Organisational Resilience Starts With People

Organisational resilience isn't just financial strength or a continuity plan; it's whether employees trust their leaders and feel safe to speak up. Emellia Shariff explores why psychological safety is as critical to resilience as any business strategy, and how to create a workplace where people fee…

Why Great Entrepreneurs Don't Predict the Future

After studying expert entrepreneurs, Professor Saras Sarasvathy found they weren't better at predicting the future; they simply made decisions differently. In a world shaped by AI, geopolitical shocks, and fast-changing consumer behaviour, we explore what a different mindset can teach entrepreneurs…

Building Sustainable Malaysian Creative Businesses

Malaysia's creative industry has never lacked talent; the bigger question has always been how to turn that talent into sustainable businesses. Zainol Haqim Zainol Rashid tells us what's working, what's still holding creative entrepreneurs back, and what it will take for Malaysian creative brands to…

Performing, Not Thriving: Inside Malaysia's Workplaces

Companies are investing more than ever in workplace policies and employee well-being, but according to the 2026 Malaysia People@Work Index Report by O-Psych, the overall employee experience score is stuck at 62%, unchanged from last year, despite real  improvements in workplace risks and conditions…

AI Is Everywhere. Who's In Charge?

Stan Singh from ASOCIO explains why AI governance can no longer be an afterthought. AI ethics can be seen as the compass, while AI governance is the traffic rules, and right now, most organisations are driving without either. Here's what you can do to govern AI if it's being used in your organisati…

AI and the Risk of Mass Job Loss in Malaysia

With 10 million workers in the services sector, Malaysia could be more exposed to widespread unemployment than most realise, with up to 320,000 jobs at risk, rising to 680,000 under deeper automation scenarios. Dr Thomas Lim Kok-Tiong, author of "Augmentation or Elimination: The Potential Impact of…

Digitalising Malaysia’s Micro-SMEs

The digital economy is booming, but KRI warns MSME digitalisation is “broad but shallow.” We explore why many micro- and small businesses digitise only their customer-facing functions while core operations remain manual, the practical costs of shallow digitalisation, and why micro-enterprises, abou…

The Business Case for Family-Friendly Workplaces

UNICEF's "Family-Friendly Workplaces" toolkit makes the case that flexible work, childcare support, and parental leave aren't just an HR policy, they're a win for employees, a win for business, and a win for the wider economy, backed by data from businesses across Asia and Africa. We unpack what th…

ASEAN Banks: Resilient But Cracks Are Showing

Banks are the heart of an economy, when they struggle, everyone feels it. Southeast Asian banks head into the second half of 2026 with solid capital and liquidity buffers on paper, but the lingering fallout from the Iran war and a fragile peace deal are testing these its resilience.  We discuss: …

Human Capital: The Real Edge in the AI Era

Deloitte's 2026 Global Human Capital Trends report argues that human capital is the real competitive advantage as organisations transform with AI. This extends to how AI is used within the organisation, the guardrails that need to be in place, how AI can support employee satisfaction and hiring, an…