Future of work media

08/05/2026

Upskilling and Reskilling

CHRO priorities for 2026: the four bets that will separate leaders from the rest

Explore four bold CHRO priorities for 2026: rebuilding the HR operating model, making workforce planning continuous, treating manager capability as a pipeline, and redesigning total rewards for a skills-based organization.

Real-time upskilling is not a course catalog. It is an event stream.

Real-time upskilling is not a course catalog. It is an event stream.

Before May 1: what to fund, what to cut, and what to say about your mental health program

Health and Well-being

Data-Driven Decision Making

04/05/2026

Before May 1: what to fund, what to cut, and what to say about your mental health program

Q1 earnings decoded: what boards and investors now read in human capital disclosures

04/05/2026

Q1 earnings decoded: what boards and investors now read in human capital disclosures

The return-to-office debate is a distraction. The real question is who owns coordination.

Hybrid Work

Retention is won or lost in the first 18 months. Your programs are aimed at month 36

The return-to-office debate is a distraction. The real question is who owns coordination.

Spotlight

Employee Engagement

AI governance for HR: the five decisions your legal and IT teams can't make for you

Retention is won or lost in the first 18 months. Your programs are aimed at month 36

Learn why the 18‑month employee retention cliff is a design problem, not a mystery, and how to redesign vesting, benefits, recognition, and manager practices to reduce early‑tenure attrition.

Engagement scores are holding while mental health leaves surge. Trust the leaves.

Spring Health data shows silent burnout rising while engagement scores stay flat. Why mental health leave, schedule creep and stay signals now matter more.

by Lucas van der Meer

by Hannah Armstrong-Peterson

AI governance for HR: the five decisions your legal and IT teams can't make for you

Learn why AI governance in the HR workplace is now a board-level priority, and how CHROs can define decision rights, bias audits, disclosure, data limits, and appeal workflows to manage risk while improving hiring, retention, and employee trust.

Generative AI is not making your workforce more productive. It is making your operating model visible.

Generative AI is not making your workforce more productive. It is making your operating model visible.

Learn why generative AI workplace productivity is still mostly diagnostic, which handoffs it exposes, and how to measure real impact using flow metrics like cycle time, first-pass yield, and handoff counts.

Future Skill Requirements

OPM's 'rule of many' is the skills-based template private CHROs now have to match

29/04/2026

OPM's 'rule of many' is the skills-based template private CHROs now have to match

Explore how OPM’s 2023 rule of many transforms federal skills-based hiring, expands talent pools beyond degree requirements, and offers a practical template for private sector CHROs, including pooled hiring, multi-method assessments, and audit-ready documentation.

Hybrid operating models that don't collapse into chaos: four design choices that matter

Most hybrid work models are just scheduling rules. Learn the four design choices that turn hybrid work into a real operating model that improves productivity.

Oracle's 20,000 cut was capex, not productivity. Don't import the wrong playbook

27/04/2026

Oracle's 20,000 cut was capex, not productivity. Don't import the wrong playbook

Oracle’s massive layoffs are a capital shift into AI and cloud infrastructure, not pure automation. What this means for COOs’ workforce, capex, and trust decisions.

Flexible Work Arrangements

Norway cut 20 percent of hours and productivity held. The test is whether your operating model can.

Upskilling and Reskilling

27/04/2026

Norway cut 20 percent of hours and productivity held. The test is whether your operating model can.

Norway’s four day work week results show a 20% hours cut with stable productivity. Here is what that reveals about operating models, not perks.

by Maya Chen

Skills-based organization, decoded: what actually shipped versus what stayed in the slide deck

29/04/2026

Skills-based organization, decoded: what actually shipped versus what stayed in the slide deck

Learn how to build a real skills-based organization, from skills taxonomy implementation and internal talent marketplaces to manager incentives and metrics that prove your skills-based operating model works.

by Kayode Adebayo

Stop asking what your managers need. Start asking what your manager system cannot deliver.

Leadership Development

28/04/2026

Stop asking what your managers need. Start asking what your manager system cannot deliver.

