Singapore Polytechnic (SP) has unveiled the Human Capital Collaboratory (HCC) at the HR Learning Fest 2026, a strategic initiative designed to help businesses adapt to the evolving demands of the AI era. The launch event, themed “Career Rewired: Resilience, Relevance and Reinvention in the AI Era”, was attended by key figures including Shawn Huang, Senior Parliamentary Secretary at the Ministry of Finance and Ministry of Manpower.
The HCC is built on SP’s extensive industry engagements with nearly 1,000 organisations over the past three years. It offers a four-step pathway—business challenge, work redesign, human capability, and sustained value—to support companies in job and workflow redesign, AI-enabled solutions, and leadership development. This initiative is timely as AI continues to reshape tasks and roles, making industry relevance a pressing concern.
A significant highlight of the event was the release of a new report, “The Capability Advantage – Redesign to Reskill for Competitive Edge”, by the Institute for Human Resource Professionals (IHRP). The report, marking IHRP’s 10th anniversary, identifies a capability application gap in Singapore, where skills are being developed faster than they are being applied, leading to a “capability debt”.
Lucas Tok, Director of SP’s School of Business, emphasised the importance of integrating education and industry efforts: “AI transformation is not only about adopting technology; it is about redesigning work so people can use it well.”
The HR Learning Fest 2026 also saw SP signing memoranda of understanding with five partners, including the Singapore Human Resources Institute and Singapore Business Federation, to further workforce transformation and lifelong learning initiatives. These collaborations aim to enhance human capital capability development and support skills-first workforce transformation.
