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Employers are investing heavily in AI-based transformations, but research suggests employees' perceptions about their work environments' innovation levels has reached an "all-time low".

The pandemic was an "incredibly disruptive and transformational experience", Gartner HR practice vice president Aaron McEwan tells HR Daily.

But employees are still depleted, fatigued and recovering; at the same time, their employers are flat-out implementing still more operating model changes and transformations.

It's important to remember the pandemic didn't just wear workers out, it ushered in a period of "immense" agility and innovation, McEwan says. "And guess who was at the heart of that innovation? It wasn't leaders coming up with strategies to make the organisation operate in the middle of a crisis. It was employees on the ground innovating at the coalface to get their jobs done and continue to deliver value...