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Travel tips and stories for relocation experts, transferees, and their families.

From Sweden to Singapore: Surprising Laws & Regulations

You’re probably aware of the lengths to which Singapore’s laws go to maintain cleanliness and public order: Don’t chew gum (without a medical prescription) and don’t even think about spitting on the...

Online Safety for Children and Teens

Social media and its effect on developing minds has been in the news again, with tech companies including Meta and YouTube losing a six million dollar California lawsuit claiming they knowingly made...

The Unspoken Duty of Care Gap

In 2021 I hosted a panel exploring the expat experience. One of the female panelists shared something that has stayed with me ever since. Her family was on assignment in Nigeria when her husband...

The Vitality Advantage

What Global Assignees Need to Thrive At a time when every business decision carries intense financial and strategic weight, an effective global mobility program is critical. Expats play vital roles in...

The Balancing Act

Work-life balance is a major concern for modern employees. Burnout and ways to combat it are popular topics, and people strive to work to live, not live to work. More and more companies are shifting...

Maya’s Journey—Uncertainty To Belonging

When Maya’s manager asked her to lead the company’s new Singapore office, her first reaction was excitement. Her second was pure panic. She was a single mother of two and had never even...

Are you sure you need that?

As a human race, we generate over two billion metric tons of municipal solid waste (MSW) every year. This is according to the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), which also estimated that...

On With the Show

While on a recent trip to London, I had the pleasure of seeing the musical Six in a relatively small venue where the enthusiasm was contagious. In a different, yet equally expressive way, while living...

Your Mobility Policy Was Built for a World That No Longer Exists

There’s a policy document sitting somewhere in your shared drive. It was probably last updated when a “global assignment” meant one thing: a high-potential employee, a generous package, and a...