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Strategy At Work: Vital’s Workplace Transformation (Case Study)
Over the years, I have had the opportunity to work with Vital – the Singapore Government’s shared services provider. Together, the Vital and Towers Watson team have been able to effect incredible...
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Social HR – Objectives & ROI
Many HR professionals I talk to, talk enthusiastically about “social media”. After all it’s the hottest thing to talk about! Some of them have implemented a Facebook for the Enterprise – to help people...
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Hierarchy of Imagination
To help revolutionary strategies emerge, execs must supplement the hierarchy of experience with the hierarchy of imagination @profhamel — MIX (@hackmanagement) December 6, 2012 Filed under:...
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Book Review: Talent Economics – The Fine Line Between Winning and Losing the...
I met Gyan Nagpal a couple of years back, when he was still at Deutsche Bank. Over lunch and a passionate discussion about innovation in HR & Talent practices, he mentioned that he was writing a...
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Case Study: A Winning Workforce For A Winning Business
I had the opportunity to work with XL Axiata, a telecom company in Indonesia. The company has seen great success on both the business and the people front in recent times. We worked with XL on a short...
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The Way Work is Working in Singapore
The Atlantic recently published a nice article titled “Are We Truly Overworked”. Using 6 simple charts, it investigates this issue from an US perspective and draws some conclusions: Several developed...
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Singaporean Talent’s Willingness to Relocate
Singapore’s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong made some recent comments about Singaporean talent’s willingness to relocate overseas, which can hinder their progress at multi-national or regional...
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Understanding Different Cultures
The very first time I came across a formal definition of Culture was when I was still in business school. My professor introduced me to Geert Hofstede and his definition of culture: “Culture is the...
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An Agile HR Function for the VUCA World
I recently wrote about how we can build an agile HR function for the VUCA world on Towers Watson’s South East Asia blog. You can check out the post here or read it below too:...
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Structuring Consulting Projects
A friend of mine recently took up a HR leadership role in a mid-sized company. Over a cup of coffee, we were discussing how he would lay out a strategic roadmap for the HR function’s effectiveness and...
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