Opposing Views
Disengagement at work may endanger Singapore’s AI push
In a manpower-lean economy racing into the AI age, disengaged workers are a worrying sign.
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In a manpower-lean economy with no room for the productivity it is leaving on the table, employee disengagement is a challenge Singapore must tackle.
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Ruchi Sinha
Editor’s note: This is the second in a two-part opinion on the topic of disengagement at work. Read the other here.
Singapore is staking its next chapter on artificial intelligence, with serious investment and big ambitions because AI is the primary lever available to grow an economy with an ageing and potentially shrinking workforce. But there is a problem at the heart of this technologically driven strategy that is rarely talked about: that of growing disengagement at work among the humans.
