Tag: employee experience

The Business Case for Building Relationships at Work, and How to Do It Right

Somewhere between Slack messages, hybrid schedules, and a calendar full of “quick syncs,” the art of building relationships at work got lost in translation.  The conversations that used to happen by accident, on the walk to a meeting, over coffee, after...

Coaching vs Mentoring: How Smart Companies Build Performance and Belonging

Most people don’t leave a job because of pay. They leave when they stop growing. Sometimes they don’t even quit; they just disengage. It’s happening everywhere. Cameras off for every meeting. Effort down for every project. Energy is gone each...

Building a Mentoring Program that Drives Growth, Engagement, and Retention

Work feels different lately. Teams are stretched, attention is thin, and even strong cultures are wrestling with the hangover of constant change. In many companies, people didn’t just slow down their job searches; they stopped caring.  Against that backdrop, a well-built...

Zendesk Acquires Unleash, Moves Deeper Into AI-First Employee Service

Zendesk has acquired Unleash, an AI-powered enterprise search platform, to double down on internal employee service and AI-first support models. The deal brings generative AI search, permission-based retrieval, and deep collaboration tool integrations directly into Zendesk’s employee service offering. The goal...

AI Is Racing Ahead of Employee Confidence, Survey Reveals

AI has been promised as the great unlock for productivity. Faster workflows, smarter scheduling, and less admin for overstretched teams. However, the reality is vastly different. UKG’s new 2026 workforce outlook suggests something much simpler is holding companies back: trust. The HR...

27% of U.S. Workers Would Rather Get a Root Canal Than Attend the Office Holiday Party

This December, plenty of workers would rather book a dentist appointment than open an office holiday party invite. Apparently, mandatory cheer doesn’t land the way it used to. New national research conducted by Censuswide on behalf of social-connection nonprofit Sunny found...

Riyadh Air to Become ‘World’s First AI-Native Airline’, Powered by IBM

Riyadh Air has announced a partnership with IBM that will see the Saudi Arabian carrier become what it claims is “the world’s first AI-native airline”, building its operations entirely around AI from launch rather than layering technology onto legacy systems....

AI Is Everywhere Except in Staff Training. It’s Time to Catch Up

You can’t walk into a workplace today without spotting AI somewhere in the background. Someone’s prompting a model for a quick draft, while others are summarising a spreadsheet. Customer service teams are relying on AI assistants to speed up replies. AI...

Calabrio: Agents Are Carrying More Than Ever, Leaders Need to Step Up

The pressure on contact centre teams has grown significantly in recent years. Customer issues are more complex, expectations are higher, and AI is transforming day-to-day work faster than many organisations can support. This context framed Calabrio’s session at the Contact...

GoHealth and Second Nature: The AI Partnership That Cut Employee Training Time in Half

At this year’s Contact Centre Expo, co-located with Customer Experience Expo UK in London, GoHealth’s Senior Vice President of Talent Operations, Jay Fortuna, described a transformation inside a business where precision, empathy, and regulatory compliance are non-negotiable. GoHealth, a major Medicare...