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Work Trend Index Special Report

What Can Copilot’s Earliest Users Teach Us About Generative AI at Work?

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Work Trend Index Annual Report

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Editor's Pick

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Quick Read

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Generative AI

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Work Trend Index Annual Report

A colorful illustration depicting many different people exercising—for example, lifting weights or stretching. It’s a metaphor for building strong habits when it comes to AI.  

Editor's Pick

A colorful illustration of people being launched or boosted into the sky with capes that remind the viewer of cursor pointers.

Work Trend Index Special Report

What Can Copilot’s Earliest Users Teach Us About Generative AI at Work?

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Quick Read

Trending

A colorful photo-illustration of Nir Eyal, a bestselling author and entrepreneur.

Podcast

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Generative AI

Generative AI

AI will revolutionize work. Learn how

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Quick Read

Why Using a Polite Tone with AI Matters

Podcast

Will AI Make Work More Human?

AI in Action

5 Easy Ways Copilot Can Solve Your Work Puzzles

Practical Guidance

The WorkLab Guides

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AI + Sellers

How Sellers Can Use AI to Better Engage with Customers

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AI + Marketers

How Marketers Can Use AI to Unlock Breakthrough Creativity

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In-Person Time

How to Make In-Person Time Count

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Work-Life Balance

How to Regain Work-Life Balance in the Age of Hybrid

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Leadership

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  1. These 5 New Habits Will Help You Get the Most Out of AI in 2024
  2. How Copilot Turns Everyone Into A Manager
  3. Author Kate O’Neill on Why Leaders Should Embrace Optimism amid Uncertainty

Culture

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  1. What New Terms Like ‘Goblin Mode’ Reveal about Work
  2. Office Life Doesn’t Have to Go Back to How It Used to Be
  3. What People Want in a Job Right Now

Innovation

  1. How Do You AI?
  2. Seven Tips for Having a Great Conversation with Copilot
  3. The Art and Science of Working with AI

Collaboration

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  1. With Copilot, Every Meeting Is a ‘Digital Artifact’
  2. The Key Ingredient in Every Copilot Conversation
  3. In the Changing Role of the Office, It’s All about Moments That Matter

Performance

  1. 5 Easy Ways Copilot Can Solve Your Work Puzzles
  2. There Are No Shortcuts to High Performance
  3. How I Prompt: 11 Leaders Share Their Favorite AI Time-Savers

Wellbeing

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  1. How This ESPN Leader Works Now: A Paper Planner, Next-Gen AI, and a ‘Snow White’ Garden
  2. How I Hybrid: Meditation, the Perfect Pen, and Drawing Boundaries
  3. Yes, People Miss Their Work Friends
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AI optimism: How embracing artificial intelligence is getting workers ahead

CNBC

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Microsoft

AI Anthology: A collection of essays on the future of AI

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