Culture
Preparing for Davos: the leadership, AI and resilience questions shaping 2026
Davos 2026 will be less about vision and more about readiness. Insights from a McKinsey preview webinar point to the structural gaps organisations can no longer ignore
World of Work in 2026: our top trends for the year ahead
From managing AI’s ‘workslop’ crisis to the emergence of a sky-blue collar workforce, WORKTECH Academy’s report, The World of Work in 2026, sets out 20 key trends
Signal File: how employees are preparing for the future
From uneven AI access to rising financial anxiety and declining trust, this week’s signals reveal a workforce navigating progress without support
2025 in commentary: a year of plotting, promises and patchy progress
As the curtain comes down on 2025, we reflect on a year of challenge and change in work and workplace through the lens of 12 comment pieces written by the WORKTECH Academy team
Signal file: what this week’s data tells us about confidence and belonging at work
With job security under strain, decisions to stay, push forward or walk away hinge as much on emotion as economics. This week’s signals unpack the anxieties driving those moves
Bringing soul to science: the evolution of the life science workplace
As the life sciences industry undergoes a transformation, the focus is shifting from precision and performance to people and purpose, as WORKTECH’s upcoming Boston event will showcase
Signal File: what this week’s headlines reveal about creating a sustainable workforce
This week’s signals track how humans and machines are learning to adapt, from empathetic robots and age-diverse founders to construction automation and the cooling job market
Is misplaced faith in mandates making things worse for the RTO?
Company bosses are doubling down on the return to office but all the evidence on mandates suggests that they repel talent and wreck morale without really raising levels of performance
