Enterprise Explores

The events of Langkah Sheraton in February 2020 gave way to a new government under the leadership of Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin, just days before the outbreak of Covid-19 in the country. One year on, we speak to various business owners about what it’s been like doing business under Perikatan Nasional stewardship, and their wishlist for the coalition government in its second year in power. Vari...

DHL Express has successfully delivered the first batch of Covid-19 vaccines to Malaysia. What landed with the cure, was hope as well. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Lately we’ve seen lots of obituaries for the office. The pandemic caused a massive shift to WFH and yes we’re doing really well working from home, but are reports of the office’s demise premature? We certainly think so. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

While the pandemic has given the world more than a year of many hardships, one element it’s benefited has been the rise of remote working; and now, many employees can’t imagine returning to the office full-time. However, the price of working from home may literally be deducted from salaries as a result. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

With the increase of misinformation and disinformation spreading rapidly through social media, and its effects not only on people’s beliefs but even on a wider scale to politics and culture, do we need to start regulating a level of media literacy for social media users? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

For some students at Chinese driving schools, learning to drive is pretty similar to playing a video game.   At the Guangshen Driving Training Group, one of the biggest driving training schools in the southern Chinese tech hub of Shenzhen, students check in for practice sessions by scanning a QR code.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

As more people - customers and employees - call for more diversity in their favorite establishments, companies like McDonald’s and Starbucks have tied executive bonuses to diversity . McDonald’s will also publicly release its workforce data for the first time in history.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The market loves companies focused on automation. Whether it's those that deliver automation capabilities to businesses and consumers — e.g., Salesforce.com, ServiceNow, UiPath — or companies that embrace automation as a core part of their operational strategy — e.g., Amazon, Tesla, Uber, Google — the market rewards these companies with big valuations, high stock prices, fa...

Automation and robotics have long been considered dangerous to the human workforce due to their replacive nature. However, that mindset seems to be changing as more companies employ automation tech to complement, and not substitute, its employees. Could a hybrid model be the future of human-robot dynamics at the workplace? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Many Malaysians have been able to transition a lot of “real-life” activities onto a digital platform, but that may not be enough to consider Malaysia a competitor in the digitalisation race. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

B usiness registration for aspiring entrepreneurs from the B40 target group will be made free, as a way to cope with the hardships of the pandemic. This will enable them to gain access to the various funds and loans introduced by the federal government for the continuation of their business operations. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

You know that thing where you stubbornly stay up late for no reason because you feel like you didn't get any time to yourself? There may be a way to stop that. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Spotify is introducing a “Work From Anywhere” policy , where its employees can choose where they want to work from. This is hot on the heels of other big companies like Salesforce and Dropbox introducing similar policies, and it seems that working from home is going to be here to stay. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Working from home has made it harder for management to not only monitor, but provide feedback to their employees. But it is possible to create positive feedback culture even when working remotely, as pointed out by an article on FastCompany. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Whether driven by necessity, productivity, or comfort, the pandemic has forced many workers to get creative about where they’re working. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A new Internet trend that started in South Korea, “gongbang”, is essentially people broadcasting quietly studying while thousands of people tune in or play the livestream in the background. We take a look at if this same virtual accompaniment could take off for working, too. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Burger King recently announced its new look - including its logo, packaging, and signage - for the first time in over two decades. In line with that, many other companies are using the COVID-19 pandemic as an opportunity to go full steam ahead with a major rebranding . Here’s how and why you may think of doing the same. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Now that ‘working from home’ is a norm, the idea of dressing up for work has become fluid, if not completely non-existent. We wear home clothes, pyjamas, or whatever we’re most comfortable in at home. However, a recent study points to a connection between the clothes we wear when working and mental health decline over the last year . Apparently, choosing to work in your pyjamas c...

In a bid to tackle underemployment, Grab Malaysia is aiming to create equal access to income while encouraging supplementary income opportunities via the digital economy. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On the eve of Chinese New Year, we peek at our collective horoscopes and zodiac signs to see what the year might have in store. Post-2020, the Ox is under a lot of pressure to deliver some good news. How will businesses fare? When is a good time to make investments? And is 2021 the right time for a career switch? We talk to experts and have some fun on this year’s Chinese Zodiac Special . Se...

After 28 days of closure, retailers are preparing to swing back into action today after receiving the green light from the government to re-open for business . See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Workers at an Amazon warehouse in Alabama have begun voting on whether to form the first American union at the e-commerce giant, an effort that could pave the way for further unionization in the United States at one of the world's most powerful companies. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A logistics crisis can happen to anyone with the demand for online shopping spiking during this pandemic. But could this crisis have been better managed? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Some of the skills millennials and Gen Z professionals use investing on their own can successfully apply to their career growth. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A series of cryptic tweets by Elon Musk led to a major crypto haul by Tesla. The company purchased $1.5B in Bitcoin, sending the market and analysts into a frenzy. Many are speculating that the next big crypto purchase could come from none other than Apple, arguably the most powerful tech giant in the world.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.