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From Emergency Rooms To Boardrooms, Tow Keang Lim

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How doctors think can improve business decision-making.

Navigating Through Chaos, Hoong Chuin Lau

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How AI and optimisation models can strengthen supply chain resilience.

Eyris: From The Lab To The Market, Steven Miller, David Gomulya, Mahima Rao-Kachroo

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Singapore’s trailblazer AI algorithm for detecting diabetes-related eye diseases. Can you imagine getting the results of your eye disease screening within minutes rather than days? This capability is what EyRIS, a Singapore-based start-up that uses the AI (Artificial Intelligence)-driven Singapore Eye LEsion Analyzer (SELENA+) algorithm to screen for diabetes-related eye diseases, set out to productise and commercialise.

Delivering Healthcare To The Underserved, Edward Booty

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Non-profits, governments, and businesses need to come together and use a data-driven approach to improve local basic healthcare access.

Care Labour Shortage Needs A Cure, Not More Band-Aids, Yasmin Y. Ortiga

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Retaining care workers will become more difficult for Asia’s ageing economies.

Future-Proofing Healthcare Systems, How Choon How

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This includes tackling climate change challenges too.

Creating The Capacity For Digital Government, Cheow Hoe Chan, Steven M. Miller

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This article explains how a well-thought-out data policy, supported by a tech stack and cloud infrastructure, an agile way of working, and coordinated whole-of-government leadership, are fundamental to successful government digital transformation efforts, as exemplified by the Singapore government’s digital journey. As part of explaining how to create the capacity for digital government, the main sections of this article cover:

• The origins of GovTech
• How thinking big, starting small and acting fast is a practical strategy for organisational learning
• The importance of horizontal platforms and other enablers of a horizontal approach
• Data architecture and policy
• “Shifting left” with internal technology …

Transforming Health Systems In A Post-Covid World, Joshua Tan, Leonora Liu, Jeremy Lim

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Three recommendations for building system resilience.

How To Smoothen Ai Implementation In Healthcare, Adrian Yeow, Pin Sym Foong

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Three domain-focused prescriptions.

Agility And Focus Save The Day, Eddy Kusnadi Sariaatmadja, Chin Tiong Tan

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Eddy Kusnadi Sariaatmadja, Founder and President Commissioner of Indonesia’s PT Elang Mahkota Teknologi (Emtek), tells Tan Chin Tiong how the company not only survived, but thrived during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Beyond The Covid-19 Pandemic, Havovi Joshi

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From the editor

Navigating The Pandemic As It Enters Its Second Year, Havovi Joshi

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Many countries, enabled by the rapid vaccine rollout, experienced some moments of relief from the Covid-19 pandemic as they embarked on their long and winding transition toward normalcy. However, despite the Herculean effort expended, achieving herd immunity remains a distant goal for many due to the emergence of the highly transmissible and lethal Delta variant and the persistence of vaccine hesitancy. As such, the coronavirus continues to upend lives, businesses, and society, and the playbook for survival will still be a work-in-progress

Educating Children During Covid-19 And Beyond, Alvin Lee

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Since the World Health Organization declared Covid-19 a pandemic in March 2020, school closures across the Asia-Pacific region have affected some 325 million children.

Not Just Survive, But Thrive: Capitalising On The Silver Linings Of The Pandemic, Gerard George, Foo Hau Koh

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You may not realise it, but the boardroom Zoom call you took in your pyjama pants this morning was part of the new industrial revolution.

Balancing Social Impact And Business Outcomes In Turbulent Times, Jaime Augusto Zobel De Ayala, Chin Tiong Tan

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Jaime Augusto Zobel de Ayala, Chairman of Ayala Corporation, talks about learning and recovering from Covid-19’s impact with Tan Chin Tiong.

Technology And Sustainability: The New Business Playing Field, Havovi Joshi

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Two topics that have consistently cropped up in conversations among business leaders during the pandemic are technology, in the context of the pervasiveness and quickening pace of digital transformation, and sustainability, especially how we should be doing business without harming the environment and society. The collective belief is that both topics will continue to rise on the world’s agenda, reshaping entire industries while creating new ones. They have changed the way of doing business. So what does the new playbook look like?

How Shall We ‘Hammer’ And ‘Dance’?, Wee Kiat Lim

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On the promises and perils of domestic tourism during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Solving The Work-From-Home Conundrum, Snehal Shah, Vineeta Dwivedi

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Organisations can implement long-term policies that would make working from home a win-win situation for both employers and employees. The prolonged lockdown across countries due to the Covid-19..

When Crises Happen: Coronavirus And What We Expect For Global Growth, Waqas Adenwala

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An unflinching take on the negative effects on growth from both demand and supply channels.

How Technology Is Driving Business Change, Havovi Joshi

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How technology is driving business change.

Asia: Is High-End Innovation In Medical Technology A Blessing Or A Curse?, Elisabeth Staudinger

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Is high-end innovation in medical technology a blessing or a curse?