Workday launches Work Intelligence to track AI-driven task shifts in jobs
Workday introduced Work Intelligence on October 13, 2026, at its annual conference. The tool breaks down job roles into granular tasks and links them to required skills, using Workday Skills Cloud, which now serves over 3,450 customers. The product aims to help leaders anticipate how AI reshapes daily work by identifying which tasks are automated or augmented, and which skills employees need to…
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- Workday Skills Cloud powers Work Intelligence, used by over 3,450 customers and tracking 75,000 skills
- Tool shows task-level AI impact, skill gaps, and cost of internal upskilling vs hiring, per Workday
- Available now to early Workday HCM users; Decision Intelligence and Autopilot Agents roll out in 2027
Workday claims 75,000 canonical skills underpin its ontology, and the tool integrates with Workday Decision Intelligence to quantify the cost and time savings of upskilling employees versus hiring externally. It also connects to Workday Learning for personalized training paths. The system is available now to early-access customers of Workday Human Capital Management (HCM). Workday also announced broader availability of Decision Intelligence and early access to Autopilot Agents for routine HR and finance tasks, with full rollouts planned for early 2027.
Workday Launches Work Intelligence to Show How AI Changes Job Tasks
Unite.AI · 13 October 2026
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