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Work Trend Index Annual Report

2025:
The year the Frontier Firm is born

AI Transformation

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Quick Read

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Podcast

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Generative AI

AI Transformation

An animated image of a metallic 3D star that is rotating and seemingly turning inside-out before returning to its original shape.

Editor's Pick

2025 WTI home image

Work Trend Index Annual Report

2025:
The year the Frontier Firm is born

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Quick Read

Abstract layered paper cut art of a head with a circular opening, in shades of blue.

Trending

Podcast

A collage of images, including two colleagues using laptop computers consulting with each other; the exterior of a building with a DOW sign on the wall; a tightly cropped image of a person carrying a sealed cardboard box; and the front half of a semi truck with trailer.

Generative AI

Generative AI

AI will revolutionize work. Learn how

Podcast

Cassie Kozyrkov on how AI can be a leadership partner

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By the Numbers

AI is already changing work—Microsoft included

Jared Spataro

Podcast

Intelligence on tap is a “big deal for business,” says Microsoft’s Jared Spataro

Leadership

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  1. AI at Work: Look for employees who excel at these core skills
  2. AI at Work: Harvard’s Karim Lakhani on how AI is shifting from tool to “teammate”
  3. AI at Work: “Intelligence on tap” will reshape knowledge work

Culture

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  1. 3 proven ways to boost AI usage and make it stick
  2. The key to a thriving workforce? A smart approach to AI
  3. AI Data Drop: What the future workforce really cares about

Innovation

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  1. Fine-tuning is the secret to scaling expert knowledge across your company
  2. The CEO’s guide to building a Frontier Firm
  3. AI at Work: Reasoning models and the future of business

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 surprising way AI makes hard work easier
  2. How not to use AI
  3. AI Data Drop: Handling risky business in half the time

Wellbeing

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  1. AI Data Drop: How AI breaks down barriers to inclusivity
  2. These 5 new habits will help you get the most out of AI
  3. How this ESPN leader works now: A paper planner, next-gen AI, and a “Snow White” garden
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