Culture
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Why the workplace is threatened by higher education's censoring of equity
[UNITED STATES] Across the United States, a growing movement to dismantle diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives in higher education is raising alarms...
Workplace Bullying: How to handle the situation
In the professional world, where collaboration and teamwork are often the keys to success, encountering bullying from colleagues can be a disheartening experience....
How Businesses Are Stepping Up Their Game with CSR and ESG for a Greener, Fairer World
In an era where corporate social responsibility (CSR) and Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) principles are not just buzzwords but essential components of...
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Quiet firing is more common than you think — and much harder to fight
On July 3, a Singapore-based Reddit user shared a situation that felt both familiar and deeply disorienting. Posting under the name u/Educational_Dress692, they...
What these layoffs really say about business strategy
Corporate layoffs are back in the headlines. Again. But this time, it’s not just Big Tech taking a scalpel to bloated teams. Consumer...
Reskill, replace—or redesign? Why smart companies are rethinking workforce strategy
Ask any executive staring down a wave of automation or market shifts: Do we retrain our people—or bring in new ones already equipped...
The hidden leverage in blurred boundaries
Founders love control. We’re wired to create structure, not surrender it. And when it comes to how we show up with our team,...
Are job-hoppers or resume gaps a red flag? A Singaporean asks
In Singapore, the traditional rule of thumb in hiring—“Stay at least two years in a job or it looks bad”—is losing relevance. That’s...
Why quiet quitting signals a system design failure
Quiet quitting didn’t begin with TikTok. It started when employees noticed a gap—between what they were asked to do, and what they were...
How work took over our days from 9 to 5 to 24/7
Let’s get one thing straight. The enemy isn’t long hours. It’s structural fragmentation. Microsoft’s Work Trend Index lays it out in cold clarity:...
How to cultivate workplace culture through conversations that actually matter
You can’t culture your way out of chaos. Yet that’s exactly what most early-stage startups try to do. They throw up a few...
How to stay connected while working remotely in 2025
We’re four years into the remote-first era, and the question has shifted. It’s no longer, “Does remote work, work?” It’s, “What makes remote...
How strategic silence in the workplace helps employees
We often mistake talking for clarity. The assumption is simple: if something isn’t working, explain it again. And if people seem lost, say...
Why Singapore’s 2025 tech graduates are facing a tougher job market
A post on the Singapore subreddit over the weekend captured the quiet anxiety rippling through this year’s crop of computer science graduates. “Are...
The strategic advantage of welcoming employees back
Companies spend months sourcing, interviewing, and onboarding talent. But once someone leaves, the system assumes the door shuts permanently. There’s often no designed...
Authentic workplace culture starts by ending task masking
Many startups claim they have an open, authentic culture. The doors are glass, the Slack channels public, and the mission statements aspirational. Yet...
The culture problem you won’t see until it’s too late
It starts slowly. Not with drama or dysfunction, but with tension you can’t quite name. The product’s shipping. The numbers look fine. But...
Why burnout is reshaping Singapore’s work culture
Work-life balance has now overtaken salary as the top motivator for jobseekers globally, according to Randstad’s 2025 Workmonitor survey. In a tight labor...
Why corporate breakups are becoming a strategy for growth, not a signal of decline
Divestiture used to carry the scent of defeat. Selling off a business unit was seen as a white flag—an admission that expansion had...
Why pay disclosure is becoming a competitive advantage—and what employers must do next
Salary secrecy has long been the norm in corporate culture—but cracks are showing in the wall. A growing wave of regulations, combined with...
How shame in workplace culture shapes team behavior
Most companies say they value psychological safety. They talk about open feedback, low-ego environments, and the importance of creating space for failure. But...
Singapore worker let go after refusing Saturday work asks: 'Is this legal?'
On April 17, a Reddit post on r/askSingapore unexpectedly caught fire. A Singapore-based office employee claimed he was terminated on the spot after...
Why your top performers are quietly planning to quit
She wasn’t just good—she was the one we trusted with messy clients and last-minute launches. Never needed chasing. Always came through. Then one...
How to brag at work professionally without sounding arrogant
We were pitching to investors, and I’d spent two weeks fixing our churn problem—cleaning up onboarding logic, rewriting copy, redoing the email triggers....
The hidden cost of a disengaged team
Engagement problems don’t always start with apathy. Sometimes, they begin with structural fog—roles without purpose, rituals without outcomes, and a mounting sense that...
How self-promotion can undermine team trust
In the early days of a startup, everyone wears multiple hats, and the need to make individual contributions visible is real. Founders and...
The hidden health benefits of female self-employment
It’s not just the late nights, difficult clients, or uneven income that wear you down. For many women who’ve built something of their...
