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Purpose is clear in NZ boardrooms. So why aren’t staff getting it?

New Zealand research finds 95 per cent of organisations have a defined purpose, but employee understanding trails leadership alignment

Stephanie Lopesi on her first year at Hilton

Hilton just topped NZ's Best Workplaces list, but its HR boss says the real work starts now

AI at work: NZ employers urged to protect entry-level learning

Professor says employee voice, not technology, should shape workplace AI decisions in 2027

Frontliners' pain points: What employers can do

New report sets out measures to address challenges faced by frontline workers

Wellbeing designed for Aotearoa

Ignite's wellbeing platform is based on the iconic Te Whare Tapa Whā Māori model

Transformation

An AI agent gave out confidential information to save itself. Employers should pay attention

Hannah Fry's experiment with an autonomous agent called Cass reads like a case file on bad incentives, borrowed identities and a new kind of insider risk

AI's productivity payoff is real but narrow. The bigger jobs test may come with the next downturn

Output per worker is climbing fast in a few AI-heavy U.S. industries while their payrolls shrink. Goldman Sachs research suggests the wider shakeout tends to wait for a recession