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A Resume Now survey report on workplace values, stating that 70% of surveyed workers say leaders bend rules for favorites, with findings on fairness, favoritism and alignment between stated and practiced company values. Resume Now sells résumé-building services.
VICE examines workplace self-promotion and pressure to make accomplishments visible, citing Tide's survey of U.K. workers and earlier research on perceived productivity.
TalentLMS reports that 42% of surveyed employees still use tools or processes their managers think have been replaced. The vendor's research covers AI adoption, training and six strategies for changing work habits.
Preprint examining whether psychological safety is associated with workplace AI adoption and usage, using survey data from 2,257 employees at a global consulting firm.
An IBTimes UK article on companies selling workplace emails, Slack messages, and documents to AI developers, and the questions this raises about employee privacy, consent, and who profits.
Cairnmillar Institute article by Dr Tom Hammond arguing that perks and individually focused wellbeing initiatives have not moved average employee wellbeing, citing a study of roughly 46,000 workers, and that wellbeing is a structural outcome of how work is designed, how leaders behave, and how performance is defined and rewarded. Free to read.
Gallup's findings on the continued decline in global employee engagement.
Software Finder surveys 1,003 full-time U.S. professionals about time spent appearing busy, such as strategic Slack messages and open tabs, after real work is finished.
Preply study using survey data, Reddit analysis and search trends to show which corporate phrases confuse, annoy or are declining among Gen Z workers.
Visier survey of 1,000 US employees on AI at work: 48% say they exaggerate their AI use and 59% doubt leaders have a plan for it.
A blog post arguing that organizations which do not give employees time to practice with AI coding tools risk falling behind competitors that do, with examples of workflow shifts in software engineering teams.
A 2026 NordiCHI paper by Isabelle Cuber and colleagues studying how the human-likeness and gender of an AI assistant in virtual reality relate to workers' trust and pay. Open access under CC BY 4.0.
A Harvard Business School Working Knowledge article by Avery Forman (June 8, 2026) on research by Livia Alfonsi. A study of about 5,500 people in Kenya before and during the COVID-19 pandemic found that financial stress made most participants more willing to cheat; the article covers steps companies can take to deter cheating and support employees. Free to read.
A Business Insider report on Shopify CEO Tobi Lütke's September 2026 interview on "The Knowledge Project" podcast, where he said AI makes it easy to pass along work that has not been checked — "slop grenades" — such as long AI-written emails that recipients must summarize with another model. Lütke said AI is most valuable when it makes people's thinking clearer and more concise, and that "humans take responsibility."
Google Research post on a three-month randomized controlled trial with patent attorneys: AI use raised work quality across the board, but only senior lawyers showed stronger unassisted judgment afterward; junior lawyers showed no average skill gain.
Resume Now's survey report on how U.S. workers say AI is changing their jobs, workloads and job security. The site blocked automated reading, so this description comes from the page title.
Gallup's library of workplace research articles on engagement, management, hiring and AI at work.
Gallup survey findings on how many U.S. workers report downsizing at their organizations.
Allwork.Space article on how artificial intelligence is changing corporate real estate planning and flexible workspace decisions. Free to read.
Owl Labs' tenth annual survey report on how US employees work across office, hybrid, and remote arrangements, including attitudes toward return-to-office policies and workplace technology. Owl Labs sells video-conferencing hardware, so it has a commercial interest in hybrid work.
Fast Company article on how women may quietly manage stress at work in ways that hold back their careers.
Why I recommend it: Fast Company sometimes limits free reads. I couldn't open the page, so the description comes from its title.
Cevat Giray Aksoy, Nicholas Bloom, Steven J. Davis and co-authors estimate how much workers value small amounts of in-office time versus fully remote work (June 2026).
Why I recommend it: Handy for negotiating hybrid arrangements. Bloom is a long-time advocate of hybrid work; the paper is not yet peer reviewed.
Manoush Zomorodi (NPR's TED Radio Hour) coins p(joy) as a deliberate counterpoint to p(doom), the probability-of-catastrophe number traded around AI circles: instead of estimating disaster, estimate whether satisfying moments are increasing in your life and what reliably creates them. The second half is a long interview with Brian Elliott of Work Forward on knowledge work right now — identity loss as machines take a skill you spent decades building, cognitive overload from supervising AI agents, and executives privately saying their best people and heaviest AI users are the likeliest to quit. Elliott's summary: human-led, AI-enabled, because nobody's competitive advantage is being average faster.
Why I recommend it: Read this the next time an AI doom number is quoted at you as though it were measured. The piece cites Gizmodo's plain point that no one at the frontier labs has an actual method for producing a p(doom) figure. The useful part is Elliott's three patterns in companies getting value from AI: a scorecard covering business impact, quality and employee engagement rather than tool usage; aiming at teams instead of individuals; and leaders using the tools in public, mistakes included. Free to read in full, no paywall.
