A recurring workforce research framework developed by Microsoft through its WorkLab initiative to examine changing patterns in work, workplace technology adoption, digital collaboration, workforce expectations, and artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled organizational transformation. Launched in 2021 during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Work Trend Index combines global worker surveys, LinkedIn labor market data, and aggregated Microsoft workplace analytics to study how work practices and organizational models are evolving. Initially focused on remote and hybrid work, the annual Work Trend Index has increasingly shifted toward AI-enabled work, human-AI collaboration, digital labor, and organizational redesign, popularizing terms such as:
See Initiative: Research Report: Work Trend Index - Microsoft | Learn & Work Ecosystem Library
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