief sustainability officer (CSO), would you hire someone who: