The blossoming stay-at-home economy is likely to break new ground for growth and market size in China, as people have been encouraged to stay where they are for the annual Spring Festival holiday to stem the spread of the COVID-19 epidemic. “I’ve bought a lot of food and snacks online, and will probably spend most […]
A Future Shaped By A Technological Arms Race with Yuval Noah Harari & Ren Zhengfei | DAVOS 2020
The Fourth Industrial Revolution is redefining global competitiveness and strategic competition in multiple domains. What can be done to ensure that economies and societies benefit fully from the great potential of promising new technologies? Speakers: Zanny Minton Beddoes, Ren Zhengfei, Yuval Noah Harari Watch the full video here… Looking for Best Executive Search Firms in […]
China’s economy grows despite pandemic
China’s economy maintained a stable recovery in 2020 in face of the severe challenges at home and abroad created by the COVID-19 pandemic, with people’s well-being effectively guaranteed and better-than-expected accomplishments for major targets of economic and social development. Major economic indicators, such as value-added industrial output, fixed-asset investment, foreign trade, foreign direct investment, per […]
53% of C-Suite execs and 52% of HR leaders surveyed have dealt with mental health issues recently
C-Suite executives also preferred to talk to a robot about their stress issues more than to a human, as compared to employees (73% vs 61%). Mental health issues have no doubt been a top concern at the workplace, even more so since the onset of the pandemic. And according to a recent survey, C-Suite executives […]
Remote working: Yay or nay? 8 leaders tell us when it works best and its pitfalls
In this first part of a two-part special feature, Priya Sunil seeks to find out the pros and cons of remote working, and more specifically, the situations in which it is ideal or non-workable. Leaders from Siemens, Schneider Electric, Luxasia, and more share their views. The uptake of remote working has been catalysed by years […]
3 biggest HR tech trends for 2021
Last year saw the human resources profession embrace digital transformation like never before – driven by the impact of the pandemic, virtual engagements and the need to make work-from-home functional for employees Here are the 3 biggest – and most influential factors – that will shape workforce practices, according to the ‘age of disruption’ outfit […]
Creative talents are no picnic to manage: Here’s how the team at Freeflow does it
In any business, effective talent management is one of the keys to success. In the creative field, this is especially important: our people are our business. At freeflow, we try to achieve this by nurturing diverse creatives, whose synergy fuels our results. However, creative talents are no picnic to manage. Often opinionated on things including (but not […]
Remote working: Yay or nay? 8 leaders tell us when it works best and its pitfalls
In this first part of a two-part special feature, Priya Sunil seeks to find out the pros and cons of remote working, and more specifically, the situations which it is ideal or non-workable for. Leaders from Siemens, Schneider Electric, Luxasia and more share their views. The uptake of remote working has been catalysed by years […]
Why Executives Need Cybersecurity Training
Cybersecurity is no longer a niche issue for tech companies. With our growing reliance on online platforms, it’s very quickly becoming a priority