You can also access this resource, and many others, in Issue 368 of my Talent Edge Weekly newsletter. AI continues to create opportunities to free up workforce capacity by taking on parts of people’s work. But translating that freed capacity into organizational value requires deliberate choices about how it will be used. With this in …
You can also access this resource, and many others, in Issue 366 of my Talent Edge Weekly newsletter. As more managers begin using AI to help write performance reviews, I think we need to pay attention to how employees experience the feedback they receive. A new study in Frontiers in Psychology offers an interesting example. …
You can also access this resource, and many others, in Issue 365 of my Talent Edge Weekly newsletter. One of the reasons I value frameworks, and spend time developing many of my own, is that they help organize and simplify complex topics. That simplification is critical because it builds shared understanding, fosters better discussion, and …
You can also access this resource, and many others, in Issue 365 of my Talent Edge Weekly newsletter. I have written extensively about scenario planning and its value in preparing for the different futures an organization might face, including the talent decisions involved. This new 20-page report from The Conference Board outlines four AI-driven scenarios …
You can also access this resource, and many others, in Issue 364 of my Talent Edge Weekly newsletter. McKinsey’s new 31-page State of AI in 2026 report includes several useful findings from its global survey of 1,719 participants across 97 countries. One data point that caught my attention is the economics of scaling AI. About …
You can also access this resource, and many others, in Issue 364 of my Talent Edge Weekly newsletter. A few weeks ago, members of my private community for internal HR practitioners, Talent Edge Circle, came together to discuss AI’s impact on organization design. The discussion ranged from spans of control, organizational layers, and decision rights …
You can also access this resource and many others in Issue 363 of my Talent Edge Weekly newsletter. Last week, I covered a new International Labour Organization report arguing that AI literacy is becoming a foundational expected skill rather than a nice to have. A new IZA Institute of Labor Economics study drills into one subset of that literacy, …
You can also access this resource and many others in Issue 363 of my Talent Edge Weekly newsletter. Most of what we know about how employees actually use AI at work comes from surveys and self-reports. However, a new Stanford study offers a rigorous behavioral look instead, and it is the first of three studies from a new Anthropic …
You can also access this resource and many others in Issue 363 of my Talent Edge Weekly newsletter. Over the past few years, I have tracked organizational layoffs and job cuts through my layoff tracker, largely to monitor shifts in the labor and job market. One observation I have made over the past several months is an increase in …
You can also access this resource and many others in Issue 362 (Best of August) of my Talent Edge Weekly newsletter. HR leaders continue to help their organizations rethink how the skills of their workforce will need to shift as AI reshapes work. A new 60-page report from the International Labour Organization and five partner organizations helps shed …
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