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

Conversation with
My Mentor

Mark Edleson,
Founder of Alila Hotels & Resorts

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…

Front Row, Leadership

Team Work, Dream Work – Tried and Tested Practices in the Workplace

At The Great Room, we are all about going the distance together. We speak to three companies that share our people-forward values – and how their team-building philosophies have strengthened the company. PWC SINGAPORE United by mission Think team drinks are frivolous? Think again. Harvard Business Review writes that  “people intrinsically seek joy. And joy…

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.

Shorthand

Get to know our new CFO: Philip Lam

What is your morning hack for a productive day?2 cups of coffee – one right out of bed, and another before work begins. If it’s important, best to speak to me after that. Do you have a favourite accessory that you rely on for that important meeting?People sometimes gift me nice pens since they always…

Briefing, Research

The Great Return: Post-Pandemic Coworking

As cities around the world ease regulations, it is back to business for many. But let’s face it: returning to your job post-pandemic isn’t going to be like heading back to the office after a long vacation. Just as it has shown the resilience of the workforce, the pandemic has also put the spotlight on the fissures between traditional ways of running a company and the needs of the people who make it. We spot the big trends that will change the way we work: and some of them are pretty welcoming.