Interest Area
Workforce

Our Thinking
AI and emerging technologies are fundamentally reshaping work and employment, and that excluding workers and communities from their development will exacerbate longstanding inequalities and power imbalances. How can we empower workers and communities to shape and leverage emerging technologies to amplify their voices, meet their needs, and ensure workplace innovation fosters equity and prevents harm?
Our Inquiry Areas
We prioritize advancing actionable insights into how AI and emerging technologies transform work and the work environment. We aim to support organizations that address workers’ needs and perspectives around work-impacting technologies through pilot programs, case studies, and other research initiatives.
Inquiry Area
Research on workplace technology
We support pioneering research to understand how AI and emerging technologies are reshaping work, with particular focus on their impact on pay, job quality, privacy, bias, information asymmetries, and bargaining power. We aim to break down silos between stakeholders and build a comprehensive understanding that can inform more cross-sector collaboration and worker-centered technology development and policy.

Inquiry Area
Pilot Programs
We look for innovative pilot programs that integrate worker voice into the development and deployment of AI and emerging workplace technologies to ensure these tools enhance job quality and economic opportunity. By investing in research-informed pilots that center worker perspectives, we aim to generate proof points and insights that can guide more equitable technology implementation while reducing power imbalances between employers and workers.
Workforce Insights

Big Ideas
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In every era of rapid technological change, there come moments of deliberation: wait for policy or lead through practice?

Reflections
2025 Q1 Events Recap
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News
Siegel Family Endowment Awards Over $16.3 Million to Strengthen Workforce Innovation, Infrastructure, and Philanthropy
Our latest grants reaffirm our commitment to building a more inclusive technological future by supporting comprehensive research, shaping human-centered policies,…