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Danantara to Acquire Four State‑Owned Bank Asset‑Management Units for $159M
Danantara Asset Management, a unit of Indonesia’s sovereign wealth fund, signed agreements on April 1 to buy the investment‑management subsidiaries of Bank Mandiri, Bank Rakyat Indonesia, Bank Negara Indonesia and Permodalan Nasional Madani for roughly $159 million, pending regulatory approval.
Jessica Zhang, senior vice‑president for Asia‑Pacific at ADP, told HRM Asia that payroll is moving beyond compliance to become a core source of workforce intelligence. She highlighted that just 30% of regional firms have integrated payroll with other enterprise systems, while 80% of payroll leaders struggle to keep pace with local regulations.
Scoop: CNN is expected to lay off some staffers this week as network chief Mark Thompson works to push the network away from linear television and into the digital future.
Citigroup has created an Infrastructure Financing and Capital Solutions (IFCS) unit focused on the Asia‑Pacific region. The new group will address the growing demand for large‑scale infrastructure funding, especially projects tied to Belt and Road initiatives. Eric Farina and Rob...
If your sales team missed last quarter’s targets Here’s EXACTLY how I’d recover the revenue in 30 days…
In this episode, Harmeet Mann, CEO and co‑founder of MEHR Consultancy, walks through the cross‑platform tech stack that powers her third‑party hotel management firm, highlighting tools like Inflow for finance, Monday.com for task and document management, Slack for communication, and...
Lane Community College in Oregon is proposing to eliminate about 20 positions and shut two academic programs to close a projected $4.2 million deficit for fiscal 2027. The cuts would remove 17 full‑time staff roles, save $2.2 million in operations, and trim...
Healthcare finance leaders are redefining the revenue cycle as a core enterprise capability rather than a back‑office function. In 2026, organizations must align revenue cycle strategy with overall financial goals, adopt AI and predictive analytics under strong governance, and redesign...
Claude has an Agent Teams feature - it is genuinely one of the most helpful ways to envision our AI future. Think of it like this: a group of families are planning a trip to Sedona. Each parent takes ownership...
This is a the future "Littlebird is a desktop app that remembers everything you’ve been working on – meetings, messages, docs, browsing - and helps you stay focused, prioritize, recall, and move projects forward. It uses screen reading to understand all...
Restaurant operators are repeatedly sabotaging their own margins by overlooking critical performance indicators, mistaking raw food costs for true profitability, and neglecting systematic staff training. Industry expert Roger Beaudoin of Restaurant Rockstars urges operators to shift from simple food‑cost percentages...
If you want to stay stuck at $1M: - Launch a second brand before your first one is working - Chase revenue instead of building enterprise value - Hire a FB agency - Hire someone the moment you feel overwhelmed instead of building a...
The article stresses that progressive discipline is essential for documenting employee misconduct and enabling lawful terminations. It explains that waiting for a "last straw" without prior warnings leaves employers unable to fire for cause, forcing costly term‑in‑lieu payouts. The piece...
United Natural Foods (UNFI) announced the permanent layoff of 443 employees as it shuts its Sturtevant, Wisconsin distribution center and transfers volume to a larger, automated hub in Joliet, Illinois. The move is part of a broader AI‑powered logistics restructuring...
Hiring one of these type of people can change the course of your business.
A marketer reduced her monthly social media calendar creation from three weeks to 15‑30 minutes using a three‑prompt AI workflow. Prompt 1 diagnoses current social gaps, Prompt 2 generates 20 trending, audience‑driven ideas, and Prompt 3 builds a 30‑day calendar with captions and...
Jooble’s survey of 1,756 U.S. job seekers finds that 68% of remote workers report higher productivity, despite 71.5% admitting to handling personal matters during the workday. While 42% say they work longer hours, most (52.5%) still keep a standard eight‑hour...
