AI at Work - What Microsoft’s 2026 Work Trend Index Means for HR Leaders - 2026 Next Practices Weekly
AI is rapidly reshaping how work gets done, and HR leaders have a critical role to play in determining what comes next. Join i4cp’s Next Practices Weekly on October 15, 2026, for a timely conversation with Laura Hamill, PhD, organizational psychologist, author, and business leader who leads Microsoft’s AI@Work Thought Leadership research function. Hamill will share key findings from Microsoft’s 2026 Work Trend Index Annual Report, with a particular focus on what the research signals for HR and the future of work.
Drawing on her work leading research into how AI is changing work, including the Work Trend Index and the Harvard Business School Frontier Firm AI Initiative, Hamill will explore the emerging shifts organizations, and their leaders need to understand. Hosted by i4cp, the conversation will connect Microsoft’s latest research to the decisions HR leaders are making around workforce strategy, organizational culture, leadership, and the evolving employee experience.
Why You Should Attend
- Go inside Microsoft’s latest research on AI and work with Laura Hamill and explore the most important findings from the 2026 Work Trend Index through an HR and workforce lens.
- Translate AI trends into implications for HR strategy, including how changing ways of working may influence leadership, culture, talent, and the employee experience.
- Explore what’s next for AI-enabled organizations and the emerging questions Microsoft is examining as it looks toward the next Work Trend Index.
- Learn from a leading organizational psychologist and business leader whose career spans people research, employee experience, organizational culture, and AI@Work thought leadership.
- Get ahead of the next wave of workplace change with research-backed insights to help HR leaders prepare their organizations and workforces for an increasingly AI-powered future.
Attendees will also get a look ahead as Hamill tests emerging ideas informing Microsoft’s next Work Trend Index. This forward-looking discussion will give HR leaders an opportunity not only to learn from one of the field’s leading researchers, but also to consider how their organizations can navigate - and help shape - the next chapter of AI-enabled work.
To ensure open discussion, this event is exclusively for HR practitioners. Vendors and consultants are not permitted to attend.
