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Why managing healthcare costs must be Singapore firms' top agenda

Employee benefits appear to be high on the agenda for international employers in Asian and Singapore in particular, looking to recruit the very best. Of course, in today’s competitive environment, it isn’t just about attracting high-calibre employees; it’s about keeping hold of them to help grow businesses.

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Why managing healthcare costs must be Singapore firms' top agenda

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These are the 5 hottest food fads in Singapore

Bubble tea was so last year (as well as the last decade). Frozen yoghurts like Frolick have also shut down numerous outlets, while the homemade ice cream market is saturated with players like Udders, Salted Caramel, Tom’s Palette and a plethora more names. Sustaining trends that have integrated into our culture include takeaway bread bun stores, Tao huey and modern kaya toast shops like Toast Box and Ya Kun. So what are the latest food fads in Singapore to try, or to franchise in? Here’s a list.

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How Singapore firms can maximise organisation learning

Better healthcare and higher rates of education, both good outcomes of Singapore’s developed society status are coming to together to create 2 unique situations, lower birthrates and higher life expectancies. With the prospect of overall longer lives and less young people to maintain the workforce, older people are forced to delay retirement and stay longer in the workforce.

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What Singaporeans must know about the importance of insight

The world is full of people who provide ideas. Ideas are common in business as evidenced by hundreds of books by so called gurus on any subject.

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What designpreneurship really means in Singapore

As designers, we are a special breed of people. We are dreamers confronting realities through the practice of commercial art. We live by our dream of trying to decode the thinking and creative process.

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What Singaporeans must know about 'innovation economy'

In his groundbreaking book, The Third Wave (1984), Alvin Toffler proposed that the human civilization has invented and experienced three types of wealth systems. Each wealth system is fundamentally different and has a distinct set of principles for wealth creation and distribution. The adoption of a new wealth system is followed by a major wealth shift from the old guards to the new innovators.

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MediaCorp vs Spotify in Singapore's music streaming battle arena

Spotify has finally come to Singapore! The world renowned streaming music playlist/personalised radio brand has landed after years of developing its brand in America and Europe and building up a loyal following. The main stumbling block for all these music/video content players is rights.

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8 types of annoying colleagues in Singapore (Part 1)

There is a saying that you choose your friends but not your family. So where do colleagues fit in? We spend more time with our colleagues than we do with our friends or family yet we can’t choose who they are.

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What the new Singapore National Stadium can do as a social convergence point

In my previous column, I emphasized the importance of the quality and consistency of the fan experience at a sporting venue. Obviously, the New Singapore National Stadium, which is part of the Singapore Sports Hub, intends to deliver just that.

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How packaged goods firms in Singapore can embrace digital opportunities

Singaporeans are active social media users - 3 million of them are on Facebook and 900,000 on Twitter[1]. The country’s household broadband and mobile phone penetration rates exceed 100 per cent[2]while smartphone penetration is among the highest in the world[3].

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After the NTUC May Day Rally 2013, what now Singapore? (Part 2)

As shared in NTUC May Day Rally 2013 Afterthoughts Part 1, my virgin experience at our nation's labour movement rally held at D’Marquee, Downtown East was surprisingly pleasant! Expecting a serious and possibly boring government type of event, I was taken a back in a good way by the warmth and friendliness of fellow attendees from various local unions, social enterprises, communities and their tripartite partners.

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Why integrated business planning is the next big thing in Singapore

Integrated Business Planning (IBP) is a management process, which enables effective decision-making and control over an entire organisation.

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After the NTUC May Day Rally 2013, what now Singapore? (Part 1)

When I first received the invitation to celebrate Labour Day at NTUC May Day Rally 2013 with government and union representatives at D’Marquee, Downtown East, I was a little hesitant. I expected a solemn, formal and probably pretty boring event (pardon me, I am just being frank).

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How to be opportunistic in a sustainable city like Singapore

I recently attended the IBC’s 4th Annual Sustainable Cities Asia conference and Ecosystem.sg’s talks on collaborative consumption in Singapore. I got out thinking: Singapore is becoming a sustainable city. Some businesses are making money – loads of them – out of this strategic move. How to jump on this bandwagon?

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Here's what Singapore design firms must know about joining awards

In Singapore alone, there is a plethora of design awards catering to every aspect of the industry but sometimes it’s not clear who the really benefits from these competitions.

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Building 21st century healthcare

Liak Teng Lit wants to shake up the meaning of healthcare. Last year the CEO of Singapore's Alexandra Health Systems oversaw the opening of what he sees as a new model of health provision in the form of the Khoo Teck Phuat Hospital (KTPH), located in Yishun in the north of the island.

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