Confirm announced the full launch of its Unified AI Agents HR Platform at Transform 2026, offering a single system that handles onboarding, performance management, manager coaching, and employee service desk functions. The solution replaces a patchwork of single‑purpose HR AI...
Art Smalley argues that the lean debate over "fast vs. slow" misses the core lesson from Toyota: better thinking, enabled by the right mechanisms, yields faster, higher‑quality results. He illustrates this with two case studies—a national laboratory plagued by inconsistent...
Cebu Pacific announced a temporary scaling back of its international network as the Middle East conflict drives jet‑fuel prices to more than double 2025 levels. The airline will suspend Davao‑Bangkok, Iloilo‑Bangkok, Iloilo‑Singapore and Clark‑Hanoi routes through October and trim frequencies...
ClearPoint Strategy’s Ted Jackson explains the three classic levels of strategy—corporate, business‑unit, and functional—and how they interlock like a tree’s trunk, branches, and leaves. He emphasizes that aligning each layer with a unified mission, vision, and measurable objectives drives coherent...
Two former Pearl Abyss staff posted on Blind that Crimson Desert was built under an inverted management pyramid and a hodgepodge of features, leading to a disjointed final product. The revelations come as the game launched amid a PlayStation Network...
Quarterly planning often devolves into lengthy off‑site meetings that produce unwieldy notes and little execution. By adopting a suite of seven simple templates—audit, three‑five‑one, calendar blocks, dependency map, weekly standup, risk‑assumption, and retro—organizations can compress planning time from eight hours...
The article warns sales reps that busy work can erode their most valuable time, dubbed "golden hours," which are dedicated to prospecting. It introduces a three‑tier framework—golden, platinum, and silver hours—to help reps prioritize pipeline‑building activities over administrative tasks. By...
⚠️ There’s a productivity trap that looks like progress… but quietly steals your time. Perfectly organized dashboards. Aesthetic task lists. Color-coded everything. It feels productive. It looks impressive. But here’s the truth: you might just be procrastinating… beautifully. Real work? It’s messy. Chaotic. Screenshots everywhere....
A pattern I’ve noticed: the founders who scale fastest are those committed to boring business. They track a few basic measurables and keep things simple.
Quinbrook is moving into the execution phase of its Australian battery storage pipeline and will establish an in‑house construction team to build the projects. The decision responds to a tight labour market that has been hampering infrastructure delivery. By internalising...
Financial advisory firms are turning to personality and aptitude assessments to boost team satisfaction, productivity, and retention. The article emphasizes selecting tools that are psychometrically sound, contrastable, and focused, such as Insights Discovery, CliftonStrengths, Kolbe A Index, and Working Genius....
Restaurant turnover now exceeds 75 percent, with quick‑service locations sometimes topping 150 percent. Replacing a front‑line employee costs roughly $5,864, meaning a midsize eatery can lose over $100,000 annually to churn. Operators cite low pay, erratic schedules and limited growth...
CIOs are juggling long‑standing uptime worries with a surge of AI‑related challenges. Cybersecurity, especially third‑party risk, remains the top nightmare, while data security and privacy grow more complex as AI deployments accelerate. Leaders must embed AI responsibly at scale, align...
Valerie Oswalt took the helm of Kodiak, the protein‑packed pancake and snack brand, in November 2022 after its 2021 acquisition by L Catterton. Drawing on senior roles at Campbell’s and Mondelēz, she introduced corporate‑grade performance reviews, equity incentives and disciplined...
Private equity‑backed companies are forcing CIOs to compress multi‑year digital transformations into a few months, aligning every technology decision with a pre‑defined value‑creation thesis. The role still covers platform modernization, cybersecurity and talent, but the clock starts ticking at deal...
Leadership and management are closely connected. But they are not the same. Leadership is about direction. Management is about execution. Leadership asks: Where are we going? Why does it matter? What needs to change? Management asks: How do we organize this? Who is responsible? How do we deliver consistently? Both matter. Leadership creates...
