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Hybrid working: Fomo and the danger of office cliques
21 May 2021, The Irish Times, Ireland. Mark Mortensen. Dropbox has dropped the hybrid model over issues with inclusion and career progress. As offices open, there are fears that if hybrid is mismanaged, organisational power will revert to the workplace. Photograph:...
Regulating the ‘Wild West’ of token-based business
21 May 2021, The Korea Times, South Korea, Massimo Massa. Evolving standards of crypto regulation may actually result in sharper oversight than is common in the non-token world. The rise of initial coin offerings (ICOs), initial exchange offerings (IEOs) and token...
Fintech – Can there be too much of a good thing?
14 May 2021, Yahoo! Finance, Singapore, Lily Fang. One of the greatest promises of fintech is to enable more people to have access to a broader set of financial services with increasing convenience at lower costs. In short – Financial inclusion. Indeed, this is the...
Four ways today’s teams are making us lonely
7 May 2021, The Business Times, Singapore, Mark Mortensen. They say it's lonely at the top. But in the workplace, even team members are feeling lonely. FIRMS should see loneliness as an organisational issue, not a personal one. Aside from being associated with an...
The disturbing conflicts of interest in target date funds
30 April, Kiplinger, US, Massimo Massa. Are you one of the 40 million folks who has a target date fund in your 401(k)? It could be costing you 21% in returns over the course of your career, according to a study by three professors from INSEAD, Villanova University and...
How Xiaomi became an Internet-of-Things powerhouse
27 April 2021, Harvard Business Review, US, Amitava Chattopadhyay. When you think about Xiaomi, you mind probably goes to smartphones, but what’s less known is that the company originally entered the fiercely competitive smartphone market without offering a phone....
Netflix treats its employees like adults, that’s what gets speed and innovation going
24 April 2021, France24, Erin Meyer. Imagine working for a company where you don't have to apply for holiday time or seek prior approval for expenses. Imagine giving feedback to your boss – in public! Imagine being trusted to make major decisions without clearance...
What is the impact of tougher rules on China’s tech titans?
22 April 2021, Channel NewsAsia, Singapore, Guoli Chen. Money Mind | Tech Clampdown. Alibaba was hit with a record US$2.8 billion fine, and Ant Group was told to restructure to a financial holding company. China continues its tough stance with other tech players and...
A new frontier of collaboration – humans and AI
19 April 2021, People Matters, Singapore, Phanish Puranam. What are some ways in which this partnership has already been explored? And how is it likely to be explored in the future? A new wave of AI is being explored currently, which adds humans to the equation as...
What Psychological Safety Looks Like in a Hybrid Workplace
19 April 2021, Harvard Business Review, US: Amy C. Edmondson and Mark Mortensen. Sorting out hybrid work arrangements will require managers to rethink and expand one of strongest proven predictors of team effectiveness: psychological safety. When it comes to...