People First 2020: Reimagine, Recover, Rebuild

About PeopleFirst 2020

The current pandemic has been called the “crisis of a generation”, and has forced employers, leaders and their teams to rethink how work is organised. Various considerations come to the fore: employee safety, mental wellbeing, resilience, productivity and alternative working arrangements.

As a result of these changes, companies have accelerated the use of technology and agile frameworks by five years. HR, business leaders and managers will have to leverage HR technology to optimise new ways to help people Belong, Grow and Perform for a sustainable future.

Reimagine the Employee Experience

To successfully lead this transition, HR, supervisors and managers have a critical role to play. The responsibilities of the leader have not changed - it is how they lead teams that has changed.

Recover & Rebuild to Thrive in a Sustainable Future

By keeping a close watch on organisational health, companies can respond effectively to this evolving situation. Leaders can embark on deliberate actions to build and enhance resilience. This will not only aid in recovery, but it will also reimagine the organisation as a more sustainable and agile entity.

Chin Yin Ong, Head of People at Grab.

Chin Yin has been the Head of People at Grab since 2015, running the People Organisations and Grabber Technology Solutions teams.

We welcome Leong Chee Tung, co-founder and CEO at EngageRocket as he shares more about the organisation's journey and vision for the new normal.

A conversation with Evangeline Chua, Chief People Officer at GovTech Singapore and Catherine Chia, Chief HR Officer at Starhub.

A panel discussion moderated by Su-Yen Wong, founder and CEO at Bronze Phoenix on reimagining the employee experience.

Panellists:

Wei-Ling Poon Patricia, Head Leadership Development Asia at Sanofi
Benjamin Festin, Head of Learning and Development at Dairy Farm
Sherwin Siregar, SVP & Head, Distribution Business Management at Prudential

Recover and Rebuild to Thrive in a Sustainable Future

A conversation with leaders Nanang Chalid, Vice President, People at Tokopedia and Praise Mok, Deputy CEO at Rohei.

A panel discussion moderated by Terence Quek, CEO, Asia Pacific of Emergenetics on developing high-performance work teams.

Panelists:

Tan Yen Yen, Director, School of Business at Singapore Polytechnic
Alvin Goh, Executive Director at SHRI
Calvin Yeo, Head of Commercial Real Estate at Knight Frank