Productivity

HEALTH & WELLNESS

Singapore workers experiencing rising anxiety; signs of fallout from pressure to use AI

Over a quarter of employees are considering leaving their jobs

Workers displaced by AI could create new businesses, pursue artistic interests, set up social enterprises or launch community initiatives.
SENSE & CENTS

Scenario of AI-driven jobless economic growth need not scare investors and society

Singapore can win in the age of artificial intelligence, and this will benefit local equities

Parts for various robots in Shenzhen. Innovation requires what economists call rents: abnormally large profits that more than compensate for innovators’ costs.

The enduring enigma of economic growth

Unlike politicians, economists admit that they don’t know why countries prosper or stagnate

When people have to make a choice about what to do next, they often pick the thing that seems achievable, even if that is not in their interests.
THE BROAD VIEW

Too many people are shockingly bad at prioritisation

Choosing where to focus is among the most important skills

More cancer survivors are returning to work, but many continue to cope with fatigue, “brain fog” and other lasting effects of treatment that remain largely unseen in the workplace.
BRUNCH

More cancer survivors are returning to work. Are employers ready to support them?

While some companies are willing to help such workers, efforts remain inconsistent

Elon Musk is among the tech executives that have referred to humans as “meat computers”.
NEWS ANALYSIS

To AI executives, we’re all just ‘meat computers’

This comparison has not landed well with a public anxious about the artificial intelligence future

What is increasingly needed is AI bilingualism: the ability to understand AI’s capabilities, limitations and risks.

The real AI race is for deployable talent, not models

Scaling the tech’s positive impact will require work redesign, applied learning, cross-sector collaboration

Nonfarm productivity, which measures hourly output per worker, increased at a downwardly revised 1.8 per cent annualised rate last quarter.

US Q4 productivity growth revised sharply lower

Productivity grew at a 2.5% rate from a year ago

Germany’s economy contracted for two consecutive years in 2023 and 2024, and its industrial output has fallen sharply.

A stronger work ethic won’t fix advanced economies

Capital deepening, technological progress and total factor productivity growth help advanced economies expand and remain competitive

Nonfarm productivity, which measures hourly output per worker, increased at a 2.8 per cent annualised rate last quarter after rising at an upwardly revised 5.2 per cent pace in the third quarter.

US productivity slows in fourth quarter

Unit labour costs increased at a 2.8% rate last quarter