CEOs report AI saves them 8+ hours weekly; employees say less than 2 hours. RTO compliance surged as economic anxiety shifted workplace power. Corporate social responsibility rhetoric retreated. January's trends reveal widening gaps between how leaders perceive change and how workers experience it.

November revealed critical shifts in AI adoption, workforce models, and leadership confidence. Here's what organizations need to know.

Companies think they can eliminate entry-level jobs with AI. But they're defining work wrong—and the organizations that succeed will build new paradigms.