Global Employee Engagement Just Hit a 5-Year Low. The Cost: $10 Trillion.
Gallup’s State of the Global Workplace 2026 found global employee engagement fell to 20% in 2025, the lowest level since 2020, with low engagement…
The Average B2B Buying Group Is 10 People. Above $700K, It’s 14.
6sense’s 2025 B2B Buyer Experience Report, based on 4,510 B2B buyers, found buying groups average about 10 people, and deals above $700K involve an…
CEO Confidence in Revenue Growth Has Fallen From 56% to 30% in Four Years
PwC’s 29th Global CEO Survey, which polled 4,454 CEOs in 95 countries and territories, found just 30% are confident about revenue growth over the…
Only 38% of Organizations Have a Real AI Policy, Even Though 90% Say Employees Are Already Using It
ISACA’s 2026 AI Pulse Poll of 3,400 digital trust professionals found 90% believe employees are already using AI at work, but only 38% of…
Companies Passing Tariff Costs to Customers Jumped From 13% to 34% in Nine Months
KPMG’s 2026 Tariff Survey found the share of organizations passing more than half of tariff-related costs on to customers rose from 13% in May…
66% of Office Workers Use Unauthorized AI Tools. Leaders Are Twice as Likely to Do It as Their Teams.
PagerDuty’s 2026 Shadow AI survey of 1,250 office professionals found 66% have used AI tools their company never approved, and senior decision-makers are more…
92% of Executives Feel Ready to Use AI at Work. Only 51% of Employees Do.
Betterworks’ 2026 State of Performance Enablement Report, surveying 2,387 HR leaders, managers, and employees, found a 41-point gap between executive confidence in AI (92%)…
AI-Related Securities Lawsuits Are on Pace to Nearly Double This Year, and They’re 73% of All Investor Losses
Cornerstone Research and Stanford’s Securities Class Action Clearinghouse found investors filed 15 AI-related securities lawsuits in the first half of 2026, on pace to…
Commercial Chapter 11 Filings Are Up 28% This Year. 4,589 Companies Have Filed So Far.
Epiq AACER, the primary source for US bankruptcy filing data, recorded 4,589 commercial Chapter 11 filings in the first half of 2026, up 28%…
AI Customer Service Fails Four Times More Often Than Other AI Uses. Nearly 1 in 5 Users Got Zero Benefit.
Qualtrics surveyed over 20,000 consumers across 14 countries for its 2026 Consumer Experience Trends Report and found AI-powered customer service fails at nearly four…