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Detox your grind: How to survive and thrive in a toxic workplace
Got the Monday blues? Your workplace culture could be affecting you more than you think. Here’s a guide to recognising undesirable behaviours at work and strategies for positive change

Breaking taboos: The Malaysian founder destigmatising sex education
By offering free comprehensive sex education programmes, Siti Aishah Hassan Hasri of Spot Community Project wants to remove the embarrassment and stigma around sexual and reproductive health

How Darren Teoh’s Dewakan became Malaysia’s first two-star Michelin restaurant
The reputable chef is on a mission to showcase the diversity and richness of the country’s cuisine

Milli, the Gen Z rapper who made mango sticky rice cool
The musician, whose real name is Danupha Khanatheerakul, is bringing Thai hip-hop global with her raw lyrics, refreshing persona and hunger for social justice

How Hive Health uses data to offer accessible healthcare plans to employees in the Philippines
Camille Ang and her team at Hive Health are forging a path to ensure that Filipinos are well taken care of. The co-founder and CEO shares her plans to transform the landscape in a country where medical access is out of reach for many

15 books written by women and for women in 2023 you’ll want to add to your reading list
Here’s the Front & Female team’s selection of some of the most riveting and poignant reads written by women or for women in 2023

Why the F&B industry should leave table bookings to the machines
At BistroChat, co-founder and COO Alexandre Sonier and his team are serving modern chatbot solutions to address traditional dining frustrations

Editors’ pick: Top lessons we learned in 2023
The Gen.T editors from around the region provide their biggest takeaways on how to tackle challenges, ignite innovation and maintain balance

Cop28: What did young leaders in Asia really think about it?
Young people were one of the most important groups attending the 28th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change—or Cop28 for short. Here are some of their honest views on the discussions and decisions they witnessed

Kyra Poh, the record-breaking Red Bull skydiving athlete on dealing with the stress of success
The Singaporean indoor skydiving world champion shares how the sport is like being on a rollercoaster you can control and her recent struggles with balancing the passion and pressure to succeed

Educating Malaysia’s future: How this non-profit is empowering the country’s underrepresented youth
Leaders of the statutory body, Yayasan Tunku Abdul Rahman, discuss helping young Malaysians build a better future for themselves through leadership training, mentoring and scholarship programmes

This entrepreneur is on a quest to simplify fertility solutions
Suffering from a debilitating health condition inspired Anna Vanessa Haotanto to kick-start Zora Health, a business helping others facing the same issues

Why investing locally has its advantages, according to venture capitalist Jelmer David Ikink
The founding partner of Foxmont Capital Partners shares how investing in local innovation can catalyse change

From dream to reality: How a dream led this co-founder to embrace the blockchain
Ronnie Potel, co-founder and council member of Hypha, a DAO solutions builder, spoke about how blockchain financial systems will offer transparency and accountability

Why these female leaders are future-proofing the next generation
Jennifer Yu Cheng, Group President and Deputy Vice Chairwoman of CTF Education Group, and Fiona Nott, CEO of The Women’s Foundation talk about raising tomorrow’s generations to be resilient in the face of uncertainty



