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Future of Work

How AI changes jobs, skills, organisations and the definition of productive work.

Future of Work

Why now?

  • Digital workers are entering org charts alongside people
  • Entry-level knowledge work is changing fastest
  • Supervising and specifying AI output is becoming a core skill
Why it matters
The future of work is the human side of every other trend on this site.

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Italy Bars AI From the Final Call on Hiring and Dismissals

Legislative Decree 179/2026 entered into force on 23 October 2026. Under Article 41, recruitment, contract changes, dismissals, discipline and performance assessments cannot be decided by automated systems alone, and a named person has to hold the decision.

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Barclays Puts Developers at the Centre of 5,000 Job Cuts

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Anthropic's Junior Technical Hiring Fell From 27% to 9%

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EU Small Firms Use AI to Monitor Staff but Distrust Its Calls

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Small Firms Expect AI to Add Jobs While Sales Stay Flat

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Danish Records Show No Pay Effect From Two Years of AI Chatbots

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Builders Gained 84,700 Jobs as Information Lost 120,000

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Accenture's Record Bookings Come Without an AI Breakdown

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Eleven Million Americans May Need a Different Job by 2035

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