The year hasn’t settled into a clear pattern. Growth is showing up in parts of Asia, but hiring still feels cautious. Job ads are rising, competition is tight, and AI is moving faster than most organisations can keep up with.

In this episode, Rich sits down with LinkedIn’s APAC Head Economist, Pei Ying Chua, to unpack what’s changing beneath the headlines. From the move toward skills over job titles, to how AI is reshaping roles in uneven ways, they explore what’s really happening in the job market.

It’s a grounded conversation about work, careers, and the decisions leaders and professionals need to make as things continue to shift.

AI is no longer the domain of specialists, it’s fast becoming a baseline skill, much like Excel was a decade ago. But what does “AI literacy” actually look like in practice? And how prepared are today’s teams for this shift?

In this episode of f, Richard sits down with AI leader Sherry Jiang to unpack how the role of the AI engineer is evolving, and why that matters for everyone else in the organisation.

Together, they explore what skills are quickly becoming essential across the workforce, how businesses can build AI-ready teams, and what leaders need to rethink when it comes to hiring, training, and managing talent in an AI-driven world.

If you’re navigating digital transformation, scaling globally, or simply trying to future-proof your workforce, this conversation will give you a clear, practical lens on where things are heading, and how to stay ahead of the curve.

HR used to be seen as a support function. Now it sits in the middle of strategy, culture, transformation, and sometimes crisis. In many organisations across Asia, the people function has quietly moved from policy enforcer to business partner, and in some cases, to board-level influencer.

In this episode, Rich sits down with Victoria for an honest conversation about what’s really happening inside HR. They talk about the shift from operational to strategic, what it takes to get senior executives to genuinely care about the people side of change, and why HR leaders today need commercial instincts as much as emotional intelligence. It’s a grounded look at the reality of HR in Asia right now, and what the next chapter could look like.