Signal File: what this week’s headlines reveal about work in motion

This week’s stories trace how work is shifting – across tools, surfaces and generations – towards a future built to respond

Signal File: What this week’s headlines reveal about the cost of performance

From disappearing perks to creeping overwork, this week’s signals expose a workplace where performance is rising, just not sustainably

Shapeshifter offices: what happens when our spaces start to feel us back?

From mood-sensitive materials to neuroadaptive lighting, workplaces are beginning to adapt not just to tasks – but to emotions, postures and personalities

Thinking space: three innovative uses of AI in the built environment

From recovering rubble to reading a city’s mood, these AI use cases suggest a new kind of built environment that can listen and understand us in real time 

Signal file: what this week’s headlines reveal about quality over quantity at work

From nuanced networks to four-day work weeks, this week’s headlines highlight the power of progress lies in going deeper, not wider

The new talent dilemma: from know-how to know-why

When anyone can do anything, what makes someone valuable? As generative AI outpaces upskilling, the nature of talent is being redefined – from execution to meaning, and from skill to sensemaking 

The convergence era: ten emerging technologies reshaping work

From collaborative sensors to AI verification, the World Economic Forum’s annual review spotlights breakthrough technologies where scientific progress meets real-world application 

Signal file: what this week’s headlines reveal about soft power and silent tracking

From gendered leadership gaps to the rise of surveillance tech, this week’s signals expose the systems shaping control in the workplace – and what that means for trust, equity and autonomy