I have been in meetings where people were discussed almost entirely in financial shorthand. Headcount. Capacity. FTEs. These terms are not wrong. They are part of a language organisations use. The problem arises when they become the dominant. It seems easier to manage the spreadsheet than to remember that each number represents a person with judgement, commitments, and a life beyond work.
According to J.P. Morgan analysts, the labor market isn’t predicted to improve until at least the back half of 2026. It’s time to mentally and physically prepare for a longer timeline than we may have anticipated. Here are three ways to focus on finding that right next opportunity, on a longer timeline that we would have liked.
You’re not slow because your people aren’t capable. You’re slow because too many decisions live in the gray. Everyone’s busy. Meetings are full. Progress feels real. Yet the same issues keep resurfacing, deadlines slip, and accountability feels fuzzy. That’s not a talent problem — it’s a clarity problem.
Norway’s Elkem said on Friday it has agreed to sell the majority of its Silicones division to its biggest owner, China’s Bluestar, and that the Chinese company would cease to be a shareholder in the Norwegian group following the transaction.
Ahead of the European Council meeting in Alden Biesen, the Antwerp Declaration Community called on EU Heads of State and Government to take urgent and bold action to restore Europe’s industrial competitiveness, safeguard high-quality jobs for European workers, and turn the Clean Industrial Deal into outcomes felt on factory floors in 2026.
