Research Topics

The use of Generative AI in the workplace may level the playing field when it comes to skills. What will be the new category of KSA's needed to succeed?

How are organizations truly enabling talent mobility, in each of the 5 models we identified in 2021?

As the economy works to find its footing, how are organizations making decisions about what talent is critical, and how to develop that talent?

Too often, organizations try to boost employee wellness by adding more to employees' plates: An app to interact with, a program to follow, a class to take. These efforts, though well-intentioned, don't address a fundamental and underlying driver of employee stress and burnout: There's just too much to do. This project would look at how organizations are simplifying, redesigning, and / or automating work to make workloads more manageable--and the effects those efforts have on employee wellbeing.

Update to Coaching Tech Research - 2021

The recent Supreme Court ruling has resulted in greater caution among many corporations as they review their DEIB data and analytics efforts. This report will leverage RedThread's position as a confidential advisor to understand what organizations are really doing and how they are working to continue their DEIB work while being mindful of potential ramifications of their work.

Why hasn't HR applied its own expertise in organizational design to its own function? There is still a negative perception of HR and what value it provides to an organization - so should the organization split into back office (administration goes into Ops, employer relations goes into Legal) and front office (strategy and coaching)? How can we rebrand the HR function into the real strategic partner that it is for a business?

Federated, Centralized, or Decentralized: which structure makes sense, and what roles belong in each? Optimization of budget Optimizing portfolio, etc. Financial mgt of the learning org, how to get really good at doing that Look up Dave Vance - a practical way to justify needing a budget (forensic spend analysis) (financial acumen) what other practices are there to undertstand where is the org spending money and can we optimize that spend to pool dollars

Everyone's all a buzz about generative AI and its impact on HR Tech. But what is real and what is hyperbole? And what can we realistically expect to see coming soon? We will explore this and more in this report.

What does the performance tech landscape look like? What are the trends in the space, and what should organizations be looking for when purchasing tech? This will be our Q3 2025 Tech Consortium webinar.

The 2020 murder of George Floyd kicked off a host of pledges by corporations to support DEIB efforts more strongly. Fast forward three years, and organizations have laid off DEIB leaders in droves, layoffs have disproportionately impacted employees from diverse backgrounds, and DEIB budgets (never large to begin with) have been slashed. What is a leader to do? This report is designed to understand the current challenges and how leaders might navigate them effectively, as they continue to support DEIB efforts.

Organizations that put purpose at the center of what they do are experiencing challenges on a number of fronts: economic, social, cultural, and political. How are they weathering these challenges? What changes are they making? And how are these new dynamics affecting organizational culture and performance?

With high turnover and a tight labor market in many industries, many organizations face pressure to very quickly get new employees up to speed and performing at full capacity. This can only be done if employees know the right people, have access to the right information, and feel motivated to work well. Building on RedThread's existing research into the different types of connection that are important in organizations, this research will dive into how organizations can help employees form the right connections, quickly.

There are tons of great analytics tech out there, but how do they all fit together? And how might a people analytics practitioner think about making decisions on which type of ecosystem to stitch together?

What are the systems of L&D