| Hi Rafał, |
| Year after year, the State of the Workplace report is the project I look forward to most. This year The Productivity Lab analyzed behavior data across 163,638 employees and 443 million hours of work from 1,111 organizations. The results are encouraging: Shorter workdays. More productive hours. Less burnout. |
| But when it comes to AI, the data tells a more complicated story. |
| See how organizations are actually using AI, its real impact on work and what leaders should watch in 2026. |
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Dive into 2026 workplace performance trends
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Sarah Altemus Productivity Lab Manager, ActivTrak |
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| 80% of employees use AI tools |
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| 7 average AI tools per org |
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| 3% of users hit the productivity sweet spot |
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| AI adoption is nearly universal, with 80% of employees and 95% of organizations leveraging it in 2025. What's lagging is deeper measurement. The Productivity Lab calls this the AI Measurement Gap: The distance between adopting AI and understanding its real impact on work. |
| The data reveals a clear opportunity cost. Employees who spend 7–10% of their work hours in AI tools are the most productive, but only 3% of users hit that mark. Most organizations are adopting but few have figured out the best way to implement it. |
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See the impact of AI on work
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| As AI adoption rises, organizations struggle to identify whether it's driving productivity. Learn how to compare your ActivTrak data to our benchmarks, and what to do next based on your findings. |
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Compare your data to the findings
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