Employee Recognition for Business Impact: From Perk to Performance Engine

In this report from The Josh Bersin Company, learn why intelligent recognition is evolving beyond employee appreciation to become a driver of business performance and workforce intelligence.


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Intelligent recognition is evolving beyond employee appreciation.

Employee recognition has reached an inflection point.

For decades, organizations viewed recognition primarily as an engagement initiative. In this report, The Josh Bersin Company argues that recognition has evolved into something much more strategic: an AI-enabled business capability that helps organizations accelerate transformation, reinforce culture, identify talent, and generate workforce intelligence.

  • Recognition is business infrastructure (not an HR perk).
  • Recognition data reveals how work actually gets done.
  • Human Intelligence creates better AI.
  • Recognition helps organizations activate strategic change.
  • Recognition should be equitable, visible, frequent, and embedded into daily work.

Download this report for important insights around Human Intelligence, AI, workforce intelligence, culture, and AI transformation.

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