# Special Episode: Inside the 2026 Work Trend Index with Matt Firestone, General Manager for Microsoft 365 Copilot and Agents

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Published: 2026-05-07T13:00:00+00:00
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Send us Fan Mail Your employees are already ahead of you on AI. The data is in and the question is no longer whether this is happening, but what leaders choose to do about it. That is one of the key findings from Microsoft's 2026 Work Trend Index, and it is the starting point for this week's special episode. PeopleReign CEO Dan Turchin sits down with Matt Firestone, General Manager at Microsoft leading product marketing for Microsoft 365 Copilot and Agents, to unpack what trillions of anonymi...

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