Future Work

The Gen Z stare isn’t disengagement — it’s a cultural cue. Leaders must shift from judgment to curiosity, adapting communication and support to build trust with the generation redefining work.

Climbing the ladder comes with hidden costs. SHRM reveals 5 key trade-offs leaders face—from long hours to lost well-being—and what employers must do now to build sustainable, supported leadership at every level.

Burnout steals joy quietly. Most feel just 1 joyful hour a day. This summer, reset. Reconnect with what energizes you—and help your team do the same. Joy is not rare, just overlooked.

AI may take jobs—but it will invent new ones. Robert Capps maps future roles built on trust, integration, and taste. From AI auditors to world designers, human creativity becomes the edge.

Vibe teaming invites AI into team convos from the start—co-creating drafts, freeing humans to think. It’s not just about tools, but reshaping how leaders guide collaboration.

HR as a product team, building end-to-end, user-centered solutions with the same mindset as tech.

DEI hasn’t failed—it’s been misunderstood. Denise Brouder reframes it as systems design, not politics, where fairness, leadership, and small acts drive lasting culture change.

Simon Sinek urges leaders to protect human traits AI can't replicate—courage, empathy, struggle, and connection—reminding us that true leadership means embracing imperfection, not avoiding it.

Dave Ulrich and David Green reveal why HR must shift from tasks to outcomes—using "so that" to link every initiative to customer, investor, and business value. A mindset reset for modern HR.

Moderna merged HR and IT under one leader to align talent and tech for AI readiness—signaling a shift from static roles to dynamic flows of work.

Remote work has moved past debate. At Running Remote 2025, leaders shared how to design for clarity, trust, and real impact—across AI, inclusion, leadership, and culture.

Microsoft says AI is now a utility—yet only those who redesign work, train every employee as an agent boss, and blend judgment with agents will lead the next decade of performance.

Gallup’s 2025 report shows global engagement and wellbeing have fallen to pandemic-era lows. Burned-out managers are the biggest driver—impacting team output, retention, and costing billions in lost productivity.

Companies are redesigning work for joy—with cats, zen rooms, and Focus Fridays—because happiness isn’t a perk anymore, it’s the new productivity hack.

Shopify CEO says employees must prove AI can’t do the job before requesting more headcount—AI is now the first teammate, not a future idea.

Build commercially-minded teams by promoting innovation, cross-functional collaboration, and psychological safety, boosting revenue, cutting costs, and improving retention.

Gartner reveals 4 productivity myths CEOs believe in, with HR involvement boosting productivity by 11%. Addressing them could increase productivity by 35%.

Gartner research indicates that organizations focusing on potential rather than just skill proficiency in hiring practices achieve up to 1.9 times better performance outcomes.