Workforce design is the AI-era gap that most organisations are missing
Only 4% of HR chiefs feel very prepared for AI-driven change. Here’s why deploying AI without redesigning the work is a strategy that won’t hold
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AI at Work
How AI and technology change work and HR.
Microsoft’s Voluntary Exit Is Not a Layoff. It’s a New Model of Management
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…
Why the pro-human approach to AI wins
Business strategy should center around people, with AI playing a supportive role so human talent can contribute and achieve more.
'No big surprises' | Budget 2026: What HR needs to know about pay, hiring, AI and more
The Chancellor paired support for businesses with plans to change how employers recruit, develop and reward their people...
HR Tech 2026: Ten Observations From the Show Floor
Agents became table stakes, data became the focus, and three-year-old platforms became legacy.
AI Makes The HCM Market Hot Again: Workday, SAP, Oracle, and More.
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…
AI adoption is outpacing employee training. Here’s how to catch them up
Without the right support for employees, AI innovations could pose a bigger threat to organizations than they realize. Smart hiring and internal training practices can close the gap.
Looking beyond AI written CVs
A flawless CV used to be a good sign. Now it can be the opposite. With AI tools able to polish every bullet point, mirror every job description and smooth over every gap, the CVs landing on hiring managers’ desks have never looked better, or told them less. For PA, EA and HR…
'Reshape the workplace' | Barclays to cut 5,000 jobs as it expands AI use
Barclays is cutting around 5,000 jobs as it increases its use of artificial intelligence (AI), prompting employment specialists to warn employers against treating redundancies as an inevitable consequence of adopting the technology...
'Build trust in tech' | Microsoft research reveals AI confidence gap between UK bosses & employees
Business leaders are confident about the UK’s AI prospects, but employees remain considerably more cautious, with concerns about jobs persisting even among those benefiting from the technology...
Inside Anthropic, Every Employee Now Manages Agents
Anthropic’s report on AI and work finds employees shifting from doing tasks to managing agents, fewer junior hires, and hiring managers prioritizing judgment over expertise.
What Is Task or Work Intelligence And Can We Decompose Every Job For AI?
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…
The New Rules of Brand Visibility in AI Search
Alice Mollon/Ikon Images The Research The authors interviewed 15 senior marketing and digital leaders across industries, including financial services, software as a service, retail, media, higher education, and professional services, to understand how organizations are adapting…
Introducing The Leader’s Guide To Multi-Agent AI Architecture
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…
Job Seekers Willing to Take Lower Pay to Get AI Training
New research from ICIMS: 14% of job seekers would accept a lower salary for AI training, and 42% prefer employers that offer it.
Five Urgent Priorities for CMOs in 2027
Matt Harrison Clough/Ikon Images In an unpredictable economy and fractured media landscape, marketing leaders are navigating a period of profound transformation and disruption — and as AI technologies evolve, the pace of change will only increase. In response, the highest…
We Need Standards for AI in Hiring
AI is already deciding who gets hired and who gets rejected. Recruiting has no standard, no association writing one, and no agreement on where the lines are.
HR Intelligence Goes Enterprise: The Galileo Jupiter Release
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…
US Workforce In 2035: A Few More Workers, A Lot More Output
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…
The Great Decoupling: How Workers Became Disconnected From Companies And AI Will Accelerate This Trend
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…
Despite Massive AI Investments, HR Jobs Are Booming. Why?
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…