Singapore Management Festival

05/06/2019

May your home and heart be filled with positivity and goodness of Aidilfitri…. Wishing Selamat Hari Raya to all those who celebrate, and happy holidays to all.

13/05/2019

Former Apple retail chief Angela Ahrendts recently left the company after five years, and she revealed the three biggest lessons she learned during her tenure. What are they?

Former Apple retail chief Angela Ahrendts details the three biggest takeaways from her five-year tenure at the company.

15/04/2019

Starting the Monday with some truth. Share if you believe.

22/03/2019

The brain naturally functions in spurts of high energy (roughly an hour) followed by spurts of low energy (15–20 minutes). So what can you do to make the 8 hours, or more, work for you at work?

The eight-hour workday is an outdated and ineffective approach to work. Let go of this relic and try a new, more productive approach.

11/03/2019

Different generations of employees have distinct career aspirations, save one: regardless of age, having “a rewarding job” is what matters most to staffers, according to a LinkedIn survey. What else can you discover about your current workers?

Regardless of age, all staffers are chasing after this in their careers, says LinkedIn

06/03/2019

As organisations become flatter and less hierarchical, and the influence of social media swells, leadership roles are becoming more ambiguous. So how is our idea of leadership changing, and what does it mean to be a follower?

How is our idea of leadership changing, and what does it mean to be a follower?

27/02/2019

So what are these best practices, the list of things that should be true for digital transformation to succeed? Can DT actually work? Absolutely – if we exploit the lessons learned.

Digital transformation is a goal. But it can be elusive -- and expensive -- if pursued incorrectly. There are 5 steps companies can take to increase the chances for successful digital transformation. One of the most important is performance-based compensation. Another is the quality of data.

18/02/2019

McKinsey estimates up to 800 million workers globally could be displaced by robotic automation by 2030. Future-proofing your career is less about picking a safe job and more about constantly updating your skills throughout your career, according to Northeastern University president Joseph Aoun, who wrote Robot-Proof: Higher Education in the Age of Artificial Intelligence.

To prepare for a future where AI will likely disrupt entire industries, some say we’ll have to rethink how we educate future generations.

04/02/2019

SIM PD wishes you a very happy Chinese New Year. May this auspicious time bring you good health, blossoming prosperity and abundance of joy for you and your loved ones. Gong xi fa cai!

15/01/2019

Watch the highlights video from and discover what it means to the attendees and speakers.

The Singapore Management Festival presented by SIM Professional Development (SIM PD) affirmed itself as one of the few mega events where some of the best bus...

07/01/2019

If biases are formed over a lifetime, dismantling them will be slow work. So, what can we do in the here and now?

Researchers have found that, in some cases, diversity training can be more harmful than beneficial

04/01/2019

Words of Ben Hammersley, the futurist and contributing editor of WIRED magazine. We are part of the generation who will make the future of business happen, or the ones to watch it pass you by.