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Thoughts on change management, innovation strategy, marketing strategy, and the future of work from 18 Coffees.
June 2026 Business Trends: A Shifting Workforce, Gen Z's AI Skepticism, and Brands at America's 250
Three data-backed business trends shaping June 2026: women now hold more U.S. payroll jobs than men as male participation declines, Gen Z may be more fluent but skeptical about AI at work, and brands navigate a fractured America 250 where patriotism has become politically coded. What each shift means for leaders.
May 2026 Business Trends: The Whispering Office, Emotion AI, AI in Politics, and a Workforce Shift
Four data-backed business trends shaping May 2026: AI dictation apps reshaping how offices work, emotion AI watching employees without consent, AI moving from a business story to a political and regulatory one, and a quiet but significant shift in how college-educated fathers are dividing their time between home and paid work.
April 2026 Business Trends: AI Sabotage, the Stability Aspiration, and a Leadership Reset
Three data-backed business trends for April 2026: why nearly a third of workers are sabotaging their company's AI, why Gen Z is romanticizing 9-to-5 stability while struggling to find entry-level roles, and what the Artemis II mission can teach exhausted leadership teams.