"If 2025 was the year that toughened us up, 2026 is the one we’ll succumb to in this so-called ‘future of work’. To say that 2025 was tumultuous would be an understatement. If anything, it was a preview of a changing world of work where human input felt secondary as AI took centerstage in innovation. It seems as if AI is writing the play, directing it, and performing every role that once belonged to humans."