Talent Strategies Can No Longer Be Western, Local, or Linear

Global workforce strategy is no longer a matter of scale, efficiency, or global reach alone. In this week’s HR Trends 2026 deep dive on Global Power and Demographic Shifts, we explored how economic momentum, demographic advantage, and workforce availability are being redistributed across regions. These are not abstract macro trends; they are forces that directly […]

Global Power and Demographic Shifts: HR Trends 2026

Global power is shifting. Demographics are diverging. Talent mobility is no longer free or predictable. Yet many HR strategies still assume yesterday’s talent map.

In Week 1 of the HR Trends 2026 series, we examine how global power and demographic shifts are reshaping work and why HR leaders must rethink workforce planning, capability design, and talent strategy through an outside-in lens.

AI Digital Coworker Explained

AI Digital Coworker is no longer a futuristic concept—it is rapidly becoming a workplace reality. Most organizations still treat AI as a productivity tool used to automate tasks or generate outputs. As we move toward 2026, this mindset is proving insufficient. The real shift lies in reimagining AI not as software in the background, but […]

HR Trends 2026: Reinventing HR

HR Trends 2026 mark a decisive shift in how organisations must think about work, leadership, and people. The world of work is entering an era of permanent disruption, where geopolitical volatility, economic uncertainty, demographic shifts, and rapid advances in AI are converging to fundamentally reshape organisations and the role of HR. This article forms the […]

AI Is Changing Work Faster Than People Are Changing Themselves

AI is changing work faster than people are changing themselves, and this growing gap is becoming one of the most critical challenges facing organisations today. While companies accelerate the adoption of generative AI and automation, people, skills, and leadership systems are struggling to keep pace. This imbalance between technological speed and human readiness is no […]

Human-Machine Collaboration: The Future of the HR Operating Model

Is HR truly keeping pace with the breakneck speed of global digital transformation, or are we still trapped in the tyranny of the transactional? The digital revolution has fundamentally reshaped every business function, from automated logistics in supply chains to predictive analytics in finance. Yet, in many organizations, Human Resources remains viewed as a cost […]