Resources
White Paper on Singapore Women’s Development
28 March 2022: Octagon Virtual Events is delighted to share the 115-page White Paper on Singapore Women’s Development. Drawing from some 6000 participants (both men and women) over a year, and endorsed by the Government of Singapore after a 9.5 hours debate in Parliament and passed unanimously by all Members of Parliament present, this 10-year roadmap will help to ensure all Singapore women have greater access to opportunities, and more equal partnerships with men. Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, said in a Facebook post that he was heartened by the optimism and conviction that Singapore was making progress in changing mindsets, improving conditions for women at home and at the workplace, and advancing women's interests. "This is a promising start towards building a fairer and more inclusive society, where all Singaporeans can pursue their aspirations freely and to the fullest. My thanks to all who contributed to the White Paper, and to this ongoing collective drive for gender equality," he wrote.
The Rise of HR
We are so delighted to share the book The Rise of HR in PDF form. This remarkable and one-of-a-kind book combines perspectives about how HR can “add value” from a cross-section of 73 global, thought leaders.
It lays out a positive and aspirational view of HR’s future, including insights on HR’s role in impacting business strategy through outside-in thinking, sourcing and optimizing talent, creating winning organization capabilities and cultures, using analytics and information for improved rigor in business decision-making, reframing HR governance and defining future HR competencies.
Each essay offers ideas with impact; collectively these ideas will shape our profession by helping HR professionals deliver additional value.
Even more, The Rise of HR models how HR professionals can promote innovative ideas through global collaboration. We appreciate the incredible work by the HRCI staff to create such a high quality book.
The goal is to make the ideas in this book accessible to one million HR professionals worldwide! HRCI has sponsored the publishing and distribution of the book, which they will send to their 140,000 certificants in more than 100 countries. We hope you will help leverage these learnings by raising visibility for The Rise of HR as a free resource with everyone who manages human capital in your network and encourage them to do the same. For more details, please visit HRCI’s website.