Rank 2: Singapore Singapore leads the way in attracting and enabling its global talent pool, the GTCI report reveals. The island city-state "takes an ecosystem approach to talent development in the face of technological change. Its regular ‘learning journeys’, organised by the Ministry of Manpower, along with relevant agencies such as the Workforce Development Agency and the Infocomm Development Agency, aim to enlighten small businesses to new possibilities in automation to enhance productivity and reduce dependence on foreign labour," INSEAD adds.