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Productivity

Opinion & Features

Productivity tips from the boss

Singaporeans must be engaged in meaningful work that enables them to have fulfilling careers. This includes work they are passionate about and that offers opportunities to stretch themselves and achieve personal growth.
Opinion & Features

Turning Singapore into a productivity powerhouse with AI agents

Whether or not the AI boom is upon us, what’s clear is that the technology seems to have the potential to usher in a period of significant and sustained productivity growth.
Opinion & Features
THE BOTTOM LINE

The great productivity boom is about to take a break

Uncertainty around US President Donald Trump’s plans could discourage investment, Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook said, while the rising cost of imported intermediate goods and equipment could also delay projects that would otherwise enhance productivity.
International

Federal Reserve’s Cook warns tariffs could lower productivity, feed inflation

Productivity, or nonfarm employee output per hour, decreased at a 0.8 per cent annualised rate after a revised 1.7 per cent increase in the fourth quarter.
International

US productivity drops for first time since 2022 as output fell

Challenges such as geopolitical uncertainties and higher business costs could have "dampened companies’ appetite to transform and grow” in 2024, said EnterpriseSG chairman Lee Chuan Teck at the statutory board's year in review.
Singapore

Companies could book S$14.5 billion more in revenue from EnterpriseSG support in 2024, down a tad from 2023

Individual humans still always beat individual ants. But their performance vastly improve when they team up. Humans’ performance do not.
Leadership

What longhorn crazy ants can teach us about groupthink

LLMs are being streamlined to run on fewer resources in a bid to make them more accessible to companies.
Companies & Markets

Larger language models are not necessarily better as companies seek returns on AI investments

st assistant business editor and moderator joanna seow with human resource industry leaders at the st roundtable on nov 19
Singapore
BRANDED CONTENT

Talent retention, productivity gains: Industry leaders make the case for flexible work arrangements

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Lifestyle

How to focus like your life depends on it

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