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AI@Work: Work is changing fast. Education needs to catch up.

Many see that as a crisis. I see it as an opportunity. When the ground shifts beneath us, we can stand still and react or step forward and shape what comes next. 

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AI@Work: 3 new patterns of work define AI-first companies
Frontier Firms are setting the pace and rules in the AI era, with profound impact for business and beyond.
Rollouts
AI Data Drop: What happens when you give 20,000 people Copilot
Lessons for all leaders from a landmark UK government experiment.
Improvements
AI Data Drop: The surprising way AI makes hard work easier
Our new research shows that Copilot not only reduces the mental effort for difficult tasks but also enhances the quality of work.
Advice
How not to use AI
Don’t stop with the low-hanging fruit—and other ways to get more out of AI.
Research
AI Data Drop: Handling risky business in half the time
New Microsoft research shows how one organization used Copilot—along with targeted guidance—to supercharge a complex task.
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AI at Work: 3 Scenarios for Unlocking AI’s Full Potential
If you’re not grounding the technology in your work data, you’re leaving value on the table.
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AI at Work: Why CIOs Matter More than Ever
IT leaders can set their organizations on a course for AI-powered success—if they take the right approach.
AI at Work
Inside an AI-Native Ad Agency
As leaders look to blaze a new path with AI, they can all take a page from Supernatural AI’s playbook. 
Results
AI Data Drop: 3 Key Insights from Real-World Research on AI Usage
One of the largest studies of Copilot usage—at nearly 60 companies—reveals how AI is changing the way we work.
Tips
AI Data Drop: 5 Copilot Prompts to Try Out at Work
We asked people across professions for their most innovative uses of AI.
Better Habits
Enlist AI in Your Fight Against Email Overload
A new approach to help tame your inbox.
Q&A
A Finance Exec on How AI Pays Off
EY’s Marna Ricker explains why the technology is a game changer for all data-driven fields.
Research
AI Data Drop: The 11-by-11 Tipping Point
Our new research reveals how to build an AI habit.
Growth Mindset
How AI Can Help You Have Smarter, More Thoughtful Conversations
Author Charles Duhigg on how leaders can use AI to practice negotiating, rehearse tough conversations—and even gain self-awareness.
Working Smarter
To Build AI Into Your Work Habits, Picture a Pyramid
A mental model can help you see the new structure of your workday.
AI in Action
5 Easy Ways Copilot Can Solve Your Work Puzzles
Let Copilot outline meeting action items—plus more of our favorite quick tips from 2023
Peak Potential
There Are No Shortcuts to High Performance
New research shows the value of investing in the challenging, yet important, conditions that impact performance—and AI can help
AI Tips
How I Prompt: 10 Leaders Share Their Favorite AI Time-Savers
From ‘What are our top challenges?’ to ‘Summarize this email thread,' Microsoft executives share their favorite AI prompts
Instant Insights
What We Mean When We Say AI is “Usefully Wrong”
Sometimes Copilot is right, and sometimes it’s usefully wrong. Either way, it puts you further ahead
Instant Insights
How AI Gives You Data Synthesis Superpowers
And helps you find the needle in the data haystack
Training
Six Principles for Athletes that Work for Work, Too
To boost and sustain performance, take lessons from the sports world
Explore
Quiz: How Does Your Experience at Work Measure Up?
We asked 31,000 people around the world about work, AI, and the new skills we’ll need in the future. Take our quiz to find out how you stack up.
Moves
Where People Are Moving—and When They’re Going Into Work
New LinkedIn and Work Trend Index data reveals which pandemic-era work patterns are persisting—and the surprising trends that are transforming urban areas
Measure What Matters
Why Managers and Employees Can’t Agree on How Much Work Is Getting Done
Productivity paranoia is real. Here’s how to end it.
Get Back Your Time
There Are 10,080 Minutes in a Week. Here’s How to Be the Boss of All of Them
A technique called timeboxing changed this executive’s life. And it can work for anyone
Goals
It’s Not a Career Ladder, It’s a Career Playground
The era of hybrid, flexible work has opened up a new kind of career path, one where the climb isn’t necessarily to the top
Advice
Arianna Huffington on How to Thrive at Work
Step 1: Use crisis as a catalyst for change
ReadMe
The New World of Time Management in an Age of Hybrid Work
Advice from experts like Anne Helen Petersen, Alan Henry, Laura Vanderkam, and more on how to approach the day efficiently—and meaningfully
Perspectives
Want to Improve Your Performance? Start with Your Mindset
WorkLab spoke with elite Nike trainer Ryan Flaherty about how the mental techniques used by the likes of LeBron James and Serena Williams can help all of us get into a better headspace.
Work Life
How to Focus in the Always-on Economy
Digital distractions make it hard to get our best work done. But technology can also be part of the answer.

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