2025 Global Human Capital Trends

When we’re surrounded by uncertainty it can be tempting to slow-roll our decision-making and take a wait-and-see approach. Or to revert to simplified, old ways of thinking that lead to decisions focused only on bottom-line results.

These approaches are understandable, considering we’re in an increasingly boundaryless world where work and workforce-related navigation points we’ve traditionally used to chart a course of action are disappearing. Hitting the pause button gives us more time to gather information, test out ideas, get the full picture before committing to something. And bottom-line thinking has been a solid go-to for decades, especially when economic cycles shift and we often lack the data to reasonably predict broader future outcomes. 

But what happens when the world is moving and changing so fast that the decision to not make a decision actually puts us at a disadvantage? When outdated thinking and indecision turn into missed opportunities and lost momentum?

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