Most manager development fails because the operating model is wrong, not the training. Learn how to redesign spans of control, time budgets, and decision rights so leadership programs translate into better performance, culture, and retention.

by Maya Chen

Workday ADEA class action: the moment AI vendor contracts became the CHRO problem

23/04/2026

Workday ADEA class action: the moment AI vendor contracts became the CHRO problem

Mobley v. Workday makes AI hiring bias vendor liability a direct risk for CHROs. See how contracts, governance, and audits must change to protect your organisation.

by Eliza Montgomery

Generative AI workplace productivity: the honest numbers behind the 5.4% headline

by Hannah Armstrong-Peterson

06/05/2026

Generative AI workplace productivity: the honest numbers behind the 5.4% headline

Most organizations see only a modest 5.4% average productivity gain from generative AI, but power users reclaim 9–20+ hours a week. Learn why outcomes are bimodal, how task types and deployment design drive results, and what COOs must change in their operating model to turn saved hours into measurable business value.

From dashboards to decisions: what a mature people analytics function actually ships

Data-Driven Decision Making

24/04/2026

From dashboards to decisions: what a mature people analytics function actually ships

People analytics best practices for senior HR and people leaders. Move from dashboards to decisions with a mature analytics strategy, skills, and governance.

Replace engagement scores with stay signals. Your retention will stop surprising you

Employee Engagement

23/04/2026

Replace engagement scores with stay signals. Your retention will stop surprising you

Learn how predictive retention stay signals like career velocity, manager one-to-one consistency, network exposure and skill relevance outperform traditional engagement scores at forecasting employee churn.

by Kayode Adebayo

Q1's 78,000 tech layoffs are three different stories. Treating them as one is the mistake

22/04/2026

Q1's 78,000 tech layoffs are three different stories. Treating them as one is the mistake

Senior people leaders need a clear read on recent tech layoffs, AI narratives, and what they really mean for jobs, roles, and workforce strategy.

Home Depot's five-day RTO: an operating-model move dressed up as culture

Analysis of Home Depot’s 2026 return to office plan and what it reveals about using in‑office work as an operating model lever, with concrete KPIs and questions for executives designing RTO strategies.

Data-Driven Decision Making

Q1 earnings season is here. What investors will grade your human-capital disclosure on this year.

22/04/2026

Q1 earnings season is here. What investors will grade your human-capital disclosure on this year.

Learn why Q1 earnings calls now function as a stress test for human capital disclosure metrics, and how to upgrade from compliance-grade HR reporting to investor-ready workforce analytics that link talent, diversity, AI impact and safety to revenue, margin and risk.

Microsoft just rebuilt HR for the agentic-AI era. Here is which moves you should actually copy.

20/04/2026

Microsoft just rebuilt HR for the agentic-AI era. Here is which moves you should actually copy.

Analysis of Microsoft’s AI-first HR operating model and FY24 people and culture restructure, with practical lessons for CHROs on people analytics, employee experience, and skills-based workforce redeployment.

Upskilling and Reskilling

The skills-based organization: what actually moves from slide to ops

28/04/2026

The skills-based organization: what actually moves from slide to ops

Explore how skills-based organizations really work in practice, why many skills operating models stall, and how to use lean taxonomies, internal talent marketplaces, and manager incentives to drive internal mobility, workforce agility, and measurable business outcomes.

Your hybrid operating model is a policy, not an architecture. That is why it is failing.

Hybrid Work

21/04/2026

Your hybrid operating model is a policy, not an architecture. That is why it is failing.

Learn how to design a high-performing hybrid operating model that goes beyond attendance rules. Explore three-layer architecture, synchronisation days, measurement templates, key statistics, and real-world outcomes for office utilisation and decision velocity.

by Maya Chen

Working smart with new collaboration tools: experts weigh in

Hybrid Work

How to Request a Hybrid Work Model Letter

Choosing the Ideal eUICC SIM for Your Smart Devices

Smart Workplaces

29/07/2025

Choosing the Ideal eUICC SIM for Your Smart Devices

How remote work is shaping the future of work

Understanding the follower problem by David Brooks

Employee Engagement

Virtual and Augmented Reality

27/08/2025

Understanding the follower problem by David Brooks

When Will We Experience Fully Immersive VR?

