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Generative AI and the future of work

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.

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Is technology impacting workers’ quality of life?

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.

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Embrace experimentation, empower people

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.

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Promoting better career choices for longer working lives

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.  

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2024 Global Human Capital Trends

Deloitte’s latest Global Human Capital Trends report reveals that the more boundaryless work becomes, the more important uniquely human capabilities – like empathy and curiosity – become. The research underscores the need to prioritise human sustainability - the degree to which the organisation creates value for people as human beings, leaving them with greater health and well-being, stronger skills and greater employability, good jobs, opportunities for advancement, more equity, and heightened feelings of belonging and purpose – which can drive not only better human outcomes, but better business outcomes in a mutually reinforcing cycle.

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Shaping the workforce of the future with AI

KPMG’s new report analyses data from over 4,000 employees from a cross-section of generations and explores employee perceptions on the future of work amid fast AI advancements, geopolitical instability, and a looming global recession. Key takeaways include workers’ lack awareness of, and confidence in, their firm’s technology strategies, with only 54% reporting their employer has adopted new technologies over the past three years.

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What strategic priorities will shape the workforce and HR agenda in 2024 and beyond?

The world of work is undergoing profound and extensive disruption. Large-scale trends are transforming work, workforces and workplaces. The legacy of the pandemic has combined with a tense economic and social landscape, presenting businesses with significant challenges. How can businesses best navigate this increasingly complex environment? And, if you are in HR or have people responsibilities, what are the key strategic issues and areas of priority action for 2024 and beyond?

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27th Annual Global CEO Survey: Thriving in an age of continuous reinvention

PwC’s 2024 Global CEO Survey reveals that although CEOs are more optimistic about global economic growth than last year, 45% of them are still not confident that their companies would survive more than a decade on their current path. The research examines two global megatrends – climate change and technological disruption – which are compelling CEOs to adapt and outlines the essential actions that businesses can take in order to jump-start continuous reinvention.

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Global Risks Report 2024

This report from the World Economic Forum explores some of the most severe risks we may face over the next decade, against a backdrop of rapid technological change, economic uncertainty, a warming planet and conflict.

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Discussion Forum: ESG as a catalyst

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Discussion Forum: ESG as a catalyst

This roundtable discussion looked at the evolving relationship between employers and their people and explored emerging challenges and opportunities for employers as they take steps to link sustainability and a conscious approach to environmental issues to people strategy.

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