Thursday, 5 November 2026Updated 3 min ago
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Research and commentary on HR, talent and employee experience.
When Microsoft announced its Voluntary Exit Offer last week , the headlines were immediate. “Microsoft Lays Off 60,000.” “Tech Giant Cuts Workforce.” “AI Takes Another Victim.” Quickly Instagram and TikTok were filled with angry videos: “another big company eliminates workers…
I just finished a month of meetings with Workday, SAP, and many vendors at the Unleash conference so I want to give you an update on the HCM market. This is a long article but worth the read. The Big Story: HCM is Hot, Foundational Platform for AI After four years getting…
There’s a big flurry of interest in Job-Task Analysis (an old discipline) to break down jobs into tasks, categorize and inventory these tasks, and then “Voila,” you can build AI agents to automate these tasks. It sounds like a great idea. So data providers like Lightcast, Draup…
This week at Workday Rising we introduce our new partnership with Workday around HR 2030 . Together we will be launching a series of whitepapers, tools, education programs, and advisory services to help companies of all sizes move to the new, growth-oriented agentic model of HR…
Today I’m excited to share a new additions to our HR 2030™ research: The HR Leader’s Guide to Multi-Agent AI Architecture. Getting a multiagent HR architecture right is like conducting an orchestra. The instruments are powerful, the musicians are skilled—but without a score and…
Today we introduce the Jupiter release of Galileo® , the world’s AI intelligence for HR. For the firsts time companies can embed Galileo’s massive intelligence into any AI agent, unleashing its insights, data, and problem solving to every employee in your company. This release…
Despite the talk about job losses from AI, we now know the opposite is true. The new Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment Projections: 2025-2035 . shows that we are likely to have labor shortages in the future, despite growth in AI productivity ahead. The bottom line is this…
I have spent almost 30 years studying organizations, work, jobs, and HR, and every year there’s a new theme. There was digital transformation, employee wellbeing, hybrid work, diversity and inclusion, women’s rights, and now AI. What’s the real direction here? One might argue…
I’ve been an HR analyst and consultant for 30 years and there’s always a story that HR is “useless” or “a waste of time” or “going away.” And this will always continue, because most managers really do believe they are already experts at this domain. And at this month’s SHRM…