A satirical site built around a real habit: the person who pastes a question into an AI and pastes the answer back, adding nothing but delay. It has a thirty-second six-statement self-test, a list of the tells, four free explainer graphics under CC BY 4.0, and a free 44-icon Slack and Discord emoji pack.
Why I recommend it: Funny, free, and the fastest way to make a point in a team that has started forwarding chatbot answers as work. The four downloadable graphics are CC BY 4.0, so you can put them in a deck or Slack thread if you credit meatproxy.me with a link. Two things to know before you share it: the underlying idea belongs to Niklas Gruhn's short essay, which is the better read if you want the argument rather than the joke; and this site promotes a Solana crypto token and merchandise, so send people the test, not the wallet.
A free daily publication covering the future of work: hybrid and remote policy, return-to-office mandates, flexible workspace and coworking, workplace technology and AI, and the employment law and labour trends behind them. Articles read in full with no subscription and no paywall.
Why I recommend it: Read this when you want to know what employers are actually doing about remote and hybrid work before you negotiate for it, or when you are weighing an offer that calls itself flexible. It is written for the workspace industry, so some coverage is trade news about office operators rather than advice for you; take the policy reporting and skip the property pieces.
Workplace and tech news site covering AI, careers, startups and hiring, with a focus on the Indian tech industry.
From the site: OfficeChai is India’s top platform dedicated to the workplace, office buzz and Indian business. We profile interesting startups, feature inspiring career stories, break news from the corporate world, and provide a glimpse of the work culture at top organizations. - See more at: https://officechai.com/about/#sthash.deB…
Why I recommend it: Useful for AI hiring and workplace stories that Western outlets skip. Short posts, so treat them as pointers.
Free library of work-management guides, templates and articles on project planning, goal setting, meetings and team communication.
From the site: Find work and project management tips for all levels. Discover work management resources and solutions to help your team work together more effectively.
Why I recommend it: useful even if you never use their product — the templates and the writing on running projects are free and account-free.
The US government's voluntary framework for identifying and managing AI risk, plus its playbook of concrete practices. Free.
Why I recommend it: The one your employer's legal team is most likely already citing. Useful vocabulary if you want to raise AI risk at work and be taken seriously.
Executive Speakers Bureau on choosing a speaker for an exhausted team facing constant change — what actually lands with fatigued audiences and what makes burnout worse.
Why I recommend it: Useful from both sides — if you book speakers, and if you speak. The read on what a tired room can actually absorb applies to any presentation you give.
A practical walkthrough of building a good slide deck with AI: what to hand the model, what to keep yourself, and how to avoid the generic deck AI produces by default.
Why I recommend it: Decks are where AI output looks laziest fastest. Use the prompts here for structure, then write the words yourself.
How triangulation works in teams, why it damages trust, and practical ways to stay out of it at work.
Why I recommend it: Name the dynamic and it loses most of its power. Worth reading before your next tough conversation.
Lance Haun on how rigid job architecture and title structures break down for modern roles, and what that means for workers and employers.
Why I recommend it: Read this if you have ever been told your work does not fit any existing title. It explains a system problem people usually blame themselves for.
Fast Company look inside Shopify's decision to let engineers adopt AI tools without central approval, and how it changed expectations for output.
Why I recommend it: This is the emerging standard: AI fluency as a baseline job requirement, not a bonus. Plan your skills accordingly.
Glassdoor research on worker attitudes toward AI in 2026 — covering adoption, concerns, and what employees expect from employers.
Why I recommend it: A useful snapshot of public sentiment around AI at work. Helpful for coaching conversations about which skills matter and how to talk about AI on the job.
DEIA Consultant, Speaker, LinkedIn Top Voice. Speaker and consultant on disability inclusion in the workplace; hard of hearing with a vision disability, named a LinkedIn Top Voice in Disability Advocacy.
In plain terms: This LinkedIn profile features posts from a workplace disability inclusion consultant and public speaker. You can follow her page to learn practical advice on disability advocacy, accessibility, and leading employee resource groups.
Why I recommend it: Practical workplace advice on disclosure and accommodations.
Global nonprofit think tank (formerly the Center for Talent Innovation) producing research on diversity, equity, inclusion, and sponsorship in the workplace.
In plain terms: This nonprofit research organization studies diversity, leadership, and workplace culture. You can read their reports and articles to understand current employment trends and workplace dynamics.
Why I recommend it: Useful research on sponsorship — the difference between a mentor and someone who spends political capital on you.
Long-running advice blog and newsletter on workplace questions — offers, bosses, boundaries, and awkward interviews.
In plain terms: This workplace advice website answers real reader questions about job hunting, difficult bosses, interviews, and office dynamics. You can browse practical guidance for tricky career situations or submit your own question for advice.
Why I recommend it: When you are not sure whether something at work is normal, the archive has already answered it.
