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Shopee exec explains how mobile-first platforms are helping businesses in Southeast Asia optimize Terence Pang Shopee Terence Pang is the chief commercial officer at Shopee.  Pang talks about how the digital revolution in Southeast Asia is being spurred by mobile platforms. Because of his work, Insider named Pang to our annual list of the 10 leaders transforming retail. . Southeast Asia (SEA) has seen rapid development in the past decade, a...

Brendan Smialowski AFP via Getty Images Insider polled 614 business decision-makers in 7 countries about investment in innovation, ESG, and purpose. A majority of respondents reported that their companies have ESG policies as well as specific goals.  Companies are learning how to measure ESG performance, as investors look for consistent, reliable data and analysis. Companies are increasingly setting environmental, social, and governance (ESG) goals, as systems to ...

In conversation with Insiders Senior Tech Correspondent Lisa Eadicicco, Rai — whose company produces $300 rings that monitor the wearers skin temperature and heart rate — said wearables will increasingly be able to detect warning signs. For example, perhaps an alarm would sound if your biometric readings were abnormal and your wearable would alert you to see a medical professional. "You go to the doctor after you have a heart attack," he said. "No ones really going to get all the regular ch...

Execs from Qualcomm, Lenovo, and Oura discussed the biggest changes happening in the tech industry. These include the shift to flexible screens and how 5G will usher in new gadgets like AR glasses. We also spoke about how wearables are getting much better at detecting changes in our body. Because of his work, Insider named Harpreet Rai, CEO of Oura, to our annual list of the 10 leaders transforming consumer tech. . The tech industry is usually synonymous with change and innovation, but the past...

Xavier Palomer is the founder and CEO of Psious, a virtual mental health startup based in Spain.

To safeguard our future, Asia Pacific markets need to invest in health Dorthe Mikkelsen MSD Dorthe Mikkelsen is the president of Asia Pacific at MSD, a leading pharmaceutical company. Mikkelsen thinks healthcare needs to be treated as an investment, rather than a cost, in order to be truly sustainable. Because of her work, Insider named Mikkelsen to our annual list of the 10 leaders transforming healthcare in Asia. . The COVID-19 pandemic ha...

CEO of Wienerberger AG, Heimo Scheuch, explains why a business must first learn about sustainable practices to be fit for the future.

. Throughout the pandemic, logistics has become the center of attention well beyond the e-commerce world. Consumers running out of hygiene supplies; shortages of food on the shelves at their local grocery stores; difficulties reserving a reasonable time slot for online food delivery – these have brought heightened visibility into logistics for consumers, industry professionals, and venture capitalists, alike. This global realization that effective logistics is now more critical than ever in s...