The Singapore Human Capital Summit collaborates with thought leaders, leading researchers and progressive organisations to conduct groundbreaking research relating to key and emerging human capital challenges in Asia. The objective of the research is to support the creation of new knowledge, specific to the Asian context, which organisations can incorporate and put into practice to enhance their human capital. Such knowledge created and shared will help organisations act effectively and quickly to gain a competitive advantage.
The research findings and possible solutions are unveiled each year at the Summit and discussed by the business, human resource (HR) and thought leaders in attendance.
The research themes include:
- Future of Work Consortium (2010)
- HR Challenges in Regionalisation in Asia (2010)
- The Asia Leader Study (2010)
- Creating Hot Spots in Asia (2010)
- HR Competency Study (2009)
- Identifying and Developing Managerial Talent in Asia (2009)
- The Ageing Workforce (2008)
- Top Talent Management Challenges in Asia (2008)
Ongoing Research
Future of Work Consortium (2010)
The nature of work and organisations have been changing tremendously and will continue to do so owing to the forces of globalisation, technology, demography and society. People practices will have to evolve as well for an organisation to adapt to changes in the nature of work and remain competitive. Professor Lynda Gratton from the London Business School is now collaborating with the Singapore Human Capital Summit and 20 leading organisations from around the world to create an accurate reading of how work gets done in the future, envisage how people practices have to evolve in order to continue supporting the business strategy while enhancing the day-to-day employee experience, and understand how individual organisations should best contextualise and adopt these innovative practices. The findings will be presented at the Singapore Human Capital Summit 2010.
HR Challenges in Regionalisation in Asia (2010)
Young Asian enterprises are going regional and global at an accelerating pace. Their workforce profiles are correspondingly changing dramatically, becoming more diverse, multi-generational, and multi-cultural. New leadership and HR capabilities are critical to meet these new challenges and enable a geographic expansion of operations. Researchers are now working with 15 high-performance organisations which have recently and successfully regionalised in Asia to identify these key challenges, as well as effective strategies and leading practices to address them. Their findings will be unveiled at the 2010 Singapore Human Capital Summit.
The Asia Leader Study (2010)
Powered by the rapid economic growth of twin giants, China and India, Asia's economies will increasingly grow in terms of their contribution to the overall world economy. To sustain growth, Asia will need to swiftly build its leadership bench to ensure that it has enough capable leaders, both organisationally and regionally to continue to develop its respective economies. Highly capable leadership will be required across both public and private sectors, and across institutions large and small to continue to grow their organisations, especially when the economies they operate in begin to level out into a slower year on year growth cycle. The initial research findings suggest how organisations can accelerate the development of their leadership in Asia.
Click here for an article on "Accelerating the Growth of the Asian Leader".
Click here for the report of the "Asia Leader Study".
Creating Hot Spots in Asia (2010)
Companies can create a powerful competitive advantage and consistent results through swift and targeted service and product innovation. The bestselling management book, Hot Spots: Why Some Teams, Workplaces and Organisations Buzz with Energy - and Others Don't by Professor Lynda Gratton of the London Business School, showed how organisations can achieve this. She is now identifying the most effective actions companies in Singapore and Asia can take immediately to ignite and support high performing and innovative teams, based on trials of her groundbreaking HR practices and tools in leading companies in Singapore.
Click here for an article by Professor Lynda Gratton on Creating Innovation Hot Spots in Singapore
Click here for an executive summary of "Creating Hot Spots In Singapore".
Click here for an update on the "Human Resource Strategy in Transforming Organisations (HRST) Asia" Programme conducted by Professor Lynda Gratton.
Identifying and Developing Managerial Talent in Asia (2009)
Organisations need a steady supply of capable leaders to sustain growth in difficult times and drive growth in good times. Can companies in Asia put in place effective processes to secure and develop the leadership capabilities that deliver sustainable and high value? Research is being conducted now to detail the top leadership development challenges in Asia today, involving over 800 companies in Singapore, China (including Hong Kong Special Administrative Region) and India.
Click here for an executive summary on "Embedding the Right Managerial Talent in Asian Businesses"
Click here for the full report.
Previous Research
The Ageing Workforce (2008)
The evidence is clear that Asia, primarily thought of as a young region economically, faces serious challenges from demographic change and ageing populations. Labour supply could shrink significantly. On the demand side, there will be a shift towards services and products for older persons, but a shortfall of experienced workers in the market. Organisations should approach challenges of an ageing workforce not with tactical short-term responses, but strategic commitment and creative solutions. This research shows how organisations can augment their talent pool, raise productivity and value creation and shape a strategic response to an ageing workforce.
Click here for findings on The Ageing World, Exploring the Response of Employers.
Click here for supplement on Finding the Best People
Click here for supplement on How Best to Motivate and Engage Older Workers
Click here for supplement on Making the Most of An Ageing Workforce
Top Talent Management Challenges in Asia (2008)
Significant demographic, economic, sociopolitical, and technological developments are dramatically altering the workforce and the nature of work in Asia. Collectively, these powerful global forces are driving the most sweeping workforce changes; radically altering the way we need to think about the workforce; and requiring different approaches to how we manage our human capital. This research determined the top talent challenges in Asia and examined specific local trends in three Asian hubs - Singapore, Shanghai and Bangalore.
Click here for findings on the Asian talent landscape.
Click here for findings on Bangalore.
Click here for findings on Shanghai.
Click here for findings on Singapore.
Click here for case studies.
HR Competency Study (2009)
HR professionals can create significant value for their organisations. Organisations in Asia which recognise and actively exploit this resource will develop a powerful competitive advantage. Research is underway to identify the HR competencies that add the greatest value to business results and show how companies in Asia can measure and develop those competencies effectively. The findings will be validated against an extensive database with contributions from research partners in Singapore, China (including the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region), India, Australia, the US and UK.
Click here for an article by Professors Dave Ulrich and Wayne Brockbank on critical HR competencies that add the greatest value to business results.
Click here for the full report on Singapore findings.
