The Australian government wants to force companies to help it get at suspects data. If they can’t, it would jail people for up to a decade if they refuse.

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Open offices are becoming the new norm, but studies have found that the concept largely benefits employers and not employees. However, implementing some rules might be the key to getting actual work done in an environment that doesn’t encourage it.

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Could the embracing of “growth above profit” be to blame for the loss of $891 million in the second quarter?

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Your initial judgment about another person is often a reflection about you - and says very little about the person that you’re judging.

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A Harvard study found that open offices lead to a 73% drop in face-to-face interaction, but many corporations have bought into the open office fad. A startup called ROOM hopes to alleviate some of the issues with an open office by selling a sound-proof, ventilated, powered booth - designed to make room for better productivity.

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Do you respond to a thank you with a ‘You’re welcome’ or a ‘No prob!’? Well, either way, someone is going to have a problem with it.

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We’re obviously influenced by sight, sound, taste, and touch when it comes to many of our purchasing decisions. But why have we never considered smell as a bigger motivational factor? It turns out companies have been aware of this for a while - and not the ones you might think.

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Imagine as a kid waking up on a Monday morning with the thought of school looming over you - well, kids in Colorado will no longer have that dark shadow cast over them. One Colorado school district has switched to a 4-Day week.

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Streaming services are becoming a problem for theatre chains, forcing them to constantly come up with new ways to lure people to the cinema. Screen X’s three-screen concept might be exactly what they need to combat the likes of Netflix.

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Our neighbours down south have launched a major initiative to help all hawkers in Singapore go cashless. Would Malaysians feel comfortable with a similar measure?

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