The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the working world as we knew it. The future of work is set to be different due to rapid digital adoption and new working arrangements. Professor Ng Kok Yee shares her insights on how companies can utilise cultural intelligence to create a new cultural differentiator for the post-pandemic era.
Nobel laureate Kenneth Arrow stressed that “virtually every commercial transaction has within itself an element of trust, certainly any transaction conducted over a period of time.” Without trust, the market would not be able to function well, and the cost of doing business would be very high.
A new wave of pervasive digitalisation is redefining the role of digital transformation in business. Digitalisation is now moving beyond integrating tasks and people to connect with intelligent objects as well through innovations such as AI and the Internet of Things.
In September 2020, the Nanyang Professional MBA (PMBA) class of 2021 completed the Strategy Projects at Nanyang (SPAN), a live consulting project with a sponsor company. Working in groups of four or five, our Nanyang PMBA participants embarked a six-month journey, developing solutions and proposals to a specific business issue which culminated in a final presentation to sponsor company. How was the experience, especially with almost everything moving online due to COVID-19 restrictions? We asked a few of the groups to share highlights of their experience, from key learnings to challenges overcome.
Upon completing the Nanyang Professional MBA (PMBA) programme in 2021, marketing analytics consultant Vishi Rajvanshi was promoted from a managerial role at PayPal to the company’s Global Head of SMB Performance Marketing Analytics based out of Singapore.
When the e-commerce platform Lazada launched in 2012, Southeast Asia’s online retail scene was still in its infancy. Fast forward a few years, Lazada has become the largest e-commerce platform in the region. However, the Singapore-based e-commerce firm is not the only one helping smaller retailers capture new markets. Mobile-centric marketplace Shopee is also providing stiff competition.
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