Despite rising popularity, are ESG investments really delivering the positive impact it’s supposed to? According to the Harvard Business Review, this is not always the case. The funds contained within these investments are not the same as capital that’s needed to effect change within the ESG space as they are focused on financial returns. We speak to Dr Renard Siew, Sustainability and Climate Change expert to get his thoughts on this.

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Malaysia is rated as the cheapest location to hire expats by a recent ECA International survey. What does being the “cheapest” mean and what does it translate to in terms of the talents that are available or unavailable in Malaysia? We speak to Lee Quane, Regional Director of Asia at ECA International.

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Digital banking has been an important part of the Asian financial system for a while now. The pandemic further spurred its adoption as most of us have started accessing banking services in relative safety behind our mobile phones or computers. With many countries within the region recently issuing licences for digital banks, we discuss the future of digital banking in Asia with Professor Antonio Fatas, Professor of Economics at INSEAD.

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In the post pandemic work environment, the scope for job satisfaction has now widened beyond just wages and company benefits to include work culture and value systems. This is becoming more important as employees tend to gravitate towards organisations that share similar values as they do. We speak to Sheila Singam, managing partner at Human Equation to understand the role of values in an organisation.

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Risk decisioning or risk assessment has traditionally been a detail intensive task with someone sifting through information or data to make informed decisions based on the risk profiles. With AI in the picture, things become more interesting as this allows for a large amount of data to be processed with the risk profile generated for review. To get an insight into how AI can benefit the whole process, we speak to Bharath Vellore, Provenir’s General Manager for the APAC region.

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We’re roughly 3 months into the reopening of our borders for travel. Most restrictions have been lifted and international tourists are once again coming into Malaysia in droves. We’ve met the initial goal of 2 million international tourists and the new target is set at 4.5 million. We sat down for a conversation with Hannah Pearson, founder of Pear Anderson and Regional Director at the Adventure Travel Trade Association for an update on the travel industry. 

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As we transition into endemicity, we explore the current job market in Malaysia and how it has changed over the past few years. Are we equipping our younger generation with the right skill sets to enter the modern working environment? We get into how digitalisation and technology has challenged the traditional job market and what key areas we should be focused on going into IR 4.0. To get a clearer insight into what all this means, we speak to Sam Baxendale, Director & Co-founder of Kinetik, a talent acquisition platform. 

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According to the EY 2022 Work Reimagined Survey, employees around the world, including Malaysia, have more influence in the job market. This is driven mostly by demand for better wages, career opportunities, a thinning labour market and more jobs offering flexible work arrangements. 

To get a clearer insight into what else we can gathered from the survey, we’ll be speaking to Anil Shivadas from Ernst & Young Consulting Sdn Bhd.

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Marketing is considered an important aspect of most businesses and a crucial part of the entrepreneurship journey. But how can startups effectively promote themselves? We dive into the marketing strategies new businesses or startups can use to make themselves known in the open market. Joining us to share his thoughts on all this is Sharizal Shaarani, a seasoned entrepreneur with a keen interest in tech and digital economy.

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It’s not easy navigating how to make friends at work. How close should you be with your co-workers? Too much, and you might feel difficult to say ‘no’ and let your workload pile on. But too little, and you miss out on collaboration and maybe even forming a meaningful relationship between people you spend half of your time with in a week. So should you make friends at work? How do you draw the line between personal and professional friendships? We speak to Elaine Fernandez, Social Psychologist & Curriculum Manager at GIFT.ed for more in depth discussions.

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