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Australian staff buck global slump in engagement levels

Thu, 26th Feb 2026
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Australian employee engagement climbs to 68% against a global slide, with frequent feedback and clear change communication credited.
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CBA launches AUD $90m AI-focused Future Workforce plan

Wed, 25th Feb 2026
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Commonwealth Bank launches AUD$90m Future Workforce Program to boost AI skills, retrain staff and open new internal career paths.
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Beyond technology: How leadership drives contact centre performance

Mon, 23rd Feb 2026
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Amid rising AI and automation in contact centres, new research finds leadership, empathy and agent support now outmuscle technology alone.
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CrowdStrike, Qualtrics link up to secure AI-driven data

Fri, 20th Feb 2026
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CrowdStrike links Falcon Shield with Qualtrics XM to extend SaaS security, monitoring and automated policy enforcement across experience data.
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Gartner: LLMs to reshape PR budgets & staff chatbots

Wed, 18th Feb 2026
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Gartner predicts public LLMs will double PR budgets by 2027 as AI search reshapes discovery and employee chatbots replace intranets.
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eG Innovations appoints Jon Hatchuel to lead Australia

Wed, 18th Feb 2026
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eG Innovations names Jon Hatchuel as its first Australia country manager, targeting growth in digital workspace monitoring and observability.
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HR, IT & finance urged to align on corporate travel

Tue, 17th Feb 2026
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HR, IT and finance must align on corporate travel or risk frustrated staff, weak compliance and poor cost control, SAP Concur warns.
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TCS to modernise Flight Centre's global tech services

Tue, 10th Feb 2026
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TCS will overhaul Flight Centre's global tech backbone, standardising cloud, networks and platforms to boost resilience and performance.
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AI productivity gains undermined by rising rework burden

Tue, 10th Feb 2026
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AI tools save hours at work but Workday finds nearly 40% of those gains are wiped out as staff redo, check and correct low-quality outputs.
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UKG names Paul Broughton Asia Pacific managing director

Tue, 10th Feb 2026
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UKG appoints veteran HR tech executive Paul Broughton as Asia Pacific managing director to spearhead regional growth and customer expansion.
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A look ahead: workplace and tech converge in 2026

Tue, 10th Feb 2026
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Australian workplaces brace for 2026 as AI, hybrid models and security demands converge to reshape how, where and why people work.
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AI agents surge in Australia, but integration lagging

Fri, 6th Feb 2026
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Australian firms race to deploy AI agents, but siloed systems and weak integration threaten hoped-for productivity gains.
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Empathix unveils EMMY, a voice-led AI job search tool

Fri, 6th Feb 2026
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Empathix launches EMMY, a voice-led AI job search assistant for New Zealand and Australia that swaps job boards for conversational hiring.
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Qualtrics names Jason Maynard CEO to drive AI growth

Wed, 4th Feb 2026
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Qualtrics appoints Oracle veteran Jason Maynard as CEO to spearhead AI expansion and steer its pending USD $6.75 billion Press Ganey deal.
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Qualtrics names Jason Maynard CEO to drive AI growth

Wed, 4th Feb 2026
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Qualtrics appoints former Oracle executive Jason Maynard as CEO to spearhead AI-driven growth and a USD $6.75 billion Press Ganey deal.
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Discovery Consulting appoints SAP leader for NSW push

Tue, 3rd Feb 2026
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Discovery Consulting names SAP specialist Mark Miranda to spearhead NSW mid-market growth, targeting preferred partner status by 2028.
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Event planners juggle lean budgets, AI hesitation

Mon, 2nd Feb 2026
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Event planners in Australia and New Zealand face tighter budgets, faster turnarounds and lingering doubts over AI's place in their work.
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Contact centres report rising morale but AI doubts grow

Fri, 30th Jan 2026
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Contact centre staff report rising morale and stronger support, yet many remain uneasy and undertrained as AI tools spread through their work.
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Kore.ai secures new funding to scale agentic AI tools

Wed, 28th Jan 2026
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Kore.ai lands fresh backing led by AllianceBernstein to grow its enterprise agentic AI platform and accelerate global expansion plans.
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Komodor bolsters leadership for AI driven SRE growth

Sat, 24th Jan 2026
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Komodor hires a new CFO and elevates its people chief to steer global expansion of its AI-driven site reliability engineering platform.