By Alvin Aloysius Goh On National Day, we celebrate what Singapore has built: a tiny island that outpaced the world on every economic metric that mattered. But there's a different question worth asking now, as we turn 61: Beyond what? Beyond growth, beyond efficiency, beyond the structures that got us here? What becomes possible and […]

By Alvin Aloysius Goh Last week, I posted about the iron rice bowl and career security in a world where retrenchments are signalling a bigger shift: no employer, even the public sector can guarantee tenure anymore. The responses have been extraordinary and not just in volume, but in insight. My CHRO peers, HR leaders, and […]

By Alvin Aloysius Goh The GovTech workforce transition has reignited a conversation many Singaporeans thought had long been settled: the idea of the "iron rice bowl". The local and regional media have been actively discussing it, and honestly, I think the conversation it has sparked is a good thing, whether you are in the public […]