Kate Lister is a widely recognized thought leader on trends that are changing the who, what, when, where, why, and how of work. As the founder of Global Workplace Analytics, she has been helping organizations understand, pilot, scale, and optimize their workplace strategies and work practices for nearly two decades. Kate was one of only three witnesses invited to testify before a U.S. Senate committee regarding the post-pandemic potential for distributed work in government.
The telecom giant said Monday it plans to move its global headquarters to a newly constructed corporate campus in Plano, Texas, starting in 2028. The new global headquarters would consolidate three existing locations in the Dallas area, including the downtown skyscraper that has been AT&T's home since 2008. A spokesperson told Business Insider that the new facilities will be designed for "collaboration, innovation, and engagement," and that the company still believes the Dallas-Fort Worth metro area is a good location for business.
AI is unmistakably making positive productivity inroads, with "87% of daily users reporting improved speed, quality, accuracy, and creativity because of AI." Equally important, 93 percent of daily users feel "there are ways AI could help them at work that they are not currently using." More specifically, this data shows that 66 percent of users feel AI helps them with speed, 49 percent say it improves quality, 48 percent cite better accuracy, and 46 percent say it aids creativity.