When Will We Experience Fully Immersive VR?

Exploring the Rise of Tech Companies in Charlotte, NC

Blockchain Technology

10/08/2025

Exploring the Rise of Tech Companies in Charlotte, NC

Exploring AI Integration in DreamBox Learning

Exploring AI Integration in DreamBox Learning

Comparing ChatGPT Plus for Personal and Business Use

Comparing ChatGPT Plus for Personal and Business Use

Exploring the Shifts in Workforce Demographics

Lifelong Learning

Exploring the Shifts in Workforce Demographics

Exploring Ben Stace's Semantic SEO Case Studies

13/08/2025

Exploring Ben Stace's Semantic SEO Case Studies

The Impact of Quantum AI on the Future of Work

25/07/2025

The Impact of Quantum AI on the Future of Work

Understanding the Illinois Freedom to Work Act and Its Impact on the Future of Employment

Gig Economy

07/07/2025

Understanding the Illinois Freedom to Work Act and Its Impact on the Future of Employment

Exploring Careers in Human-Computer Interaction

Career Development

18/05/2025

Exploring Careers in Human-Computer Interaction

Innovative Methods for Evaluating Learning

Lifelong Learning

Innovative Methods for Evaluating Learning

Building a Strong Culture in Remote Work Environments

Emerging Work Models

Furloughed vs laid off explained clearly for a changing workforce

Freelance and Contract Work

09/03/2026

Furloughed vs laid off explained clearly for a changing workforce

Understand furloughed vs laid off, including rights, benefits, unemployment rules, and workforce planning in the evolving future of work.

by Theo Martinez

How spotlight staffing is quietly reshaping the future of work

24/02/2026

How spotlight staffing is quietly reshaping the future of work

Explore how spotlight staffing is changing hiring, careers, and workplace power dynamics in the future of work, from skills-based matching to on-demand teams.

AI in HR, beyond the pilots: eight use cases with measured outcomes from the SHRM 2026 data

Technological Advancements

AI in HR use cases: five deployments that actually moved retention or time-to-hire

24/04/2026

AI in HR, beyond the pilots: eight use cases with measured outcomes from the SHRM 2026 data

Explore eight concrete AI in HR use cases—from resume screening and inclusive job descriptions to skills inference, attrition risk, and personalized learning paths—with sourced SHRM and Gartner data, governance guidance, and practical design tips for CHROs and talent leaders.

by Eliza Montgomery

21/04/2026

AI in HR use cases: five deployments that actually moved retention or time-to-hire

Explore practical AI in HR use cases that improve hiring, internal mobility, manager effectiveness, compliance, and people analytics—while preserving human judgment, fairness, and employee trust.

Workforce Development

Building a hiring system candidate feedback mechanism that elevates every applicant

27/02/2026

Building a hiring system candidate feedback mechanism that elevates every applicant

How kindness worksheets shape social emotional learning in the future of work

24/02/2026

How kindness worksheets shape social emotional learning in the future of work

Why social awareness matters for everyone in the future of work

21/02/2026

Why social awareness matters for everyone in the future of work

How thoughtful feedback activities shape the future of collaborative work

20/02/2026

How thoughtful feedback activities shape the future of collaborative work

Employee Experience

Retention meaning in business and the future of work

10/04/2026

Retention meaning in business and the future of work

Understand the retention meaning in business, how employee and customer loyalty interact, and why data, wellbeing, and hybrid work now shape long term performance.

Why regrettable attrition is reshaping the future of work

18/03/2026

Why regrettable attrition is reshaping the future of work

Explore how regrettable attrition reshapes the future of work, why high performers leave, and how data, culture, and design can protect top talent.

Strategic HR Practices

How strategic pre payroll transforms modern payroll management for global teams

15/03/2026

How strategic pre payroll transforms modern payroll management for global teams

Learn how strategic pre payroll transforms payroll management, boosts compliance, and strengthens employee trust in a global, data driven future of work.