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IC Index 2026: The reality check

The UK's leading annual research into internal communication. This year, the findings are a reality check. Based on a survey of 5,000 UK employees in organisations with 500 or more employees, conducted in partnership with Ipsos Karian and Box.

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IC Index 2026: The reality check. Two colleagues smiling at a phone.
20 May 2026

IC Index 2026: The reality check

The UK's leading annual research into internal communication. This year, the findings are a reality check. Based on a survey of 5,000 UK employees in organisations with 500 or more employees, conducted in partnership with Ipsos Karian and Box.

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15 May 2026

The IOIC Impact Brief: May 2026

Our new-look Impact Brief covers the AI crisis of confidence, the sustainability story most internal communication strategies are missing, the rise of FOBO and survival stacking, and why employer healthcare has become a business-critical communication issue.

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13 Apr 2026

The IOIC Monthly Trends Report: April 2026

This month's IC Trends Report explores the shifts quietly reshaping work, from AI anxiety fuelling new workers' movements to the rise of Scope 4 sustainability, workspace hackers exposing the gap between office design and real working life, and what the dating recession is doing to Gen Z's sense of belonging at work

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17 Mar 2026

The IOIC Monthly Trends Report: March 2026

This month’s report explores emerging trends shaping work and organisations, from the disappearing graduate on ramp and the rise of ‘greenhushing’ to the widening green skills gap, polymorphic organisations, the ‘friction maxxing’ pushback against AI, and the silent productivity crisis driven by financial anxiety in the workforce.

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16 Feb 2026

The IOIC Monthly Trends Report: February 2026

This month's report explores the impact of emerging trends, including the challenges of entering what Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei calls 'the adolescence of technology', the dangerous gap between flawed climate-economic models and reality, the rise of workplace lexicon signalling fundamental shifts in employee expectations (from 'shift sulking' to 'office frogging'), the fragmentation of trust precisely when we need connection most, as well as why organisations may need to move beyond performative DEI to systemic fairness frameworks.

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20 Jan 2026

The IOIC Monthly Trends Report: January 2026

Our first IC Trends Report of 2026 is now available for download, providing the latest actionable intelligence across technology, sustainability, employment and people trends.

This month's report explores the impact of emerging trends, including the transition from AI adoption to AI fluency across organisations, the decoupling of economic growth from carbon emissions, the rise of ‘microshifting’ and non-linear work patterns, the growing importance of 'emotional salary' over traditional pay increases, as well as why organisations need to prioritise ‘quiet thriving’ over performative productivity.

As always, January’s trend roundup highlights opportunity for internal communicators in rapidly evolving work landscapes.

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15 Dec 2025

The IOIC Monthly Trends Report: December 2025

December’s IC Trends Report is now available for download, providing the latest actionable intelligence across technology, sustainability, employment and people trends.

This month’s report explores the impact of emerging trends and shifts, including the burgeoning challenge of managing artificial colleagues, the strategic shift to quieter corporate activism, how AI won’t protect colleagues from poor leadership (but EI will), and the implications of ‘mankeeping’ spilling into the workplace, and more.

In addition, our last trend roundup for 2025 highlights opportunity for internal communicators in rapidly evolving work landscapes.

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15 Sep 2025

Employment news roundup September 2025 issue

In this update, we share key emerging employment trends: 'quiet cracking' replaces 'quiet quitting’ while companies start ‘quiet cutting’; freelancing is going mainstream; culture is trumping policy for RTO success; workplace fun is helping to drive performance; and consumer boycotts are increasingly impacting talent retention. All of these workplace shifts and undercurrents are reshaping how organisations need to engage with colleagues.

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