Currently 892 hours into automating a 30-second task I do 4 times a year It's gonna be so worth it once I get everything working
Australian National University researchers compared four ways to pick group leaders—formal assessment, informal choice, no leader, and random assignment. In two survival‑task experiments, randomly selected leaders consistently produced the highest-quality decisions, while formally appointed leaders performed no better than groups...
Most orgs operate in fragments: #Strategy lives in slide decks. #Culture lives in slogans. #EmployeeExperience lives in HR. #CustomerExperience lives in CX teams. Results suffer cuz the #GoldenThread that should connect them is broken, or never existed. https://t.co/PYpZoceWYd https://t.co/eoSH7McaeF
"Your job is process design, my job is outcome delivery" This might be my favorite single clip of the podcast to date: https://t.co/4yuIDESVAT
The piece argues that today’s leadership paradigm is still rooted in Frederick Winslow Taylor’s early‑20th‑century scientific management, which treats employees as costs and relies on fear‑based control. Although modern work now hinges on judgment, creativity, and collaboration, many organizations continue...
"screenreading" to optimize human performance will be a thing. AI that remembers everything you’ve been working on – mtgs, messages, docs, browsing - and helps you stay focused, prioritize, recall, and move projects forward... tech that focuses you.
Addressing the Barriers Blocking Employee Development - https://t.co/Zr5vNySH4O - https://t.co/NcdrIyeMNU by Corey Tatel and Megan Mulherin
The article argues that a data team’s position in the org chart shapes incentives, priorities, and ultimately its ROI more than technical skill alone. By aligning the team with the department that controls the purse strings—finance, product, marketing, engineering, or...
Check out the latest article in my newsletter: Issue #11: Root Rot – What Burnout, Friction, and Bureaucracy Are Really Telling You https://t.co/3U2dB33aSg Orgs don’t fail when people stop caring; they fail when the system makes it impossible for people...
Productivity isn't a single skill. It's a combination of: - Saying no - Deep work - Prioritization - Time management - Energy management And the discipline to stay consistent.
The SD Worx survey of 305 UK employers shows that 43.3% lack enough staff to meet workload demands, highlighting a widening labour shortage. Workforce planning has risen to a top priority, with 59.7% of organisations rating it critical and 30.4%...
Vendors blame you for their software's shortcomings, often a defense mechanism for their ego. Even your own team, buried in meetings and tasks, lacks the bandwidth to push back effectively. It's a cycle of overwhelm. #Workplace #VendorManagement #Teamwork https://t.co/dhszEpcucj
ERP shouldn’t just record the past; it should drive your future. SAP Business One is a system of action that helps you make the right moves in real-time. 📈 $SAP #SAPBusinessOne #ERP #BusinessGrowth https://t.co/OrwEI8uftS
Employee engagement has fallen to a historic low of just 21% worldwide, prompting many firms to launch more surveys without addressing the underlying issue. The article argues that the real problem is a breakdown in role clarity and alignment between...
Workday’s survey of 3,200 employees shows that half of Singapore workers spend at least an hour each week reworking AI‑generated content, eroding the expected productivity boost. Despite this friction, 70% say they feel more productive overall and AI tools are...
Kamishibai boards, a visual control tool from Toyota‑style Lean, are gaining traction as a core mechanism for reinforcing Leader Standard Work and Layered Process Audits. By displaying colored cards that represent routine checks—such as safety, 5S, and coaching—leaders can instantly...
Employers must register with HMRC by 5 April 2026 to test voluntary payrolling of benefits in kind (BiK) ahead of a mandatory rollout in April 2027. The new regime will require real‑time payroll processing of most non‑cash perks, replacing the annual P11D filing...
The article advocates replacing traditional channel‑based marketing structures with a dual‑track Laboratory‑Factory model. The Laboratory acts as a sandbox for AI‑driven rapid experimentation, encouraging fast failures and novel concepts. Successful prototypes move to the Factory, where automation and templated workflows...
