Ivanti’s latest Everywhere Work Report reveals that workplace flexibility is a non-negotiable for today’s knowledge professionals, with at least 40% of respondents saying they would change jobs to gain flexibility and women in particular being more likely to prioritise flexibility.
New research from the World Employment Confederation reveals that 81% of business leaders believe advances in AI will require new skills, yet 78% are concerned they cannot train employees fast enough to keep pace with technology developments in the next three years.
This briefing paper from the Institute for the Future of Work introduces the Disruption Index; a tool designed to measure the capacity of regions to invest in new technologies and the factors that enable firms to adopt and integrate them. The report identifies the potential drivers of regional inequalities related to technological transformation, how different factors interact and compound each other, and outlines proposed implications for policy.
Mercer’s latest Global Talent Trends report analyses data from over 12,200 business executives, HR leaders, employees and investors across 17 geographies and 16 industries, to identify the four trends that are shaping the People agenda in 2024: (1) solve the productivity equation with AI, assessment and work design, (2) foster a climate of trust through fair pay, equity and inclusion, (3) build resilient cultures with teams that are risk aware and health at the core, and (4) design adaptive, digitally fluent organisations where people can thrive.
The Institute for Public Policy Research reveals that up to 8 million UK jobs are at risk from AI. First of its kind analysis on the impact of generative AI on the UK labour market, the report highlights the importance of developing a job-centric industrial strategy for AI that encourages job transitions and ensures that the fruits of automation are shared widely across the economy.
The White House Council of Economic Advisers’ latest annual Economic Report of the President provides an analysis of key issues impacting US and international economic policy, including how long-run trends in fertility and morality are shaping the US population and labour force. The report explores when, how, and why AI may be adopted and its potential effects on labour markets.
Deloitte’s new report explores how generative AI is expected to change the structure of “work” as we know it. The report suggests a range of strategies to help prepare organisations, including the importance of creating and managing a framework that focuses and supports leadership’s vital role in guiding Generative AI-induced changes.
The Institute for the Future of Work’s latest briefing paper analyses data from nearly 5,000 UK workers and considers the effect that exposure to new workplace technologies is having on workers’ quality of life. Key findings include significant variation in employees’ quality of life correlated to increased levels of exposure to different workplace technologies and that perceived rights at work, and HR philosophies that emphasise employee wellbeing, have a positive correlation with quality of life.
This report by IBM, in collaboration with Oracle, reveals that 40% of the global workforce will need to reskill due to implementing AI and automation over the next three years, which equates to 1.4 billion of the planet’s 3.4 billion working population. The report examines how HR can facilitate a generative AI-empowered culture and serve as key advisors in developing people-centric operating models that best position the enterprise – and the employee experience – for the future.
This report by the OECD examines how longevity and technological change are impacting work across 38 countries and identifies key employer policies that can help facilitate career mobility, resulting in better employment choices at older ages.