Part 1: 6 Squiggly Career Trends in 2026 - AI Agents, Disconnection & Employee Influencers

We are going to do two episodes exploring six squiggly career trends for 2026. These are actually realistic things that we believe are very likely to be part of people's work in 2026. How can you make sure that you are creating rather than waiting? I always think you don't want to watch trends happen to you. You want to take initiative and you want to be really intentional about them.

You can't talk about what's happening at work and careers next year without talking about AI. I think in 12 months' time, most people will have either experimented with or actively have an AI agent alongside their job. There continues to be quite a lot of evidence that people are feeling more lonely at work. The answer is in, get everybody back in the office to this. The answer is actually This is not doom, gloom and disaster.

This is things like to happen and actions you can take to take control of your development. It is a more positive way of approaching 2026, I hope. We're really excited that we are back again with another squiggly careers skill sprint. Over 25 5,000 people have learnt with us on our sprint and we'd love you to come and learn with us in January.

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