What killed employee loyalty—and what you built instead
Every founder I’ve mentored this year has asked some version of the same question: Where did loyalty go? It’s not rhetorical. It’s asked...
How remote work flexibility reshapes the hiring funnel
When a job post includes the words “remote optional,” it sounds like an invitation—more flexibility, more access, more diversity. But for early-stage teams...
Why startup systems quietly fail women—and how to fix them
Let’s drop the safe language. If you’re building a company and think hiring more women will fix your diversity problem, you’re already missing...
Why passive-aggressive behavior is a silent threat to your startup’s culture
It doesn’t start with shouting matches. Or slammed laptops. Or obvious sabotage. It starts with someone smiling too hard while skipping your calendar...
Gen Z isn’t slacking—they’re ‘task masking’ to survive outdated work norms
Slack pings blink into the evening. Calendars overflow with meetings that accomplish little. Somewhere in this haze of modern knowledge work, a quiet...
How therapeutic techniques can elevate team performance
In early-stage teams, performance feedback often becomes an emotional transaction. Founders give it thinking they’re being clear. Employees receive it like they’re being...
Why young workers are returning to the office—and what it means for the future of work
For years, remote work was seen as the future—liberating, flexible, and tailor-made for a digitally native generation. But a subtle shift is taking...
How assistive tech is redefining work
We used to treat accessibility like a checkbox. Install the ramp, add closed captions, enlarge the font. Done. At least that’s how most...
Handwriting isn’t dead. It’s a strategic pause.
Digital tools accelerate input, not insight. You can generate 500 words in a second. You can transcribe a Zoom call before you even...
Breaking the hybrid work stalemate
Hybrid work promised flexibility and autonomy. What it delivered instead for many teams was a fog of unclear expectations, asynchronous awkwardness, and dwindling...
Burnout in a corporate job in Singapore is not just personal
An individual described their corporate life in Singapore as an "immense" exhaustion, the post quickly resonated. Not because it was unique, but because...
Why remote teams feel disconnected—and how to fix it
We were hiring fast. The team was fully remote, spread across five time zones, and thriving on Slack threads, voice notes, and shared...
Why sudden resignations over minor feedback signal deeper team gaps
We once hired someone solid. Mid-career, efficient, emotionally grounded—or so it seemed. He’d often talk about how younger folks these days couldn’t take...
5 hidden reasons culture change fails at work
It’s easy to say “we want a culture of ownership” or “we don’t do politics here.” But saying it isn’t designing it. And...
Why workplace gratitude deserves a system, not a speech
There’s a reason gratitude rituals appear in both wellness culture and high-trust workplaces: they change how teams function. Not by forcing positivity, but...
Why the importance of soft skills in hiring keeps rising
The people signal is clear: while AI hiring tools are scaling fast, the qualities that define career longevity—adaptability, critical thinking, and emotional intelligence—are...
Should a degree guarantee RM7,000 a month?
The debate sparked by former Bank Negara governor Muhammad Ibrahim’s claim—that Malaysian fresh graduates today should be earning RM7,000–8,000 a month if wages...
Employee advocacy doesn’t start on LinkedIn—It starts in the room
Employee advocacy has become a buzzword in modern employer branding strategies. Teams are encouraged to post on LinkedIn, share behind-the-scenes office photos, and...
Why flexible schedules can break you
It doesn’t show up all at once. At first, it feels like a win: no 9-to-5 boundaries, no commute, no one clocking your...
Why strategic renewal in working parents is a hidden professional asset
There’s a tension that shows up in the inbox, the grocery run, the overdue email, and the school pickup line. Founders feel it....
Why team ownership clarity breaks down in early-stage startups
Most early startup teams aren’t short on ideas. They’re short on clarity. A founder shares a great direction in standup: “Let’s relaunch the...
The team didn’t quit—but they stopped caring
We built the team with care. Thoughtfully. Deliberately. No ego hires. No toxic velocity plays. Just people who believed in the problem as...
How organizational ethics and diversity of thought drive true performance
Most early-stage teams overestimate the power of raw merit. They look for the fastest coders, the sharpest analysts, the best pitch-deck closers. But...
Why doing more work is ineffective and what works instead
It doesn’t start with a breakdown. It starts with a small overreach. A late-night email. A weekend “just to catch up.” A belief...
Regenerative resilience for leaders
It’s easy to mistake stoicism for strength. But beneath the surface of steady leadership, it’s often exhaustion—not equanimity—that’s being held in place. And...
Why founder wellness protocols should be built in from day one
Startup founders love to preach resilience. But scroll past the pitch decks and perk lists, and you’ll find a quiet pattern: wellness gets...
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