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16th Annual Pulse of Talent: Turning workforce AI buzz into business value

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What you’ll learn:

  • Why nearly nine in 10 leaders face barriers to AI adoption
  • The surprising ways executives, managers, and workers differ in their AI use
  • Three imperatives for unlocking AI value in your workforce

Leaders everywhere feel pressure to adopt AI. But moving too fast without a strategy? You risk leaving your people behind and wasting your workforce AI investment.

This year’s Pulse of Talent reveals the hidden fault lines in AI adoption and how organizations can focus on the right use cases, skill-building, and trust to unlock real business value.

AI is reshaping jobs, workflows, and career paths in real time. Yet while 87% of executives already use AI at work, only 27% of employees do. The result? A widening gap that gets in the way of realizing true value from AI.

Our 16th Annual Pulse of Talent report, based on insights from nearly 7,000 workers, managers, and executives worldwide, uncovers how organizations can bridge this divide and turn AI from a source of disruption into a driver of growth.


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