Innovation

BRANDED CONTENT

From strategy to execution: How this company supports more resilient digital operations

FUJIFILM Business Innovation draws on cross-industry expertise to bridge the strategy-execution gap, turning digital initiatives into working systems that help drive business results

A robot interacting with visitors at the AI Impact Summit in New Delhi, which brought together representatives from more than 100 countries.

Shaping a human-centric future for AI

Artificial intelligence must become a tool for global good, opening new doors of progress for the Global South

A digital bridge is rapidly connecting rural communities across Asia's hinterlands. The next half-billion Internet users will mostly come from Asia's villages and small towns in the next few years.

Galloping across the digital bridge: rural Asia’s ‘fire horse’ transformation

The momentum behind the region’s digital bridge is now unmistakable

On the whole, Budget 2026 plays to Singapore’s clear strengths while exemplifying the country’s focused strategy for a new era of growth.
COMMENTARY

Budget 2026: Accelerating Singapore’s growth in a fragmented world

As global trade fractures, Budget 2026 doubles down on AI integration while reinforcing the social compact

When universities, hospitals and companies work together, innovation bears fruit earlier because real clinical problems guide the design of new solutions.
THE BROAD VIEW

Why healthcare innovation must be a team sport

The future of healthcare will be built by ecosystems that learn, fail, adapt and scale – together

Moh Yan Ting, managing director of Freshening Industries, says: "We are working while we sleep, letting the machines run overnight... This results in greater supply and efficiency."

Freshening Industries, maker of Zappy wet wipes, boosts productivity with round-the-clock automation

Its new Loyang facility is 3.5 times bigger than the previous plant and features a smart shuttle storage hub that lifts output by over 50%

Emerging skills for 2026 and beyond will span both hard and soft domains – from AI literacy to ecosystem partnerships.
STEWARDSHIP MATTERS

ESG 2.0: Where value meets values

To navigate complexity, directors need a sharper framework – one that offers a coherent approach to what they should actually govern

The priorities of Singapore's 4G leadership – led by Prime Minister Lawrence Wong – should become clearer in 2026.
OUTLOOK 2026

Transition in full swing: The 4G leadership’s direction and Budget 2026 priorities

With the election over, the focus may be on long-term issues such as climate change and the ageing population

So far, nobody has figured out how to make money from LLMs – costs, which increase with every new user and indeed, every new query, far exceed revenues.

Ten lessons from a history of disruptions

There are many common reasons how and why business disruptions happen, and are resisted

Scaling responsible AI begins with cultivating a workforce that not only understands the technology but also its principles, risks and broader implications.

South-east Asia’s responsible AI ambition hinges on talent readiness

Ensuring sustainable innovation will depend less on how advanced our systems become and more on how well we prepare our people to guide them