By now, the $11 billion self-help industry is most definitely not small stuff. Yet when you strip it down, there's very little new information. But if it’s all pretty much the same stuff, what if we could distill it into bullet form?

In the rubble of COVID-19’s economic devastation, new business ideas can be rebuilt. Here is a selection of products that may do well amongst post-pandemic consumers.

Side hustles aren’t exclusive to the pandemic, but lots of people have started mini-ventures during this time of crisis to either supplement their income or out of pure necessity. With online platforms and multiple new, affordable ways to kickstart a microbusiness, it seems like these side hustles might be pivotal in helping people and businesses survive the pandemic.

Integrity is a trait everyone wants to associate with and be associated with. But what does it really mean to have integrity? What kinds of integrity are there? And why is integrity so important when it comes to leadership? Rashmi Menon, head of client engagement at Leaderonomics, answers these questions.

For businesses that have survived the economic devastation of COVID-19, it’s time to build your foundation to thrive. Jeevan Sahadevan, founder of Leverage Lab, has 21 strategic questions about 3 areas - your customers, products, and competition - to help your company rebuild.

How do radio and television differ as a medium for journalism? How big is the market for English news programming beyond the Klang Valley? We discuss these issues and more with radio-turned-television presenters Melisa Idris and Sharaad Kuttan, who host the current affairs programme “Consider This” on Astro Awani.

Othniel Ting speaks to Prof. Hew Gill, Associate Provost at Sunway University, about how Sunway University has built a reputation for sustainability, and how being one of the United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network centres has benefited them. Featured are some of the research projects centering around sustainability and energy that the university is working on.

E-commerce transactions for essentials picked up significantly during the MCO. Leo Chow, CEO of Lazada Malaysia and former executive from Taobao discusses plans to maintain Lazada's lead as the biggest e-commerce platform operator ahead of Shopee.

Almost too swiftly, Sabah’s state assembly was dissolved over the weekend, prompting fresh questions over the Warisan/PH vs BN/UMNO imbroglio, not to mention East Malaysa’s role as kingmakers in a looming national election.

Political analyst Arnold Puyok discusses.

US Congress held a grueling six-hour hearing with the CEOs of Facebook, Amazon, Apple and Google where they were interrogated about whether big tech had gotten too big. But is this a lot of noise that leads to no action? Chris Sagers, Professor of Law at Cleveland State University gives us his view as to whether we might actually see any action and does the outcome of the Presidential elections in November change the narrative.

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