Female Gen Xers were trailblazers in the workplace, but now face mid-career challenges that often go overlooked. Canvas8 spoke with Kath Sloggett, founder of career coaching organisation Runneth, to learn how businesses can better support them during pivotal moments in their working lives.

A vacation typically serves as an escape from the office and day-to-day responsibilities, but for a growing number of travel-addicted professionals, the lines between work and play are blurring. Unsettled is tapping into this with retreats that combine co-working, adventure, and self-discovery.

Companies closely monitor sales, revenue, and expenditure, but reviews of their employees – the lifeblood of organisations – are often haphazard. Celpax aims to right this through daily check-ins. But is happiness the productivity-boosting elixir it’s been billed as, or a relatively useless metric?

As Singapore’s average work day stretches beyond the traditional nine-to-five, a lack of physical activity and unhealthy diets have caused employee medical plans to rise in price. How is tech start-up Smartfuture helping to steer office-dwellers in Asia towards a healthier work-life balance?