Tick rates on training modules. Survey completion. A green status on the project dashboard. These things tell you whether people complied. They don’t tell you whether anything has actually shifted.

Younger workers are turning down promotions at a rate 1.7 times higher than their predecessors, and the research suggests the most common reason is not ambition or apathy but a clear-eyed assessment that the job is not worth what it costs.

New data shows that nearly two in three Australian workers have received no formal AI training from their workplace. Almost half say their organisation has no clear rules or policies for using the technology. Could this be a problem?

Most organisations believe they are investing in leadership development, and yet the results consistently fall short of what the investment should produce. This is why.

The technology sector alone has seen over 150,000 job cuts globally in the past year, with organisations from Google to Amazon restructuring to prioritise AI capabilities over traditional roles. For leaders, the key challenge isn't just managing logistics. It's maintaining morale, trust, and productivity amid deep uncertainty.

The narrative we keep hearing is that employees are scared of AI, but the data says something very different. Studies consistently show that 86% of knowledge workers use AI in their personal lives, and the majority say this experience has increased their trust in AI at work .

For years, a comfortable story has persisted in leadership circles: early human societies were largely egalitarian, and hierarchy is a relatively recent invention brought on by agriculture and property. New research challenges this.

It’s time to change the conversation around employee wellbeing. Wellbeing isn't a cost centre. It’s the single greatest driver of sustainable business performance. In this blog, we share the hard data from groundbreaking research in wellbeing economics to prove it.