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What’s in and what’s out for 2026?

From what to ditch to what to double down on, unpack the workplace trends shaping 2026 with research-backed insights from Workhuman.

Boost the ROI of Your Recognition Program: The Science Behind Investing In Your Reward Store Experience

Discover how enhancing your reward store experience can maximize your recognition program ROI, boost employee engagement, and drive long-term results.

Workhuman vs. Awardco: The 2026 Employee Recognition Comparison Guide

Workhuman vs. Awardco in 2026: Compare features, pricing, integrations, global reach, and impact on employee engagement to choose the right platform.

Flat Organizational Structure: How to Assess Fit, Implement Frameworks, and Avoid Common Pitfalls

Discover how a flat organizational structure can enhance collaboration, speed up decision-making, and improve employee engagement and autonomy.

5 Ways Recognition Can Turn Your People into AI Power Users

AI adoption doesn’t fail because people hate change. It fails because the new behaviors never become normal. If you want employees to use AI well (and keep using it), you need more than tools and training — you need reinforcement. In this post, we break down five practical ways strategic recognition turns curiosity into capability: rewarding the right behaviors, building psychological safety, tying AI effort to real business priorities, scaling peer learning, and using recognition as a live signal of what’s actually spreading.

Celebrating HR Professionals Day in 2026: Honoring the Backbone of Every Organization

Learn about HR Professionals Day and how to celebrate and appreciate your HR team’s role in boosting morale, engagement, and retention.

10 Effective Leadership Communication Skills Every Leader Should Master

Discover how leadership communication skills drive team alignment, trust, and better performance. Learn how to improve these essential abilities.

Moving From Taxonomy to Talent Signals: What It Takes to Be a True Skills-Based Organization

Most companies start their skills-based journey the same way: build a taxonomy, map roles to skills, and ask people to update their profiles. It’s a good start — but it’s also where a lot of efforts stall. Because listing skills isn’t the same as proving they exist, are current, and show up in the work that matters. Let's talk about how to move from taxonomies to trusted talent signals by triangulating skills from multiple sources — including peer-observed skill-in-action through recognition data.

What Is the Digital Employee Experience? How Technology Shapes How Employees Feel, Work, and Connect

Explore how digital employee experience shapes culture, engagement, and retention with actionable insights, metrics, and strategies.

Spark to Signal: How an Impactful Recognition Message Becomes Workforce Insight

Impactful recognition isn’t “thanks for all you do.” It’s a specific, honest snapshot of work: who did what, why it mattered, and how it ties to values and goals. In this post, you’ll see how one well-written recognition message can lift a person in the moment, teach a team what good looks like, and—at scale—turn into real workforce insight leaders can act on.

Why Recognition Is the Missing Link in AI Adoption

AI adoption stalls when trust, safety, and alignment are missing. Here’s how HR can use recognition to reinforce behavior – and measure whether it’s spreading.

People Experience Strategy: How to Define, Measure, and Improve PX

People experience (PX) explained: learn what PX is, how it differs from employee experience, its impact on customer experience, and the key actionable pillars.

Functional Organizational Structure: Examples, Fit Assessment, Model Comparisons, and Implementation

Explore functional organizational structure examples, compare functional vs. divisional vs. matrix models, assess fit, and follow steps to implement with less friction.

Workhuman vs. Achievers: Which Employee Recognition Platform Is Better for Your Organization in 2026?

Workhuman vs. Achievers in 2026: Compare features, pricing, integrations, global reach, and impact on employee engagement to choose the right platform.

Workhuman vs. Awardco: The 2026 Employee Recognition Comparison Guide

Workhuman vs. Awardco in 2026: Compare features, pricing, integrations, global reach, and impact on employee engagement to choose the right platform.

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