Articles from 2022

This volatile economic environment has created fresh opportunities for companies to act on the cost agenda, but they need to move beyond traditional cost-cutting measures to new strategies that will position them for long-term success. Companies need to build on more scalable growth platforms, positioning them to strategically reinvest in programs that deliver greater resilience and stronger purchasing and pricing capabilities; that includes growing top-line revenue and reducing dependence on volatile labor markets while improving employee retention. 

With pressure on labour and supply chain factors contributing to the manpower shortage; industries heavily dependent on both skilled labour and ‘white-collar’ roles and supply management have had the biggest hit in their business operations.

As part of our profession, quantity surveying consultation is our bread and butter. With Quantity AI deploying machine learning to read plan views, identify hatches, and estimate the area using deep learning and semantic segregation and training the datasets with a thousand images of rooms with hatch patterns; it does pose some concerns.

With the mainstreaming of Agile, Project and Portfolio Management Offices have had to learn to adapt. The critical roles & functions of the PMO are changing from one focused on delivering projects to facilitating the overall planning process of the entire product portfolio.

The graphic design trends of 2022 have been ever changing due to the social and political landscape of the world and brands have found it challenging to communicate with their customers and presenting themselves. Here is a list of 8 Graphic Design Trends that you can take note of!

What are the top 5 skills you need to prepare yourself for 2022?

These top our list for the top 5 transferrable soft skills that will benefit you for the future.