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Why One Expert Says Artificial Intelligence Is Like the World’s Greatest Intern

Wharton professor Ethan Mollick has a practical AI tip to make the most of the transformative technology

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Work Trend Index Annual Report

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Artificial Intelligence

A digital illustration of objects representing work and communication in the foreground leading to a figure moving past them and looking out on a peaceful landscape.

Work Trend Index Annual Report

An illustration depicts a colorful montage of work-related icons, including chat windows, speech ballons, sticky notes, alarm bells, email messages, charts, and graphs. In the center is a doorway opening to show the outside world

Editor's Pick

Vibrant 3D illustration of employee badges

Newsletter

Why One Expert Says Artificial Intelligence Is Like the World’s Greatest Intern

Wharton professor Ethan Mollick has a practical AI tip to make the most of the transformative technology

A digital illustration of a conversation loop between AI and a person where both parties are being kind and share positive reaffirmation.

Quick Read

A photo collage of desk and office components

Trending

A colorful photo-illustration of journalist Marcus Wohlsen

Podcast

Illustration of four people laying down a large puzzle piece, standing on a floor of other puzzle pieces. Two figures hold on to the blue side of the puzzle while another two hold on to the purple side.

Artificial Intelligence

Artificial Intelligence

AI will revolutionize work. Learn how

WorkLab Forecast

AI, A Whole New Way of Working

Podcast

Stanford Professor Erik Brynjolfsson on How AI Will Transform Productivity

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First person

How 6 Experts Use Next-Generation AI

Practical Guidance

The WorkLab Guides

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AI + Sellers

How Sellers Can Use AI to Better Engage with Customers

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AI + Marketers

How Marketers Can Use AI to Unlock Breakthrough Creativity

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Work-Life Balance

How to Regain Work-Life Balance in the Age of Hybrid

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Leadership

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  1. Author Kate O’Neill on Why Leaders Should Embrace Optimism amid Uncertainty
  2. Satya Nadella Talks to Adam Grant about the Future of Work
  3. Why Hybrid Work Makes OKRs More Essential than Ever

Culture

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  1. What New Terms Like ‘Goblin Mode’ Reveal about Work
  2. Office Life Doesn’t Have to Go Back to How It Used to Be
  3. What People Want in a Job Right Now

Innovation

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  1. How 6 Experts Use Next-Generation AI
  2. AI, A Whole New Way of Working
  3. Four Ways Leaders Can Empower People for How Work Gets Done

Collaboration

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  1. The Hidden Ways We Really Work Together
  2. In Hybrid Meetings, Conversations Can Be Chaotic. Science Can Help
  3. TikTok Star Corporate Natalie Wants You to Know a Few Things About Gen Z

Performance

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  1. Six Principles for Athletes that Work for Work, Too
  2. Where People Are Moving—and When They’re Going Into Work
  3. Why Managers and Employees Can’t Agree on How Much Work Is Getting Done

Wellbeing

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  1. How This ESPN Leader Works Now: A Paper Planner, Next-Gen AI, and a ‘Snow White’ Garden
  2. How I Hybrid: Meditation, the Perfect Pen, and Drawing Boundaries
  3. Yes, People Miss Their Work Friends
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WorkLab in the News

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Microsoft's Latest Work Trend Index Urges To End Productivity Paranoia

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85% of Managers Still Don't Trust That Their Employees Are Actually Working Remotely

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The 'Triple Peak Day' Is Here to Stay

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