For a second consecutive year, global employee engagement has fallen — a pattern without precedent in Gallup's trend, and a loss of productivity that carries a $10 trillion price tag. At the center of the decline: managers. In this episode, Chief Scientist for Workplace Management & Wellbeing Jim Harter unpacks the findings of Gallup's 2026 <i>State of the Global Workplace</i> report. Later, Gallup CEO Jon Clifton talks about what the data mean for AI adoption, employee wellbeing and the future of work.
