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Employers building AI capability are increasingly hiring from outside the technical pipeline. Joycelyn Woo, who moved from real estate marketing to Synapxe’s Data, AI and Innovation team, on what made her transition work and what the people doing the hiring tend to miss.
Levanta Renewables’ Sonia Liew on building a human capital function across South-East Asia while the sector’s demand for talent outruns supply.
In an HR Tech keynote, Anthropic’s head of people products explored AI’s role in hiring design and connecting HR systems.
At the HR Strategy Summit at HR Tech, Valerie Capers Workman explored what HR needs to do differently to step into the new expectations for the HR function.
With Pandora’s Asia headquarters now open in Marina Bay, Chief People and Planet Officer Byron Clayton explains what the region demands of a people function, and why the company now talks about careers instead of career paths.
Nearly all employees in Australia expect employers to act on climate change, but a new Curtin University study finds few believe their own company is delivering, and most will only trust climate claims that are independently verified.
Lower-wage workers earning up to S$2,800 a month should receive a 6% to 8% increase or at least S$120, with the guidelines also calling on employers to invest in AI-related skills.
Speaking at AsiaHRM’s latest LinkedIn Live session, ACEN’s Irene Maranan explained how the renewable energy company moved ESG from reporting into everyday business decisions, and why getting people on board took more work than writing the policies.
Career breaks are often the end point of months of unmet requests, new research by the Singapore Council of Women’s Organisations (SCWO) finds. Its CEO, Koh Yan Ping, on what employers miss while a woman is still in the job.
Strong technical skills are not always enough when talent has to perform across markets. Speakers from Pearson, ELSA and regional HR teams will unpack the issue at a webinar on 17 November.
Three waves of University of Konstanz research show AI use at work rising slowly and often arriving without the employer’s involvement. Study head Florian Kunze explains why the divides are widening as it spreads.
When CHAGEE opened Singapore’s first Signing Store, staffed by deaf and hard-of-hearing baristas, it arrived as a milestone in workplace inclusion. More than a year on, chief executive Lawrence Wen and barista Victor Teo suggest its success is better measured by how ordinary it has come to feel.
This exclusive, invitation-only executive roundtable brings together 15 senior HR, Learning & Development and Talent leaders to explore how AI can transform enterprise learning, strengthen workforce capabilities and drive measurable business outcomes.
From productivity gains to disappearing entry-level work and the gap between what leaders and employees sees, the conversation at CHRO Series Singapore 2026 kept returning to what AI changes for people.
As AI accelerates work, organisations must strengthen employees’ critical thinking, communication, and judgement so faster outputs translate into better decisions.
