Enterprise Explores

The concept of uprooting an entire company for a month seems impractical, but this company claims the retreats directly impacts its bottom line. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The term “perennial” pales in comparison to the popularity of its counterpart, “millennial”, but apparently when it comes to talent retention efforts, perennials have it all figured out.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

There’s no shortage of GPS trackers for parents who want to keep tabs on their children’s driving. After all, car accidents are the leading cause of death for American teens. For some parents, that’s enough. For others, nothing but a full-on ankle monitor—the kind used to track people released on bail or parole—will do. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy informat...

For jobseekers, freelancers, and business owners alike, it can be tough to discern how much you are worth financially. Here’s how to avoid both overestimation and underestimation of how much you are actually worth.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Most people looking for a job put it on hold in December. That’s generally because hiring slows down during the holiday season as people take vacations and lose time to seasonal events, and companies do other year-end activities like budgeting and employee evaluations. December may not be when you’ll land a lot of interviews for permanent work, but it’s still a time of opportunit...

The shift to renewable energy has been a major challenge for many countries, but in Africa, the solution to their renewable energy woes may lie in the so-called “miracle tech”, Blockchain. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The professional world epitomizes leadership. No matter what industry you’re in, being a leader is the holy grail of personal, professional, and career success. As a result, most people want to become one–and we glorify the journey of those who do “make it” to the top. As for their “followers” ? We barely give them another thought. This is a big problem. See omn...

Google’s parent company, Alphabet, is on a mission to eliminate all mosquitoes worldwide in an attempt to eradicate dangerous mosquito-borne illnesses.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad said a cashless society meant that payments would be made through electronic payment platforms. “The government is thinking of ways to introduce a cashless society. When we use cash, sometimes it is used for corruption among others. When we introduce a cashless (system), it will make it difficult for them to hide and give cash bribes to anyone as everyt...

A company in China has come under fire for their controversial fitness rules; mainly fining employees for not hitting the mandate of 180,000 steps a month. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Sleep deprivation is a massive problem in Japan, even leading to a specific term for death by sleep deprivation - “karoshi” - and so in an effort to combat the “sleep is expendable” attitude, a Japanese company is awarding points to their employees worth up to $570 a year that can be exchanged for meals in the company’s cafeteria… if the employees get a good ni...

After years of engaging with famous personalities to tout their products, brands are beginning to realize that influencers may not be as effective as they first imagined. Micro influencers, though, could be the next big thing.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Entertainment outlets in Kuala Lumpur will have to abide by the closing hours stated in their licence starting Jan 1 or face action, in a move to enhance family time. Federal Territories Minister Khalid Samad said Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) would also review the operating hours of a few outlets that had been given special permission to open until 5 am to cater to tourists but which had abused t...

You probably feel like you are SO BUSY, but time management expert Laura Vanderkam has shared some hidden pockets of time you didn’t know you had every day, where you can squeeze in time for what matters most to you . See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Andy Jassy, CEO of AWS gave his keynote speech at the recent AWS Re:Invent 2018 conference. Jeff Sandhu who’s at Las Vegas to witness this first-hand talks to us in the studio about all the cool announcements on stage. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Google has created a tool that can assign trustees to your Google account in the event of an accident or death. How do we approach our digital presences after death ? Should the accounts continue to exist in lieu of the person behind them? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The next time you go on holiday, you may want to get yourself an “Instagram-Sitter” , so you can disconnect from IG with peace of mind, knowing that your holiday will continue to be immortalised on the photo sharing site.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jeff Sandhu travels to Las Vegas for AWS Re:Invent 2018 as day one saw a new announcements in the areas of how AWS is helping with NGO’s with natural disaster reliefs and obtaining data from space. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Less than 48 hours after the world learned of the first two, fully-realized CRISPR babies,   it seems like what was supposed to be carefully-orchestrated PR might have gone wrong in every way possible, jeopardizing the career of the project’s lead scientist and even prompting accusations of a complete hoax. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

For humans, naps are a built-in feature, not a bug. Scientific research has proven that feeling sleepy between 1 pm and 3 pm is as much the result of biology as it’s the result of a big lunch or a lousy night’s sleep. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We often think of entrepreneurs as lone wolf mavericks, traversing the world of business on their own. But a survey commissioned by Octopus Group found that 76% of established solo founders believe that a co-founder would have made their business more successful. So is running a business better with a little help from a partner?   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The wildfires in California (among other places) have become a devastating annual affair - causing massive damage and taking lives with every outbreak. Researchers are now looking to machine learning and algorithms to help detect , and possibly end, these fires before they can turn catastrophic in the future. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

As the holiday season approaches, employers have to avoid complacency as employees begin to take holiday time off. Here are seven ways to manage employee holiday leave so that your company remains productive through the holidays . See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The cutting-edge payment method is rapidly becoming so common in Beijing and other large cities that experts have begun referring to the Chinese capital as a prototype of the futuristic cashless society. In 2017, the country saw $15 trillion (paywall) in mobile payments - yet some people still struggle with going cashless. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The state of the US healthcare system has created a boom in crowdfunded medical campaigns as patients struggle to pay for treatment. In 2017, campaigners raised $930 million through GoFundMe — nearly half of the money raised by the site. Some hospitals have taken notice. In a recent example,   a woman was denied a heart transplant because of the state of her finances , and suggested tha...