The Art and Science of Working with AI

We’re entering a new era of AI-powered productivity. Learn what business leaders need to know to get their organizations—and their people—ready

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Work Trend Index Annual Report

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Editor's Pick

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Quick Read

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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

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Editor's Pick

The Art and Science of Working with AI

We’re entering a new era of AI-powered productivity. Learn what business leaders need to know to get their organizations—and their people—ready

Animation of a magnet pulling a needle out of a haystack

Quick Read

A photo collage of desk and office components

Trending

Treated portrait of WorkLab Podcast guest Amy Webb

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

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Newsletter

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

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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

A montage of illustrations showing the different ways to work and interact in the office. A man on a yoga mat does the downward dog position while looking upside down at a laptop that’s open underneath his body. Another woman is hugging a video monitor on which we can see six attendees of a videoconferencing meeting. Another woman stretches and rests her knee on a balance ball while working at a standing desk. Three women sit together, drinking from coffee mugs and chatting in a nook with couches and chairs and a table with a houseplant on it. A man and a woman huddle in conversation while sitting close together in two rounded chairs; the woman holds a tablet. A man sits on an elevated stool, watching as a woman sketches out an idea on a whiteboard. A man sitting in a wheeled office chair flings his arms and legs in the air while a female colleague pushes his chair around. A man in a wheelchair sits at a desk drinking coffee and working on a laptop.

In-Person Time

How to Make In-Person Time Count

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Work-Life Balance

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

Read the Guides

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. Four Ways Leaders Can Empower People for How Work Gets Done
  3. Kevin Scott on 5 Ways Generative AI Will Transform Work

Collaboration

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  1. In the Changing Role of the Office, It’s All about Moments That Matter
  2. Why Using a Polite Tone with AI Matters
  3. Why One Expert Says Artificial Intelligence Is Like the World’s Greatest Intern

Performance

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  1. Six Principles for Athletes that Work for Work, Too
  2. Quiz: How Does Your Experience at Work Measure Up?
  3. Where People Are Moving—and When They’re Going Into Work

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
In the News
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Watch Satya Nadella discuss artificial intelligence on Bloomberg’s The Circuit

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Watch Jared Spataro discuss AI and the future of work on Bloomberg TV

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BBC

AI optimism: How embracing artificial intelligence is getting workers ahead

CNBC

Here are the top skills you will need for an ‘A.I.-powered future,’ according to new Microsoft data

Microsoft

AI Anthology: A collection of essays on the future of AI

Additional resources on the future of work

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