2024 Work Trend Index Annual Report

AI at Work Is Here. Now Comes the Hard Part

Employees want AI, leaders are looking for a path forward.

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Work Trend Index Special Report

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Generative AI

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Work Trend Index Special Report

An illustration of athletes at the center of a playfield forming a human pyramid and collaboratively holding a giant golden trophy aloft. They are surrounded by a swirl of golden stars.

Editor's Pick

2024 Work Trend Index Annual Report

AI at Work Is Here. Now Comes the Hard Part

Employees want AI, leaders are looking for a path forward.

Quick Read

Trending

Podcast

Generative AI

Generative AI

AI will revolutionize work. Learn how

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Customer Zero

Our Year with Copilot: What Microsoft Has Learned About AI at Work

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Podcast

Inside Accenture’s AI Journey with CEO Julie Sweet

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Reinvention

How Business Leaders Are Using Copilot Right Now

Practical Guidance

The WorkLab Guides

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AI + Field Service

How AI Can Give Field Service Technicians a Boost

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AI + Customer Service

How AI Can Empower Customer Service Agents

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AI + Sellers

How Sellers Can Use AI to Better Engage with Customers

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AI + Marketers

How Marketers Can Use AI to Unlock Breakthrough Creativity

Read the Guides

Leadership

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  1. How Business Leaders Are Using Copilot Right Now
  2. How Copilot Turns Everyone Into A Manager
  3. Author Kate O’Neill on Why Leaders Should Embrace Optimism amid Uncertainty

Culture

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  1. The Key to a Thriving Workforce? A Smart Approach to AI
  2. AI Data Drop: What the Future Workforce Really Cares About
  3. What New Terms Like ‘Goblin Mode’ Reveal about Work

Innovation

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  1. How AI Can Help Build More Intentional Meetings
  2. Five Key Principles for Implementing an AI Strategy Across Your Organization
  3. Our Year with Copilot: What Microsoft Has Learned About AI at Work

Collaboration

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  1. When It Comes to AI, Don’t Build 'Islands of Intelligence'
  2. With Copilot, Every Meeting Is a ‘Digital Artifact’
  3. The Key Ingredient in Every Copilot Conversation

Performance

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  1. AI Data Drop: The 11-by-11 Tipping Point
  2. How AI Can Help You Have Smarter, More Thoughtful Conversations
  3. To Build AI Into Your Work Habits, Picture a Pyramid

Wellbeing

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  1. These 5 New Habits Will Help You Get the Most Out of AI
  2. How This ESPN Leader Works Now: A Paper Planner, Next-Gen AI, and a ‘Snow White’ Garden
  3. How I Hybrid: Meditation, the Perfect Pen, and Drawing Boundaries
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