This Week in Leadership (Feb 2 - Feb 8)

How is the UK's experiment with AI working out? Plus, are millennials having a midlife crisis at work? 

February 06, 2026

How is the UK's big experiment with AI going so far? Why do so many millennials "want" to be let go from their jobs? Plus, what would convince firms to cover weight-loss drugs in their employee benefit plans? Here are some recent articles by Korn Ferry's content team on leadership-related news. 

Britain’s AI Experiment: Down in Jobs So Far

As the country seeks to become a global AI hub, it is seeing productivity rise but jobs decline 8%. Is it a short-term phenomenon?

A Millennial Midlife Crisis?

Why nearly 60% of the world’s largest group of workers say they wouldn’t mind getting laid off.

Could Firms Develop an Appetite for Weight-Loss Drugs?

A new study shows that firms may face big costs from GLP-1s in the short term, but can benefit long term. There is one big “if.”

Briefings Podcast: Always the Hire, Never the Fire

Some people just always have or find a job, even in today’s brutal market. How do they do it?

Leadership, With Grace

Korn Ferry CEO Gary Burnison argues that decency is an essential leadership trait.