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Latest features help managers, HR leaders and executives have personalized, timely conversations that advance employee growth and increase operational efficiency 15Five , the AI-powered performance management platform used by over 3,000 companies, debuted several AI capabilities during its NEXT virtual summit for HR leaders and people managers focused on where work is headed. Catch more HRTech Insights:  HRTech Interview With Hari Kolam, CEO and Co-founder of Findem: Featuring Findem’s GliderAI “15Five AI reduces administrative busywork so leaders can focus on what matters most—supporting and developing their people.” Performance management has not kept up as AI changes how we work. 15Five’s Vice Chairman David Hassell recently spoke about this at the Fortune Workplace Innovation Summit, a topic that resonated deeply with the executives, CHROs and technologists in attendance. Managers are overwhelmed by fragmented information spanning disconnected platforms. HR leaders a...

As a labor economist, I spend a lot of time staring at data. Unemployment claims, job postings, quit rates. But there’s a quieter data stream I also think is very important: who’s learning what, and how fast. I think of learning as change in motion. When workers enroll in a specific education discipline at scale, they’re telling you something about where the workforce is headed. Think: who’s preparing, who’s responding, and who is at risk of falling behind. I report on this through the Guild Workforce Signal, drawing on employer-sponsored education enrollment data across some of the country’s largest employers, including Chipotle, Target, Walgreens, JPMorgan Chase, Hilton, Spectrum, PepsiCo, and Tyson. The AI learning signal right now is striking: Guild data shows that enrollment in AI and machine learning curriculum has grown from 1.7% to 4.5% to 10.9% over just two years, surpassing non-AI data and analytics disciplines. It won’t surprise you tha...

Former Remote executive Patrick McKelvie joins Pebl as CRO amid broader leadership realignment across revenue, operations, and people. As demand grows for faster, more flexible global hiring solutions,  Pebl , the AI-first global employment platform, is evolving its leadership structure to create tighter alignment across revenue, operations, legal, and people teams. As part of the transition, Pebl Founder Ben Wright will step away from day-to-day operational responsibilities at the end of May and return full-time to his role as Chairman, where he will remain actively involved in the company’s long-term strategy and growth. Wright returned to Pebl in 2025 to help guide a critical transformation period across the business and Go-to-Market organization. During that time, he helped strengthen the company’s revenue organization, sharpen execution following a rebrand, and support the recruitment of Pebl’s next generation of leadership. The company entered 2026 with strong momentum, delive...

In 2025,  monday.com  saw 26% YoY revenue growth in EMEA Barnett will be a driving force in monday.com’s biggest transformation yet monday.com , the AI work platform that turns strategy into execution at scale, announced Ben Barnett’s appointment to General Manager (GM) of Europe, the Middle East and Africa, marking a major milestone in the company’s global expansion. Catch more HRTech Insights:  HRTech Interview With Hari Kolam, CEO and Co-founder of Findem: Featuring Findem’s GliderAI The move comes as monday.com completes its biggest-ever transformation into an AI work platform. Ben, who has been with monday.com for five years, brings a decade of experience in senior B2B sales roles at software companies and has overseen significant, sustained growth at monday.com in the UK and Ireland since joining in 2021. In his new position, Ben’s priorities include delivering the monday.com’s EMEA go-to-market strategy, fostering key partnerships, and bolstering its newly announced...

Introducing Willo Insights‍ UK-founded global recruitment technology company  Willo  has launched a new AI-powered tool designed to help employers identify the most suitable candidates earlier in the hiring process, as businesses grapple with a sharp rise in application volumes driven in part by generative AI. Willo Insights aims to address a growing problem for recruiters – distinguishing genuine candidate fit in a market increasingly characterised by high-volume and AI-assisted applications. Willo’s 2026 hiring report found that almost 8-in-10 employers (77%) are now encountering AI generated or assisted applications. The system builds a role-specific ‘blueprint’ using a range of employer inputs – including job descriptions, internal frameworks, cultural materials and recorded hiring manager conversations – before assessing applicants against that context. The approach marks a shift away from conventional screening tools, which typically rely on CV keyword matching or gen...

Accelerates Cegid’s trajectory to become the leading European financial solutions hub integrating e-invoicing, accounting, digital finance, payment services and accounts, and HR solutions Transaction supported by new €1.1 billion debt financing facility secured from leading direct credit funds, underscoring Cegid’s strong business performance and unique leadership positioning in rapidly evolving software sector Cegid , a European leader in cloud management solutions for professionals in the finance (treasury, tax, ERP), human resources (payroll, talent management), accountancy, retail and entrepreneurship sectors, announced the completion of its acquisition of Shine. The transaction creates the first fully integrated, cloud-native and AI-driven financial hub for SMBs and accounting professionals in Europe. Shine – a fast-growing European fintech unicorn providing electronic invoicing, accounting, business accounts, and payroll software to small and medium-sized businesses acros...