The Future of Work: Strategic Intelligence

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Published: February 25, 2026 Report Code: GDTMT-TR-S705-TH

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Artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics are the central disruptive technologies that will transform work and workplaces, with this disruption already underway. However, technologies like autonomous vehicles (AVs) and the Industrial Internet also have important roles to play. Today’s tech giants are generally best positioned to thrive in the future of work because they span multiple disruptive technologies while benefiting from significant scale. The future of work will entail profound economic change, but also poses significant social and ethical challenges.

Scope

This report provides an overview of the future of work, one of the most important themes impacting the world in which we live.

It includes a comprehensive thematic framework for looking at the future of work. This framework comprises five categories: automation, interpretation, connectivity, visualization, and collaboration.

Key Highlights

AI remains the hottest enterprise tech trend. After early experimentation with generative AI, enterprises have shifted focus to agentic AI as they seek meaningful returns on investments. Agentic AI systems can act autonomously, making decisions and taking actions with limited or no human supervision. Adoption is at a tipping point, accelerating across all major sectors as enterprises move from proof of concept to commercial deployment. Large language models (LLMs) are unprofitable today, but our modelling suggests they can be profitable by 2030 (in terms of return on investment), with agentic AI as the catalyst.

Rapid advances in AI have fueled fears of mass job losses. Technological advances throughout history have triggered panic over permanent mass unemployment, yet have proved to be net job creators over time. However, this time might be different, because AI can automate complex cognitive work typically performed by white-collar employees. A 2025 World Economic Forum report found 40% of employers expect to reduce workforces where AI can automate tasks. The impact of AI on employment is not predestined, but the assumption is that it will ultimately create more jobs than it destroys, although what these jobs will be is not yet fully understood.

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The future of work will reshape both factories and offices, encouraging greater collaboration between humans and technology and empowering workers with new digital skills. In the background, technology is bringing about profound political, economic, and social change, especially visible in changing demographics and the issues it raises, the debate around greater automation, and how themes like artificial intelligence (AI) could change the way we work. This report helps you make sense of this vitally important theme, by providing you with a clear thematic framework.

In addition, we identify those companies that are developing and adopting the most advanced technologies across the future of work framework. These companies are the most likely to emerge as winners in this theme.

3DCP Group
8x8
ABB
Accenture
Adobe
AeroVironment
Agility Robotics
Alibaba
Alphabet
Alquist 3D
Alteryx
Amazon
Ambarella
Amdocs
Anduril Industries
Ansys
Anthropic
Appian
Apple
Apptronik
Atlassian
Atos
Audi
Aurora
Autodesk
Automation Anywhere
Avathon
Baidu
Bentley Systems
Blackbaud
BlackLine
Blink
Boston Dynamics
Broadcom
Bugatti
ByteDance
C3 AI
Cadence Design Systems
Cambricon
Capgemini
China State Construction Engineering Corporation
Cisco
Citadel
Cloud Software Group
Cloudera
COBOD
Coca Cola
Cognex
Cohere
Constellation Software
Coupa
Cyberdyne
Daimler
Dassault Systemes
Datadog
DataRobot
DeepSeek
Dell Technologies
Deloitte
Delta Electronics
Diamond Age
Divergent Technologies
DJI
Docusign
Druid AI
Duolingo
Dynatrace
Emerson Electric
Epic Games
Eplus3D
Ericsson
Estun Automation
EY
FANUC
Figure AI
Finastra
Flytrex
Ford Motor Company
Formic
Fourier Intelligence
Foxconn
Fujitsu
GE Healthcare
German Bionic
GoTo
Grab
Harmonic Drive
Hewlett-Packard
Hikvision
Hitachi
HollySys Automation
Honeywell
Huawei
Hubspot
Hugging Face
Hyundai
IBM
iFlytek
IKEA
Inflection AI
Infor
Intel
Intuit
Intuitive Surgical
Jaguar Land Rover
JPMorgan Chase
Just Eat
Kawasaki
Keyence
Kore.ai
KPMG
Lark
Lenovo
Markforged
May Mobility
McKinsey
Meituan
Mercedes-Benz
Meta
Microsoft
Midea Group
MiniMax
Miso Robotics
Mistral AI
Mitie
Mitsubishi Electric
Monday.com
Moonshot AI
Nachi Fujikoshi
NEC
Neusoft
New Relic
Nfon
Nice
Nokia
Nvidia
Ocado
Omron
Open Bionics
OpenAI
OpenTable
OpenText
Oracle
Oura
OutSystems
OverIT
Palantir
Parrot
Pegasystems
Percepto
Perplexity
Pickle Robot
Pipedrive
PolyAI
Pony.ai
Progress Software
Propeller
Proto Labs
PTC
PwC
Qlik Sense
Quantinuum
Quickparts
RealWear
Relias
RELX
Rheinmetall
Ricoh Japan
RingCentral
Ringover
Rivet Industries
Rivr
Rockwell Automation
Roper Technologies
Saab
Sage
Salesforce
Samsung Electronics
SAP
Scania
Schneider Electric
Seiko Epson
SenseTime
ServiceNow
SF Express
Siasun Robot
Siemens
Silverside AI
Skycatch
Snowflake
SoftBank
Software AG
Sony
SS&C
Stellantis
Stratasys
Stryker
Sumo Logic
Suno
Tata Consultancy Services
TE Connectivity
TeamViewer
Temenos
Tencent
Teradyne
Terra Drone
Tesla
Thomson Reuters
ThoughtSpot
Toyota
TSMC
Twin Health
Uber
UBtech
Udio
UiPath
UltiMaker
Unbounce
United Robotics Group
Unitree Robotics
Varjo
Vinci
Virtualware
Volvo
Vuzix
Walmart
Wayve
WeRide
Wipro
Workday
Workiva
X
Xero
XEV
Xiaomi
XMPro
Xometry
Yaskawa
Yokogawa Electric
Zendesk
Zenzap
Zepp
Zipline
Zoho
Zoom
ZTE

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