Mercer Global Talent Trends 2026
Mercer’s 2026 Global Talent Trends, as summarized by TechSpot, surveyed 825 C-suite leaders. It found nearly all expect AI to reduce headcount within two years, with 99% expecting layoffs in the short term, and 63% believe redesigning work around AI will deliver the greatest returns.Only 44% of employees say they are thriving, down from 66% […]
Canaries in the Coal Mine? Six Facts about the Recent Employment Effects of Artificial Intelligence
This Stanford Digital Economy Lab paper by Erik Brynjolfsson, Bharat Chandar and Ruyu Chen uses payroll data to examine employment effects of generative AI. It reports that workers aged 22 to 25 in the most AI-exposed occupations saw relative employment declines, 16% in the November 2025 version (the August 2025 draft reported 13%), while employment […]
Kyndryl People Readiness Report 2026
Kyndryl’s 2026 People Readiness Report, released June 25, 2026, surveyed 1,100 senior business and technology leaders across eight countries. It found that 57% say AI is embedded in core business processes or deployed broadly across the enterprise, up from 35% a year earlier.Results lag deployment: 32% said they had achieved at least one of their […]