Working life

The poly phone life: Is carrying two or more phones the ‘healthier’ choice?

Choudhary Muhammad Kamran, an entrepreneur with businesses in Dubai, New York, Singapore and Pakistan, with two phones and a battery bank in New York.

Sorry, I’m not available. Talk to my AI double

Some startups see AI cloning expertise as a potentially profitable niche, says the writer.

AI as a leadership KPI: Workers clash with AI mandates

NUS senior vice-provost Bernard Tan says that AI has not been made an official leadership KPI as yet, and that annual performance reviews will measure quality of work, regardless of whether AI was used.

Am I lower-value human capital?

Bill Winters, chief executive of Standard Chartered bank, gifted the phrase “lower-value human capital” to public discourse as he explained how AI would allow the replacement of back-office jobs

What if remote working, not AI, is to blame for weak junior hiring

The rise of remote work has worsened the trade-off for hiring entry-level workers, while leaving the calculus for senior hires unchanged.

AI is threatening the giants of consulting

For decades, consulting has been dominated by a handful of giant firms, like PwC, Deloitte, McKinsey, and KPMG.

What Is With... the office making you ugly?

TikToker Noa Donlan documents the decline in her appearance from start to end of the work day.

People are moving so fast on AI, businesses are struggling to keep up

Artificial intelligence may be the first technological transition where Singaporeans are working faster than institutions.

Please stop talking about Gen Z in the office

Gen Z may differ from previous younger generations in that they face tougher economic pressures and higher mental ill-health rates, but it is unhelpful to pigeonhole them, says the writer.

Mums go live: Meet three women in Singapore making a living from live-streaming at home

(From left) Live streamers Natalia Rajahmany, Elaine Heng and Joyce Mak.

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