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Employee Experience

Employee Engagement, Recognition & Wellbeing

Beyond Adoption — What Meaningful AI Engagement Actually Looks Like

Direct AI adoption is up. Productivity gains are not. Five workplace consultants explain why your usage metrics are masking a deeper problem, and what leaders need to do differently

Kristian McCann · 22 Jun 2026

Halting Technology Fatigue with Intentional Tech Deployments

Tech fatigue is slowing modern workplaces.

Kristian McCann · 3 Feb 2026

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How to Grow your HR Tech with Your Company

Learn how Rayburn Electric scaled HR technology with employee-driven tools, smart integrations, and a future-ready approach.

Kristian McCann · 26 Jan 2026

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in person5–8 Oct 2026

WebexOne 2026

Austin, Texaswe’ll be there

Cisco's collaboration showcase. The room-device roadmap and the Teams-interop story are the two threads we'll pull.

virtual12–15 Oct 2026

Workday Rising 2026

Las Vegas, Nevada

Workday's customer conference in Las Vegas; HR, finance, and planning platform roadmaps across four days at The Venetian.

virtual19–22 Oct 2026

Gartner IT Symposium/Xpo 2026

Orlando, Florida

Gartner's flagship IT leadership event in Orlando; CIO spending priorities, enterprise AI strategy, and technology investment plans for 2027.