# The Data-Driven Reality of How Work Is Evolving in 2026 Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/digital-hr-leaders-with-david-green-244896/the-data-driven-reality-of-how-work-is-evolving-in-2026 Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/digital-hr-leaders-with-david-green-244896/the-data-driven-reality-of-how-work-is-evolving-in-2026.md Podcast: [Digital HR Leaders with David Green](https://stenobird.com/podcast/digital-hr-leaders-with-david-green-244896) Published: 2026-01-27T02:00:00+00:00 Episode link: https://shows.acast.com/digital-hr-leaders-with-david-green/episodes/the-data-driven-reality-of-how-work-is-evolving-in-2026 Audio file: https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/611a598b29aaa600197df91c/e/6977385349ef755216cc257c/media.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/digital-hr-leaders-with-david-green-244896/episodes/the-data-driven-reality-of-how-work-is-evolving-in-2026 Duration seconds: 3140 ## Resource AI was supposed to make work more efficient. So why are people busier than ever?   As organisations move into 2026, many leaders are realising that while technology has changed quickly, the fundamentals of how work gets done haven’t kept up. Activity is increasing, output is accelerating in places - yet coordination, focus, and decision-making often feel harder than before.  So what’s actually going on?  In this episode of the Digital HR Leaders podcast, David Green is joined by  Philip Arkcoll , Founder and CEO of Worklytics, to unpack this very question.   Join this dynamic duo, as they discuss:  What the data reveals around where organisations were getting stuck in 2025, and how the way we work is changing in 2026  What collaboration and activity data reveals that traditional HR metrics often miss  Why decision-making, not output, is becoming the primary bottleneck in AI-enabled organisations  How increasing spans of control are reshaping the role, and load, of managers  The emerging divide between teams and individuals who are benefiting from AI and those who aren’t  What HR and people analytics leaders can do to measure, diagnose, and redesign how work actually happens  This episode is sponsored by Worklytics.   Worklytics helps leaders understand how work actually happens with data-driven insights into collaboration, productivity and AI adoption.   By analysing real work patterns - from meetings to tool usage - they empower teams to work =  Learn more at  worklytics.co/ai    Link to resources:   5 Ways Work Will Change in 2026   Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more… ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/digital-hr-leaders-with-david-green-244896/episodes/the-data-driven-reality-of-how-work-is-evolving-in-2026/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/digital-hr-leaders-with-david-green-244896/the-data-driven-reality-of-how-work-is-evolving-in-2026.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.