1、The State of the Workplace 2026THE WORKPLACE PERFORMANCE GAPA Report by Worktech Academy in Association with SPSAPRIL 2026040708101416182022EXECUTIVE SUMMARYINTRODUCTIONKEY FINDING 1Organisations are increasingly retaining employees through uncertainty rather than engagement.KEY FINDING 3The workpla
2、ce is a performance lever but many employees do not believe organisations are investing in the right solutions.KEY FINDING 5AI adoption is accelerating acrossthe workplace,but its impact is perceived differently across the workforce.CONCLUSIONThe workplace as an ecosystem for performance.APPENDIXMet
3、hodology.Demographics.Experts.KEY FINDING 2The biggest barrier to workplace performance is friction in everyday systems,tools and processes.KEY FINDING 4Organisations are measuring productivity through output and efficiency,while employees define performance through experience.TABLE OF CONTENTSThe S
4、tate of the Workplace 2026 The Workplace Performance Gap3EXECUTIVE SUMMARYOver the past year workplace strategy appears to have stabilised.Employees are coming into the office largely for the same reasons to collaborate,access resources and spend time with colleagues and labour markets have slowed e
5、nough to reduce employeemobility.Yet beneath this stability,a different picture is emerging.The findings from this years State of the Workplace 2026 survey,conducted with 679 office workers and executives across eight global markets,suggest that many organisations are retaining a workforce that is p
6、hysically present but psychologically disengaged.The proportion of employees who describe themselves as highly engaged has fallen from 42%in 2025 to 36%in 2026,while a quarter of employees are now either neutral or actively disengaged.To add to this,disengaged employees are staying put in their curr