The Great Room launches ESG Collective to build an ecosystem of people across Asia Pacific working on ESG impact. Learn More

The Great Room launches ESG Collective to build an ecosystem of people across Asia Pacific working on ESG impact. Learn More

BRIEFING

A crunchy take on business trends, coworking, shared economy, productivity and leadership

Briefing, Flexibility

The Future is Flexible, The Future is Coworking

When it comes to the way we work, the data is clear: the future of work resembles a different beast entirely from the one that it was in 2019. The events of the past year-and-a-half have been largely responsible, leading to a global work experiment that we’ve all participated in. Our findings? Hybrid strategies are…

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Briefing, Leadership, Productivity

Breaking with Tradition: From Conventional to Co-working

With the traditional idea of ‘the office’ rapidly evolving, outdated inflexible office spaces no longer best serve the needs of forward-thinking teams. Find out how Law Firm THAT.LEGAL has made a break with conventional legal offices by shifting to The Great Room and the surprising benefits they’ve discovered in the process. For law firm That.Legal,…

Briefing, Flexibility

Why Work-From-Anywhere Is The New Work-From-Home

Move over WFH: it’s all about WFA now. WFA, if you’re not familiar with this increasingly pervasive acronym, stands for work from anywhere. As KPMG points out in embedding new ways of working, the pandemic has demonstrated on a global level that many jobs can be done from anywhere. With technology as an enabler, remote work…

Briefing, Leadership

Homegrown and Growing

From fashion to finance, some of your most familiar regional brands are rooted in Singapore They took root on the Little Red Dot; and with ambition as their seeds, they are sprouting in cities around the region. As Singapore celebrated their 55th birthday this month, we honour some of the regional names that have their…

Briefing, Design, Productivity

Working together, staying together

How coworking can complement your company’s talent-growth strategies The COVID-19 pandemic is unchartered waters for the global economy. It’s a period that calls for all hands on deck—a crucial time for businesses to focus on its people. Of all the fires to be putting out during this critical era, staff attrition shouldn’t be one of…

Briefing, Productivity

Workplace Wellness: Be Well, Work Well

Wellness is the key to unlocking your best self both at work and at play. We help you – and your team – achieve optimal wellbeing and operate at peak level. Endorphin-releasing breathing exercises. Chakra- balancing practices. Qi-circulation improving massages. While these can seem esoteric to some, taking care of wellness – from physical, mental…

Briefing, Productivity

Meeting Expectations: Working Digital Engagement Platforms to your Advantage

The Great Room invites communications strategist Tan Shou Chen and voice and presentation coach Petrina Kow to share insights on nailing those virtual meetings. Video-conferences and meetings seemed like the perfect solution in the age of social distancing. But are they? Slow servers and poor internet connection can easily kill the momentum of a discussion; a…

Briefing, Leadership, Productivity

Here’s Why Offices Are Here to Stay

Work-from-home might be the order of the day, but it is far from over for workspaces. Confession: we love working from home too. We can wake up to a session of morning yoga or even an F45 set, sit down to a proper breakfast with our family, change into comfortable house clothes, and commence work. And it is only 8.30am.

Briefing, Leadership

Why you need a work tribe – and how to identify them

Finding kindred spirits within – and beyond – your workplace might be the best thing you do for your professional growth

As children, we knew instinctively who our friends were. We dig the same games, pore over the same books, and obsess over the same music. We are our best selves around each other, comfortable in our own skin and unafraid to express our views. We egg each other to go further with our pursuits and go deeper into our passions, no matter how trivial they may seem. Our friends were our tribe, our pillar of support in the journey of growing up.