Ask The Analyst: What is the most important decision HR leaders aren’t ready for in the next 12 months?

Every week for The Briefing, UNLEASH’s weekly intelligence email for senior business decision-makers, we ask our community of analysts – the true HR experts – to solve the biggest workplace challenges.

We asked leading analysts at UNLEASH 2026 in Paris: What is the most important decision People & HR leaders aren’t ready for in the next 12 months?

Hear what Anita Lettink, David Perring, Jess Von Bank, Josh Bersin, Kyle Lagunas, Richard Skellett, Stacia Garr and Steve Boese had to say: