Future of work media

03/05/2026

by Lucas van der Meer

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.

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

03/05/2026

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

Future Skill Requirements

03/05/2026

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

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

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

Hybrid Work

01/05/2026

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

Spotlight

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 Eliza Montgomery

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

by Hannah Armstrong-Peterson

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.

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

Data-Driven Decision Making

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

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

by Maxence Dupont-Beaupré

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.

Upskilling and Reskilling

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.

by Ophelie Leclerc

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

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

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.

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

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.

by Ophelie Leclerc

Should you bring a gift to a retirement party and how to do it right

13/04/2026

Should you bring a gift to a retirement party and how to do it right

Wondering if you should bring a gift to a retirement party ? Learn clear etiquette, thoughtful gift ideas, and how modern workplaces honor retirees with dignity.

Marking a 5 year anniversary at work in the new world of employment

11/04/2026

Marking a 5 year anniversary at work in the new world of employment

How to make a 5 year anniversary at work a meaningful milestone in the future of work, with strategic recognition options, culture building, and employee care.

by Asha Patel

Uplift notes for the future of work: how small things shape better days

11/04/2026

Uplift notes for the future of work: how small things shape better days

Explore how uplift notes, positive quotes, and human centered design quietly shape motivation, happiness, and sustainable careers in the evolving future of work.

by Theo Martinez

How short cycle metrics reshape performance in the construction industry

10/04/2026

How short cycle metrics reshape performance in the construction industry

How short cycle metrics are reshaping performance, financial resilience, and human centric management in the construction industry’s evolving future of work.

by Kayode Adebayo

What to know about employee rights when accused of harassment at work