Recent TRG blog posts

We have all heard the saying “Knowledge is power,” but at times we become lazy and forget the power of learning. Most of us start out at a new job eager to learn the ins and outs of our new employer. In the initial training and development program, we tend to be more tentative and receptive to the information we are being provided.

Nowadays, recruitment teams have to deal with increasing demand for talent on top of the already massive workload. Technology is expected to offer tremendous advantages to the HR function to enhance and accelarate the recruitment process. 

Blockchain technology has disrupted the way organisations view innovations in business. A blockchain is essentially a permanent and incorruptible ledger, providing visibility and audit-ability of all the transaction data, securing both digital assets and their value. For the hospitality industry, blockchain opens up new potentials and applications that are not only propitious but also inevitable in the future. 

The inspiration for this blog post stems from a common situation of employers. They confided that their best managers were doing a lot of extra work (which was good), but their efforts didn’t align with the overall business goals. So, what could be the possible reasons for this?

It became clear that they had a team of driven, ambitious managers, but there was something missing — a performance framework encouraging such overachievers to produce work rewarding themselves and the company. Without a clear performance framework, managers can be frustrated by their annual review. At school, it is easy to be above average; people could get A’s by completing their homework and doing well on tests. However, in the corporate world, doing only what’s expected, even well, gets you average at best.

It’s important that managers know how to find things to do that are important, with a clear business impact, but not urgent or assigned to someone else, and do those in addition to their usual assignments. They need guidance on how to overachieve at their job. As a manager and leader in your organisation, it is important to provide the tools that managers need to overachieve at their jobs. 

Here are 4 steps to help you get there.

You’ve heard of Digital Transformation, but do you know what comes after it? A long leap in technology will result in more changes in both IT ops and DevOps. From the vendors’ point of view, they have to adopt a new vision, from simply focusing on big data or machine learning, to the inception of a new generation of platforms that unify both of the technologies.

And the changing pace will only escalate drastically, leading to the rise of AIOps.

Hiring managers today are beginning to embrace Psychometric Assessments to better assess the job applicants’ abilities, skills, personalities, and level of interest. Results from the assessments enable recruiters and hiring managers to understand whether candidates are suitable for the jobs, the teams, and even the culture of the organisation.

The efforts of enhancing machines and devices are changing the entire world we live in. Along with IoT, Machine-to-Machine communicationholds great promise in helping us to connect, automate and improve our lives from business, government to private individuals.

Additive manufacturing (AM) is a method of manufacturing products by adding layer upon layer of materials, navigated by a computer-aided-design (CAD) software. Sounds familiar? It is because this is also the concept of 3D printing.  

Today, all business functions have to face the outrageous volume of data on a day-to-day basis. With the abundant amount of data comes the need to compile, dissect, and analyse them all. Thus, analytics was born. It encompasses how the data can be discovered, interpreted, and conveyed in a meaningful manner.

In order to improve the efficiency of its accounting and reporting systems, Astra Life upgraded its enterprise financial management solution. The results include a 6-day reduction in the month-end closing process, a 75% reduction in reporting time, and a 72% reduction in accounts payable transaction time. How did they achieve such impressive figures?