2025-2026 Workforce SuperReport
Strong Opinions, Weekly Held
You know those big annual workforce reports put out by major consultancies and research firms every year? I actually think they’re thoughtful and well-intentioned. But I’ve found three recurring challenges:
There are so many of them that it’s hard to tell where there’s real consensus versus firm-specific framing. They’re incentivized to all sound original, which can obscure how much the findings actually overlap.
They’re almost always written for senior executives and boards, not for people actually navigating work day to day. While interesting, it’s rare that I read any of these reports and go do anything differently.
They tend to be heavy on 'consultant-speak' language designed to sound authoritative, which can obscure what the data are actually saying. And the language is also somewhat annoying.
So I took multiple AI tools and synthesized 20+ workforce reports for 2025–2026 and rewrote the insights in plain language. More importantly, I made two short 9-page SuperReports: one standard executive brief and another report that takes the research and boils it down to what it means for average everyday professionals.
And you can have them!
In NYC on February 11? Join me for another Lecture on Tap — I’ll be giving this next talk on Negotiation Psychology & Tactics. Tickets go on sale in late January.
Click here for a copy of the Executive Edition geared toward business leaders and click here to access the Career Edition for everyday professionals.
That’s it for this edition – please reach out if I can be at all helpful.
Be compassionate and intentional.
Though not an executive at my firm, I read the Executive Edition. What I liked best was seeing BLUF throughout. This Bottom Line Up Front methodology began on Page 2 (excluding cover page) immediately after the Title: The Strategic Context. It was a simple paragraph that began "The core tension..." and not only catches one's attention, but also streamlines clarity and focus. Every follow-on trend explored, began with a summary of the main point. I wish all reports followed this format of delivering the most crucial information first, which I was taught decades ago in the United States Air Force. It was good then and remains a good technique now in the 21st Century. Nice job Jake in "boiling down" the many reports and then "boiling down again" each trend.