People

Signal file: This week spotlights early fault lines shaping work in 2026

From recruitment to retirement, this week’s signals highlight the choices shaping trust, capability and resilience in 2026

Beyond ping pong: how to create magnetic workplaces

To compete for talent, organisations must design human-centred environments that strengthen connections enable people to perform at their best

Signal file: This week highlights tensions shaping today’s workforce

From rising layoffs to uneven hybrid experiences and shifting flexibility demands, this week’s signals reveal a workforce navigating instability, new expectations and accelerating change

Signal File: This week highlights how the workplace is adapting to Gen Z

From dress codes to leadership expectations, this week’s signals show how Gen Z has new expectations on professionalism, stability and what it takes to feel supported at work 

The WORKTECH Index: new survey tool to help firms improve experience

Companies recognise the challenge of boosting employee experience but often struggle to marshal the right data insights to effect change. A new survey tool aims to bridge that gap

Nordic mindset: Scandinavia sets a blueprint for human-aligned workspaces

From Copenhagen to Stockholm, the Scandinavian WORKTECH events redefined workplace innovation around the mind, offering a clear vision of a truly human-aligned future

After the return: can the office really raise levels of performance?

Bringing people back to the office is one thing. Improving productivity once there is another. A new report looks at the evidence for and against in-office working as a lever for productivity

Signal file: what this week’s headlines reveal about rising cost of participation

This week’s stories reveal how access to jobs, belonging, information and opportunity is fracturing across the modern workplace