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Live Well ft. Lance Alexander episodes

March 19, 2019 5Cs To Mental Toughness: #3 - Confidence
What kind of ‘mental toughness’ is required in today’s disruptive environment? Find out from Wong Yu Jin, professional speaker, author and mental toughness expert. In fact, he espouses 5Cs to increase mental toughness to aid in handling competitive pressure and professional anxiety. We explore 'confidence' in this edition.
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15 min
March 19, 2019 Emerging tech disruptions
Find out what the tech disruptions may be in the next 5 years from David Wachsman, CEO of Wachsman.
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13 min
March 18, 2019 Dodgy data making large financial decisions!
Terry Smagh is VP for APAC and Japan at BlackLine and in Mind Your Business, he talks about making decisions based on dodgy data or statistics. Imagine the catastrophic consequences, especially in the financial services sector! What’s the solution besides making sure your data is accurate?
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11 min
March 18, 2019 Deciphering Singapore's recent labour market report
In Career 360, Singapore’s latest labour market report was released last week. MOM says it’s not looking too bad: employment grew for the year, unemployment rates were lower than a year ago and retrenchments were significantly fewer. Patrick Tay, Asst Sec Gen from the Labour Movement NTUCexplains the implications and what more can be done to get SMEs on board training initiatives. He’s also MP for West Coast GRC.
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15 min
March 15, 2019 To bring a plethora of services and customers to you
'So', what do 'we do', if we needed a plethora of services? Singapore-based startup Zowedo, the online marketplace for personal, lifestyle and home service needs aims to help micro-vendors reach out to a wider customer base and provide Singaporeans a convenient way to book home, lifestyle and personal services online. How are they navigating the crowded online marketplace space or do they have the first-mover advantage in this particular sector of the online marketplace space? Find out from co-founders of Zowedo, Antoine Nicole and Martin Ross.
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12 min
March 15, 2019 Inclusive beauty products and the ultimate customer journey
What sort of uphill task did co-founders Yeeli Lee and Christopher Polzar face when they decided to ditch their cushy corporate jobs at Amazon and start their own beauty products line in the crowded and competitive beauty space? They have lofty goals too! They want to disrupt the billion-dollar beauty industry with AI and provide women with inclusive products. Their brainchild is 4meglam.
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14 min
March 14, 2019 Bridging the gender gap in tech
With the digital economy taking off globally, the tech industry has more jobs than it can fill. By 2020, there will be more than 1.4 million computing job openings in the US alone, but only 400,000 graduates with the necessary skills to fit them. Software.org: The BSA Foundation has partnered with Girls Who Code to inspire action and show young women that there is a place in STEM, in tech, and certainly in the software industry for them. Find out more from Annabel Lee, Policy Manager at BSA The Software Alliance
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14 min
March 14, 2019 Putting the 'H' back in 'HR' with AI
How can AI put the ‘human’ back in ‘human resources’? Pulsifi aims to do this. It’s an HR and AI start up which uses AI to define, secure and find the best talent for the organisation to succeed. Find out more from Jay Huang, CEO and founder of Pulsifi.
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13 min
March 13, 2019 Job hopping is still not recommended for career progression
Although job hopping has historically been seen as a negative, new research commissioned by specialised recruiter Robert Half reveals more than half (56%) of Singapore’s CFOs would be willing to hire a candidate who has a history of job hopping. Job hopping is overwhelmingly prevalent among Singapore’s millennial generation so this might bode well for them. Joining us to walk us through the findings of the survey and their implications is Matthieu Imbert-Bouchard, Managing Director, Robert Half.
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10 min
March 12, 2019 Women leading tech
Despite the IT industry being traditionally dominated by males, 3 out of 4 leaders in Quest’s management team are females. Similarly, the percentage of female leaders in Quest is also relatively higher than average. In fact, female leaders comprise 40% of their global executive leadership team. How deliberate was it for Quest to do this and how have they flown in the face of trend to do it as well? We chat with Vivien Li, HR Director at Quest Technology Systems and Susie Chua who’s a business analyst there.
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14 min