Feature Stories

As new technology and all it entails continues to reshape the world of work, universities and industry will have to communicate more closely to find the best way ahead. That is the view of John Flato, Senior Vice President of the Future Talent Council (FTC), a Stockholm-basedorganization whose primary goal is to engage business, higher education and ... Read More

Graduates, employers, educators and government must adapt to find ways to cope with transformation of job and employment patterns, chief of HR professional body HKIHRM Margaret CHENG warns. “They [the young generation] must learn to be flexible, adaptable, and not fixated about working only in Hong Kong.” Margaret Cheng Hong Kong’s success has been built on ... Read More

When considering the impact of technology on the future of work, the banking and finance industry often serves as the first point of reference and best source of examples. With profound knowledge in the field of both IT and financial services, Michael LEUNG, Group CEO of BOA International Financial Group, talks about the abilities our younger generation ... Read More

Stepping into the office of top accounting and professional services firm Deloitte in Pacific Place, Hong Kong, one is struck by the spacious, open-plan layout that resembles a co-working space. Philip TSAI, Chairman of Deloitte China, agrees that the days when seniors worked and acted in isolation from their subordinates are long past. Collaboration is the ... Read More

Three internationally renowned academics visited HKUST earlier this year, and talked about the future of employment. Their discussion reflected on everything from potential new relationships between man and machine to the positive role business schools can play in shaping tomorrow’s world. (From left) Professor Edward A. Snyder – Dean, School of Management ... Read More

Every generation needs to adapt and find new skills and ways of doing things, says Dr Rosanna WONG, Senior Advisor to the Hong Kong Federation of Youth Groups, one of many high-profile positions she has held in the course of a distinguished career in public service. “We need to develop a new etiquette for a new tech world.” Dr Rosanna Wong A range of factors ... Read More

Dr LAW Chi Kwong is Hong Kong’s Secretary for Labour and Welfare. In addition to being head of the bureau, he oversees public policy on manpower planning, vocational training and retraining. Given that the local workforce has proven to be flexible and adaptable in the past, Dr Law hopes, that with the necessary support, this will also hold true in a digital ... Read More

Bernard CHAN, Convenor of the Non-Official Members of the Executive Council - Hong Kong's highest policy making body, analyses what Hong Kong needs to do to prepare its citizens – across all levels of society – for the radically different employment landscape of the future. “Our public schools are quite conservative and traditional in some ways. They do a ... Read More

It is becoming more difficult to provide much in the way of specific career advice to young students. Given the pace at which digital technology is progressing, who can be certain which jobs will still exist in 10, 20 or 30 years’ time? Or, if the economic functions these jobs fulfill do still exist, will it be possible for machines to perform them much more ... Read More

With economies around the globe facing increasing digital disruption, earlier this year the Business School hosted the launch for the “Transformation of Work in Asia-Pacific” report. The report is the result of a collaboration between HKUST and a team of academics from the Association of Pacific Rim Universities (APRU). Automation, Artificial Intelligence ... Read More